Rush Street Gaming, which is headed by Chicago real estate developer Neil Bluhm, is proposing a $1.62 billion riverfront casino at The 78, Related Midwest’s 62-acre megadevelopment slated for long-vacant land in the South Loop. The letter, which is posted on the group’s website, said noise, traffic congestion and crime would likely be exacerbated by the casino, “negatively impacting” home values and local businesses.Ĭhicago-based Rush Street Gaming, which owns four casinos including Rivers Casino Des Plaines, partnered with two developers on separate proposals, one of which is still in the game. Brian Hopkins, 2nd, expressing concern over the Bally’s Freedom Center proposal.
In December, the River North Residents Association, a 22,000-member nonprofit neighborhood advocacy group, sent a letter to Ald.
If it ultimately wins approval, Bally’s plan would be to open a temporary casino on the site by the second quarter of 2023, with the permanent casino opening in the first quarter of 2026, according to the city. The proposed $1.6 billion Bally’s Chicago casino, hotel and entertainment complex at the site of the Chicago Tribune Publishing Center, located at the corner of Chicago Avenue and Halsted Street.
