The four casinos located in Northwest Indiana likely will not face new competition from the south suburbs for at least 18 more months.
Construction of the Wind Creek Chicago Southland casino straddling Homewood and East Hazel Crest, Illinois, is underway adjacent to Interstate 80/294 at Halsted Street — about six miles west of the Illinois-Indiana state line.
But redevelopment agreements recently approved by the two communities now show an anticipated project completion date of Jan. 1, 2025, in place of initial opening projections of mid-2023 or early 2024.
The agreements also note a January 2025 opening is “approximate” and “may be extended/delayed by the developer.”
