Chicago: Bally’s submits application for downtown casino license

Chicago: Bally’s submits application for downtown casino license

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  • Chris Altruda, USBets
August 11, 2022 6:39 PM
  • Chris Altruda, USBets

Bally’s formally submitted its application for a casino license to the Illinois Gaming Board on Wednesday, seeking to build a $1.7 billion venue in the River West neighborhood of the third-largest city in the United States. If the IGB approves the application, Bally’s would operate a temporary casino at Medinah Temple in nearby River North while the permanent venue is built on the former Tribune Publishing plant grounds.

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“Bally’s submitted its casino license application to the Illinois Gaming Board. We look forward to working with the Illinois Gaming Board and the City of Chicago to bring a world-class entertainment destination resort to Chicago,” Christopher Jewett, vice president of corporate development at Bally’s Corporation, said in a statement to US Bets.