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Video poker in Chicago? Vallas and Johnson say deal us in

Under state law, local governments can prohibit video gambling machines from operating at restaurants or bars within their city limits. But both mayoral candidates favor lifting Chicago’s longstanding ban on the machines.

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Office of the chief architect: Next mayor has a big role to play in the city’s design future

The new mayor has the power to physically remake the city — or large portions of it. For better or worse.

Chicago Sun-Times

MLB sets up local media group, could broadcast 17 teams

Major League Baseball has added three executives to its new local media department as it prepares for a possible takeover of local broadcasts for 17 teams amid the financial deterioration of the Bally and AT&T SportsNet regional sports networks

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Bally’s begins luring new dealers to the table for Chicago casino

“I have no experience but I’m very eager to learn,” said Latasha Gilmer of Englewood, who attended Bally’s first informational session Friday at Harold Washington College as the casino looks to hire 300 upbeat people who can make it through “dealer school.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Sinclair Broadcast’s Diamond Sports misses debt payment, setting up potential bankruptcy filing

A struggling subsidiary of Sinclair Broadcast Group that owns regional sports networks has opted to miss a debt payment due Wednesday, setting up a potential bankruptcy reorganization.

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Bally’s moves to boot Tribune Publishing printing plant from casino site

CHICAGO — Bally’s has given Tribune Publishing its walking papers, exercising a relocation option to force the newspaper company to vacate its mammoth River West printing plant to make way for a casino.

Chicago Tribune

State regulators approve Medinah Temple landlord of proposed temporary Chicago casino

State regulators are still evaluating Bally’s overall casino proposal, which they submitted in August. But regulators gave the OK to entities controlled by the politically connected owner of the Medinah Temple.

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Parts of Chicago more dangerous than war zones, who’s profiting on the Bally’s deal and more in your Chicago news roundup

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Chicago Sun-Times

These are some of the people in line to profit from Lightfoot’s Bally’s casino deal

Among them: the family of the woman chairing the mayor’s reelection campaign fund, contractors that are Lightfoot financial backers and two clout-heavy real estate investors whose children attended the Catholic elementary school where Lightfoot’s daughter was a student.

Chicago Sun-Times

NJ gambling revenue matches all-time high, with online help

New Jersey’s gambling revenue matched its all-time high of $5.2 billion in 2022, but only half that amount was won by casinos from in-person gamblers

The Independent UK

For city’s next growth spurt, follow the money to north-northwest corridor

The city touts its Invest South/West initiative, but the real action is on the other side of town.

Chicago Sun-Times

City Council approves casino deal, but …

The Illinois Gaming Board has to ask some serious questions — that’s it’s job — about the Bally’s casino project when the body meets next year to take up the matter for approval. Chicago has to get this right.

Chicago Sun-Times

Bally’s $1.7 billion River West casino gets final zoning approval from City Council

Chicago’s 30-year quest for a casino and entertainment complex is now exclusively in the hands of the Illinois Gaming Board. Bally’s plan is for a $1.7 billion complex in River West, at Chicago Avenue and Halsted Street.

Chicago Sun-Times

Details emerge of Portage Park bar shooting, Bally’s casino plan passes zoning hurdle and more in your Chicago news roundup

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Casino zoning clears Council panel after minority hiring assurances

The City Council’s zoning committee approved the project 10-4 Tuesday.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago Plan Commission endorses Bally’s casino plan

The action sends the zoning proposal to the City Council, but 27th Ward Ald. Walter Burnett Jr.’s objection could delay its consideration.

Chicago Sun-Times

Freedom Center has a fan

Hardly celebrated as great architecture, the Tribune’s printing plant earned admiration for the trains that supply it.

Chicago Tribune

Chicago casino won’t be a ‘glitzy Las Vegas strip joint’ but a ‘series of experiences,’ developers say

CHICAGO — Plans to build a permanent casino and entertainment district in Chicago’s River West continue to evolve based on feedback from residents, Bally’s officials said at a community engagement meeting for the project Monday evening.

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From casino plans to building preservation, 2022 was a busy year in Chicago architecture

And there will be much more to come in 2023.

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Bally’s officials address concerns about temporary Medinah Temple casino at community meeting

Bally’s casino is set to temporarily occupy the historic Medinah Temple, 600 N. Wabash Ave., before moving to its permanent riverfront location on Chicago Avenue and Halsted Street.

Chicago Tribune

Editorial: How casinos broke their promises to the struggling downtowns of Illinois

Back in 1992, William Weidner, then president of Hollywood Casino of Aurora Inc., set out to Springfield to kill then-Mayor Richard M. Daley’s plans for a $2 billion “mega-casino” in downtown Chicago.

Chicago Tribune

Bally’s buys Freedom Center for $200 million, taking ownership of Chicago Tribune printing plant and future site of casino

CHICAGO — Bally’s completed its $200 million purchase of the Freedom Center printing plant Friday, paving the way to build Chicago’s long-sought and much-debated casino.

Chicago Tribune

Marquee Sports Network ratings have dropped 56% since its launch. Here’s how the Chicago Cubs’ cable TV home is faring in Year 3

CHICAGO — When the Chicago Cubs launched the Marquee Sports Network in February 2020, it was the culmination of a decade-long quest to create a dedicated 24/7 cable TV platform for the team, which was still soaring in the wake of its first World Series championship in more than a…

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2,200 housing units near casino site get plan commission’s OK

The long-term proposal would bring investment to an area of small commercial buildings just west of the Chicago Tribune site.

The Independent UK

NJ casino, sports betting, online revenue up 7% in September

New Jersey’s casinos, horse tracks that offer sports betting and the online partners of both types of gambling outlets won nearly $485 million from gamblers in September, up nearly 7% from a year earlier

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