The Illinois Gaming Board (IGB) voted unanimously in its first in-person assembly in over three years to present the inexperienced mild to the proposed web site of a short lived on line casino in Chicago. Thursday’s determination permits Bally’s Company to arrange a gaming facility at Medinah Temple in River North.
short-term on line casino might stay open for no less than two years
Bally’s will construct a everlasting on line casino in Chicago at a separate web site. The short-term on line casino might stay open for no less than two years whereas the everlasting location is beneath development.
Some locals beforehand expressed issues concerning the proposed web site of the short-term on line casino, as it’s a historic constructing. The Medinah Temple is a century-old Shriner’s amphitheater that was most just lately house to a Bloomingdale’s House Retailer. Bally’s senior vice chairman for design and improvement quelled issues by confirming that no modifications can be made to the surface of the construction, aside from changing Bloomingdale’s signage.
The present expectation is that the short-term on line casino can be able to open as early as June. The IGB nonetheless must approve anybody that’s to be concerned within the short-term on line casino undertaking, together with subcontractors.
