Hawthorne Race Course president Tim Carey told the Illinois Racing Board Sept. 18 he remains committed to building out a casino at its suburban Chicago location—a project that has been stalled since it was authorized in 2019.
Carey, testifying at the board’s annual dates hearing, said Hawthorne believed a year ago it had arranged financing for the project but had to go back to the drawing board.
“I can tell you that we came in here last year with the hope of announcing our project,” Carey said. “We had an internal issue that we weren’t able to overcome with our investor. We unfortunately had to go back out to the market.
