Affluent people began to class gambling with idleness and vice. Further, as gambling itself commercialized, crooked professional gamblers appeared. But gambling seemed at odds with a commercial society's emphasis on hardĪnd self-discipline. Bally’s bought the 30-acre site last year and recently negotiated with the newspaper company on its exit so construction can begin.īally’s is still awaiting final approval from the Illinois Gaming Board to allow the company to operate in Chicago.Americans were tolerant of gambling when Chicago was founded, and Mark Beaubien's Sauganash featured it. Printing operations at the Tribune Publishing site are scheduled to end by July 2024 to make way for the casino, according to the Tribune. With the official design approved, the next hurdle for Bally’s will be obtaining all necessary permits from the city’s Department of Buildings. Later phases in the development could include up to 4,800 residential units, 250 additional hotel rooms and thousands of square feet of retail space. Credit: Bally's An overhead look at the design update for the Bally’s Casino in River West.

The site still includes the one-acre public park along the riverfront. The first phase of the development includes the Bally’s-operated casino, a 500-room hotel, 11 restaurants, the theater, Riverwalk extension and a museum. The casino is set to be built on the Tribune Publishing site along the Chicago River between Grand and Chicago avenues. The site also includes 10 acres of public open space and a 1-acre riverside park. The layout of the site remains the same, with the 505,000-square-foot hotel tower on the north end of the site and restaurants, retail, gaming and a 3,000-seat theater on the south end. The updated design is a result of months of meetings with casino officials, stakeholders and others, a planning department spokesperson said.

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