Anyone familiar with River North knows the area can be rough passage, traffic-wise, particularly during the evening hours.
Ohio and Ontario streets are often jammed with cars, as are Wabash Avenue and State Street — to say nothing of Michigan Avenue.
Bally’s Corp. now wants to put a temporary casino with 1,100 gaming positions right in the middle of this traffic mishmash at the old Medinah Temple, 600 N. Wabash Ave.
And Bally’s is using a traffic study the company itself commissioned to support their claim the gaming house, which is expected to bring in hundreds of gamblers a day, amazingly won’t contribute to the area’s already nightmarish traffic conditions.
