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Bally's Chicago Casino Set to Open This Saturday at the Medinah Temple

Bally's, Chicago's first and only casino, will open this Saturday at its temporary River North location. As The Chicago Defender reported on Wednesday, the casino at the historic Medinah Temple would open by this weekend, pending Illinois Gaming Board approval of Bally's gaming sessions. According to Bally's, state gaming officials approved the…
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Bally's Chicago Casino Set to Open This Saturday at the Medinah Temple
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Bally’s Casino at Medinah Temple Could Open This Weekend

Chicago's first and only casino could open as soon as this Saturday, pending approval by the Illinois Gaming Board. Bally's is slated to open a temporary casino in one of the city's most iconic and historic buildings, the Medinah Temple. "We have to show our regulators that we are ready, as ready as we can be," said Ameet Patel, Bally's Corporation…
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Bally’s Casino at Medinah Temple Could Open This Weekend
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Bally’s Chicago casino at Medinah Temple could open in September

Get ready, gamblers: Chicago's first casino could open to the public as soon as this month. Illinois Gaming Board in June, officials this week are set to tour and inspect Bally's temporary Chicago casino, located inside the city's historic Medinah Temple at 600 N. Wabash in River North. According to Bally's executives, the temporary casino is…
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Bally’s Chicago casino at Medinah Temple could open in September
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City Approves Design Of Bally's Chicago Casino

Bally's Corporation announced that the proposed site plan for Bally's Chicago Casino was approved by the Chicago Department of Planning and Urban Development. The plan is to begin construction in late 2024. The $1.7 billion development is projected to bring over 3000 permanent jobs to the city. Bally's Chicago will include 3400 slots and 170 table…
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City Approves Design Of Bally's Chicago Casino
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Rock Island agrees to reimburse $4.7M in casino plan

Bally's Casino and Hotel, Rock Island, is planning a $34-million redevelopment, and the city is placing its bets to reimburse a good chunk of that. The former Jumer's Casino and Hotel (bought by Bally's in 2021), at Illinois 92 and I-280, is the oldest of the three Quad Cities casinos, having opened in 2008 and is lagging in market share, said…
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Rock Island agrees to reimburse $4.7M in casino plan
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Major Competition for NY License as Thor Equities invests $3 billion

Thor Equities, a real estate development, leasing, and management firm, has made a 3 billion dollar bid to build a new casino and entertainment venue at Coney Island, Brooklyn, with the backing of its partners Saratoga Casino Holdings, Legends and Chickasaw Nation. The race for a New York license: In 2013, New York authorities accepted casinos for…
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Major Competition for NY License as Thor Equities invests $3 billion
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Thor Equities Rolls Out $3B Bid For New York City Casino

Commercial real estate firm Thor Equities is the latest major developer to throw its hat in the ring for a casino license. The New York-based firm announced last week it has partnered with Saratoga Casino Holdings, Legends, and the Chickasaw Nation in a bid to develop a new casino and entertainment venue within Brooklyn's famed Coney Island. The $3…
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Thor Equities Rolls Out $3B Bid For New York City Casino
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Bally's Secures Labor Deal For Chicago Casino

Bally's Corporation announced that it has signed a multi-project labor agreement with the Chicago & Cook County Building & Construction Trades Council and the AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department for the construction of the upcoming Bally's Chicago casino. "BCTC is proud to stand with Bally's Chicago in this historic building of the…
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Bally's Secures Labor Deal For Chicago Casino
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Bally’s files application with state for first Chicago casino

Bally's filed its application with the Illinois Gaming Board on Wednesday, taking a major step in the process to build Chicago's first casino and the flagship property for its fast-growing company. The application was posted on the gaming board website Thursday morning. The clock is now running for the publicly traded Rhode Island-based company to…
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Bally’s files application with state for first Chicago casino
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Chicago Medinah Temple to be temporary casino despite opposition

One week after winning a hard-fought campaign to develop Chicago's first casino, Bally's is learning that the city's most-used nickname has less to do with Lake Michigan's icy breeze than its bloviating politicians. Aldermen are up in arms and there's even an allegation floating around that the mayor got bought off - for the chump-change sum of…
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Chicago Medinah Temple to be temporary casino despite opposition
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Mayor Lori Lightfoot Picks Gambling Site at River West

Mayor Lori Lightfoot has picked a gambling complex located at River West for a casino license, something that the region has been seeking for a long time. The move is in a bid to accelerate the financial health of Chicago and keep the regional money within the state. Bally's hopes to add it as a flagship location for its chain that already…
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Aldermen push back on three Chicago casino finalists, as city looks to select a winner ‘within a month’

Aldermen are pushing back against the three proposed finalists for a Chicago casino, as the city nears a final selection amid growing concern from residents about locating a casino in their backyards. The Special Committee on the Chicago Casino, which was created last month to help winnow the casino proposals from three to one, fielded questions at…
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Aldermen push back on three Chicago casino finalists, as city looks to select a winner ‘within a month’
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Neighbors Worry Rivers Casino Planned For The 78 Will Lead To Gambling Addictions, Is Too Close To Schools

SOUTH LOOP - Hundreds showed up to hear Related Midwest and billionaire Neil Bluhm's Rush Street Gaming sell their plan for a Rivers Casino at The 78 megadevelopment at town hall Thursday. The development team had their work cut out for them, as the area's alderman has already said he can't support a casino at the site and a community advisory…
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Neighbors Worry Rivers Casino Planned For The 78 Will Lead To Gambling Addictions, Is Too Close To Schools
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Bally’s, Rush Street, Hard Rock on Chicago Casino Shortlist

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has whittled down the list of proposals in the race to build the city's first casino. The mayor announced on Tuesday that she has selected three plans from the five bids, including proposals from Bally's Corporation, Rush Street Gaming, and Hard Rock International. Each of the finalists has its own proposed development…
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Bally’s, Rush Street, Hard Rock on Chicago Casino Shortlist
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City hears 5 bids from 3 bidders for new casino

CHICAGO - Three casino development groups are tossing their chips in to play the high stakes political game to become Chicago's gambling home and win approval to open a facility is expected to rake in around $1 billion per year. We learned more about their proposals on Thursday as they made their first public pitches to Mayor Lori Lightfoot at…
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City hears 5 bids from 3 bidders for new casino
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Bally's, Hard Rock, Rush Street pitch 5 Chicago casino bids to public; Mayor weighs financial viability

Bally's, Rush Street Gaming and Hard Rock International presented five competing bids for a permanent Chicago casino to the public during a marathon meeting Thursday, attended by Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who said she wants the winner to be financially viable, architecturally stunning and be guided by the principles of inclusion and equity. The major…
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Bally's, Hard Rock, Rush Street pitch 5 Chicago casino bids to public; Mayor weighs financial viability
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Plans for a Chicago casino being considered

As part of the campaign to bring a large casino to downtown Chicago and a trio of companies have reportedly submitted five proposals that are to now be considered by the office of mayor Lori Lightfoot (pictured). According to a Thursday report from local television broadcaster WGN-TV, the competing propositions have been officially presented by…
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Bidders Show Off Five Casino Proposals For Chicago

CHICAGO (CBS) - We are one step closer to getting a casino in Chicago, and we now have an idea of what it could look like. The city has five proposals on the table from three companies. Each of the bidders on Thursday showed off what their casino would look like, and outlined the benefits they would bring to Chicago. Illinois COVID-19 Cases Hit…
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Bidders Show Off Five Casino Proposals For Chicago
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If A Chicago Casino Opens Near Chinatown, Community Members Say Problem Gamblers Need Support

CHINATOWN - Chinatown leaders are raising concerns that four of the city's proposed casino sites are in Near South Side neighborhoods, saying it could harm a community that has struggled with problem gambling. The bids, announced Nov. 19, include the Chicago Tribune Publishing Center in the West Loop, two sites at McCormick Place, ONE Central in…
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Chicago casino draft plans

Chicago residents will soon have a chance to weigh in on the city's massive plan to build a casino-resort and entertainment space at one of five proposed locations, officials said Friday. The city plans to hold its first public hearing on Dec.16 for residents to question the three firms behind the five pitches received last month. For now, the city…
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Bally's, Hard Rock and more: Chicago receives five proposals for first casino-resort

The City of Chicago has released a summary of five proposals it has received through its RFP (Request for Proposal) process, to create the city's first casino-resort. The selected bidder will be able to incorporate its property into the city's cultural scene and diversified economy. Bally's first proposal consisted of a $1.8bn property in the…
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Bally's, Hard Rock and more: Chicago receives five proposals for first casino-resort
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Lightfoot sets aggressive timetable for forging ahead on Chicago casino

Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Friday she is "very excited" by the five "well thought out" bids she was dealt last week for a Chicago casino and plans to send a "final list to recommend" to the Illinois Gaming Board "sometime in the first quarter" of next year. With police and fire pension funds hovering dangerously close to insolvency and mounting…
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Lightfoot sets aggressive timetable for forging ahead on Chicago casino
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Chicago Showered with Proposals as Single Casino License for Grabs

The City of Chicago is not lacking suitors when it comes to casino operators. The sole license that is now up for grabs has elicited some strong and determined action from no fewer than five companies that are pushing to secure an entry that would chart a way for their futures in the city and the region. Bally's Corporation is seemingly ahead in…
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Chicago Showered with Proposals as Single Casino License for Grabs
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Chicago receives five casino bids including Bally's, Hard Rock and Rush Street

ive bids have been issued in response to the City of Chicago's request for proposals (RFP) for its first integrated casino-resort, the Mayor's Press Office announced last Friday. The selected proposal will be granted the city's sole casino owner's license. The proposals are the following: Bally's Corporation submitted two proposals for two…
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Chicago casino proposals include Bally's, Rivers, Hard Rock, Rush Street Gaming options, Mayor Lori Lightfoot's office says

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The City of Chicago is one step closer to getting its own casino. Four different companies have proposed five different sites at various locations around the city, including one in the South Loop. After having lived in the area for 26 years, Nathalynne Mcginnis certainly hopes not."This was supposed to be a community for families…
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Chicago casino proposals include Bally's, Rivers, Hard Rock, Rush Street Gaming options, Mayor Lori Lightfoot's office says
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Chicago gets 5 casino proposals

Developers submitted five proposals to operate casinos in Chicago, bringing the city one step closer to a potential big revenue boost and achieving a goal that has eluded local mayors for decades. Still, the project will have to clear major hurdles in the coming months as Mayor Lori Lightfoot's administration sorts through the proposals and picks a…
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3 Firms Bid to Build a Casino-Resort in Chicago: Officials

Three firms want to build a casino and resort in Chicago, Mayor Lori Lightfoot's office announced Friday. Rush Street Gaming, led by Chicago billionaire and Rivers Casino Des Plaines operator Neil Bluhm, submitted two separate bids - one for a casino and resort at McCormick Place and the other south of the Loop on vacant land between the South Loop…
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3 Firms Bid to Build a Casino-Resort in Chicago: Officials
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Five bids submitted for Chicago casino, from Hard Rock, Bally’s and Rush Street Gaming

Mayor Lori Lightfoot's Chicago casino game will be five-card draw. Lightfoot's office on Friday announced the city received five proposals from a total of four development groups looking to build and operate the big-city mega-casino that city officials have been trying to land for decades. After pushing back the original summer bidding deadline - a…
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Five bids submitted for Chicago casino, from Hard Rock, Bally’s and Rush Street Gaming