Bally's hopes to hire 700 workers for this site. Once the spot is inspected and approved by the gaming board, they can open. The revenue is also supposed to help fund Governor JB Pritzker's infrastructure improvement program. The money is earmarked for police and firefighter pension funds. That should take three years.Ĭity officials are hoping they can get as much as $55 million in annual tax revenue from this temporary location and about $200 million a year from the permanent site. The company is building their permanent $1.7 billion casino in River West.
RELATED: Bally's releases new renderings of Chicago casino complex in River West Regulators will inspect operations at a temporary casino at the Medinah Temple at Wabash Avenue and Ohio Street on September 5 and it could open it's doors to the public by September 9, a spokesperson for the Illinois Gaming Board confirmedīally's temporary casino has been outfitted with about 750 slot machines and 50 table games. Located a few minutes drive from the airport, Rivers Casino Des Plaines is the biggest casino.
CHICAGO (WLS) - Chicago is about to take a step closer to a new Bally's casino. Casinos are one thing you rarely come across in Chicago, IL.
