While it plans to open the permanent casino in 2026, Bally’s Chicago set its sights - at the urging of the city - on getting the dice rolling at the temporary casino this summer. So if Bally’s can be as successful as we hope that they will be, it will help fill that gap.”

“We have holes, we need to support our men and women, our teachers, our first responders, our police as well as our fire. “We realize that our pension fund needs as much help as they can get,” Bosca said. The casino’s success, he said, could benefit the entire city.

John Bosca, president of the Neighbors of River West, said Bally’s has been engaged and cooperative in addressing concerns with his group. “The idea that Chicago would embrace and partner with this operator (Bally’s), it’s going to rank among the worst decisions the city has ever made,” Les Bernal, national director of Stop Predatory Gambling, told the Tribune Thursday.īut at least one neighborhood group attended the Gaming Board meeting to express support for the Bally’s Chicago casino.

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