Let the casino games begin, Chicago. The Illinois Gaming Board unanimously approved a “determination of preliminary suitability” Thursday for Bally’s Chicago, setting the table to launch the city’s first casino this summer.
Thank you for supporting our journalism. This article is available exclusively for our subscribers, who help fund our work at the Chicago Tribune.The Medinah Temple at 600 North Wabash Avenue, March 14, 2023, in Chicago. The building is scheduled to be the home of a temporary casino that Bally’s hopes to open this summer.
Bally’s filed its Chicago casino license application with the Illinois Gaming Board in August, with initial plans to open a temporary facility at Medinah Temple by June 2023. The permanent casino is not expected to open before 2026. But at least one neighborhood group attended the Gaming Board meeting to express support for the Bally’s Chicago casino.
The temporary casino has a maximum capacity of 1,500 patrons, with the majority likely to arrive by car, resulting in a peak demand for 500 additional spaces, according to the study. To keep traffic flowing, Bally’s has committed to employing traffic controllers for at least the first 90 days of operation.
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