{"id":14044,"date":"2024-06-12T13:51:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T13:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/?p=14044"},"modified":"2024-06-12T13:51:01","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T13:51:01","slug":"ballys-chicago-casino-still-in-the-books-despite-mayor-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/ballys-chicago-casino-still-in-the-books-despite-mayor-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Bally&#8217;s Chicago Casino, Still in the Books Despite Mayor Comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/brandon-johnson-and-ballys-chicago.jpg\" alt=\"Brandon Johnson and Bally&#039;s Chicago\" width=\"300\" title=\"Bally's Chicago Casino, Still in the Books Despite Mayor Comments\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-14045\" \/><strong>Summary: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bally&#8217;s vision to build a casino in Chicago is still going strong, despite Mayor Brandon Johnson\u2019s recent comments. <\/li>\n<li>The $1.7 billion casino would be built on the River West property. <\/li>\n<li>A potential opening date was set for September 2026.  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On Tuesday, a spokesperson for Bally\u2019s spoke to NBC Chicago about their plans for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/ballys-to-develop-chicago-casino-resort-after-winning-license\/\">much-anticipated permanent casino in Chicago valued at $1.7 billion<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>On July 5, the leading entertainment company is getting ready to take ownership of the River West property where the casino will be built. <\/p>\n<p>A possible grand opening date has been announced for September 2026. <\/p>\n<h2>Johnson\u2019s \u201cStill to be Determined\u201d Comment, Not Affecting Bally\u2019s Plan<\/h2>\n<p>The plan for the River West casino has not been influenced by the comments made by <strong>Mayor Brandon Johnson<\/strong> earlier in the week during an interview. <\/p>\n<p>When asked what his thoughts were about the permanent casino being ultimately built, the Mayor replied it was &#8220;<em>still to be determined<\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alderman Brendan Reilly<\/strong>, who has been a member of the Chicago City Council since 2007, said he did not believe the Mayor was not \u201c<em>on board<\/em>\u201d with the new casino, but that his answer was rather a matter of getting <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>caught up at that editorial board on some questions that he couldn&#8217;t actually answer.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"position:relative;height:0;padding-bottom:56.25%\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hZVlVLv0RUs?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0?ecver=2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;left:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Can Bally\u2019s Afford the New Casino?<\/h2>\n<p>Reilly added that the \u201c<em>bigger issue<\/em>\u201d could be establishing if the corporation can truly afford to develop the site or not. <\/p>\n<p>Mentioning Wall Street rumors and information, Reilly said Bally\u2019s was likely \u201c<em>short hundreds of millions of dollars in cash<\/em>\u201d from delivering the casino.<\/p>\n<p>Last September, Bally\u2019s opened a temporary casino in River North inside the Medinah Temple building. <\/p>\n<p>According to financial results for May, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/us\/states\/illinois\">temporary Illinois casino<\/a>. recorded the most successful month since its opening, with $13.8 million in revenue and over 118,000 people in admissions. <\/p>\n<p>Johnson\u2019s office commented on Bally\u2019s success in reaching \u201c<em>its highest revenue numbers so far<\/em>\u201d while saying they will keep their commitment to the permanent casino project.<\/p>\n<p>The public meeting on the topic of the casino site\u2019s demolition will take place on June 14 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Jesse White Community Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: Bally&#8217;s vision to build a casino in Chicago is still going strong, despite Mayor Brandon Johnson\u2019s recent comments. The $1.7 billion casino would be built on the River West property. A potential opening date was set for September 2026. 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