A top aide to Mayor Brandon Johnson is trying to ground the idea of installing slot machines at O’Hare and Midway Airports for fear it would turn the aerial gateways to Chicago into a chintzy Las Vegas replica.
Senior mayoral adviser Jason Lee said the last thing a booming O’Hare needs after a record-setting surge in summer travel is to follow the lead of McCarran Airport in Las Vegas, which has 1,300 slot machines distributed throughout the airport.
Slot machines are impossible to miss at McCarran. They’re everywhere — from the baggage claim area and retail space to terminal gates and car rental kiosks.
