Mayor Lightfoot to announce final selection for Chicago casino Thursday morning

Mayor Lightfoot to announce final selection for Chicago casino Thursday morning

Article brief provided by CBS News Chicago
  • Jermont Terry, CBS News Chicago
May 5, 2022 11:11 AM
  • Jermont Terry, CBS News Chicago

Mayor Lori Lightfoot will announce the winning proposal for a Chicago casino on Thursday morning.

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The announcement is coming at 9:45 a.m. Thursday. The mayor is not making the announcement at any of the proposed casino sites; she will make it at the Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council in River North.

Earlier, City Hall sources have confirmed that leaders of Bally’s, one of three companies in the running for a Chicago casino, had arrived in Chicago.

City Hall sources told CBS 2’s Brad Edwards that while Bally’s may get the nod as the mayor’s final choice for the city’s first casino, nothing is a done deal.

A spokesperson for the mayor’s office would not confirm published reports Wednesday that Lightfoot is expected to announce Bally’s as her casino choice.