Future Chicago-area casino/resort?
 

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Good luck with that one. Ho Chunk has owned a huge plot of land in Hoffman Estates for years, but has never gained state approval to build their resort.

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i grew up in hoffman estates and never heard anything about this. Where is the land the own located?

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I'm not sure the location, but I think it was out near Sears HQ. In looking up articles, the plans fell through after a year of trying. They had an option to buy the land, but when they couldn't get approved, evidently it was dropped. This was 2003-2004.

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Probably same piece of land that was supposed to be the site of the new Bears stadium.

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Even if they did get a casino built there, who cares, its in the middle of nowhere. And its 30 minutes from Aurora. What we need is a casino in Rosemont or Waukegan. Screw Hoffman Estates. Personally I'm hoping something gets done with a casino in Kenosha. Anybody living in Lake County or Northern Cook has an hour and a half drive to get to a live poker room right now.

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We need the next casino in downtown Chicago. Daley's grand plan is to turn the old McCormick Place building into a casino run by the city. This needs to happen. It is ridiculous that there are casinos in downtown St. Louis and Detroit, but not Chicago.

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Arlington Race Track would be ideal. They have the building, concessions, parking, location somewhat close to city, METRA stop.

I would be shocked if Chicagoland gets another boat soon though. The governor is just not into it.

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The politicians in the State of Illinois are criminals. As an aggregate they comprise a "continuing criminal enterprise". A gambler wouldn't have a snowball's chance in hell of making money with a casino inside Chicago. The joint itself would have to pay so much "juice" to the politicians they would have to squeeze the gambler, like a phuckin orange. Check this while the link is still up. Illinois politicians have taken for THEMSELVES, what the outfit used to have.
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We need the next casino in downtown Chicago. Daley's grand plan is to turn the old McCormick Place building into a casino run by the city. This needs to happen. It is ridiculous that there are casinos in downtown St. Louis and Detroit, but not Chicago.

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I'm not sure the location, but I think it was out near Sears HQ. In looking up articles, the plans fell through after a year of trying. They had an option to buy the land, but when they couldn't get approved, evidently it was dropped. This was 2003-2004.

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IIRC you are correct. There's a chunk of land way west in Hoffman somewhere just off of 72 that has been rumored for everything from a Casino, Fire, Wolves, Boeing, Bears, 3rd airport, Meijers, Lacrosse team, minor league baseball, convention center, etc. I don't read the Daily Herald as often as I used to so I don't know what the latest rumor is.

BTW, Shabbona seems like a horrid location. Most people would have to drive by Aurora to get their. This seems like a worse idea than an airport in Peotone.

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The Potowatomi planning for Shabbona is not that bad of an idea, in the long term. On the extremely small chance that somehow this gets approved, this could be a great idea. The suburban sprawl is out of control. Sugar Grove is expanding like crazy. People are starting to buy places in Dekalb and commute to Naperville. Plus, you get the NIU gambling crowd.

It will take years to get anything approved. By this time, there will be enough people in the far west suburbs to support it. If they can't get approval, then they can make a ton of money selling the land back if they want to go that route.

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Very good point RR but it will never happen. Our governor made it clear from day one that he is not a friend of the casinos. The Horseshoe in Hammond will have a new boat soon with a poker room