Something she said is a substantial amount of money missed out on. Steckenrider said with the closure of the casino for nearly a month, the city has lost in the collection of more than $50,000 in taxes. When that’s not happening, it’s impacting everyone.” “So what that does is that it goes into this multiplier effect so people that may come in, and not even spend the night in one of our hotels, they may have stopped and got gasoline or may eat in one of our restaurants. “Tourism is a big economic impact for all cities but especially for Metropolis where we really rely on tourism,” Metropolis’s Director PD Tourism Trish Steckenrider said.