South Suburbs New Casino
Oct 08, 2019 Chicago Suburb Casino Plan Approved in Homewood Village, $275M Project Proposed From Alabama Tribe. Posted on: October 8, 2019, 08:49h. Last updated on: October 8, 2019, 09:57h. The south suburban village of Matteson unveiled plans for a new casino and hotel on Monday less than two weeks after two other south suburban communities announced their own plans for a casino. Casinos in South Suburban on YP.com. See reviews, photos, directions, phone numbers and more for the best Casinos in South Suburban, IL.
Expand The village board in south suburban Homewood gives the green light for a new $275 million casino and luxury hotel. NBC 5’s Dick Johnson reports on the project’s next steps. The plans for a. Jun 29, 2019 Read more Alabama Tribe Proposes Casino in South Suburbs of Chicago October 8, 2019 - Wind Creek Hospitality, the gaming and hospitality company of Alabama's Poarch Creek Indians, has proposed a $275M casino in the suburbs of East Hazel Crest and Homewood. Read more More Headlines.
The casino would sit at the corner of Lincoln Highway and Harlem Avenue in Matteson
The south suburban village of Matteson unveiled plans for a new casino and hotel on Monday less than two weeks after two other south suburban communities announced their own plans for a casino.
The proposed casino would be operated by the Chocktaw Nation of Oklahoma, and would sit at the corner of Lincoln Highway and Harlem Avenue. Along with 2,000 gaming positions, the casino complex would include a 200-room hotel, high-end-restaurant and convention space, according to a news release from the village.
Details of the projects were expected to be officially unveiled at a 7 p.m. meeting on Monday at Matteson Village Hall.
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In a news release, Village President Sheila Chalmers-Currin stated the proposed site is the “absolute best location in the southern Cook County” for a casino, stressing the convenience of drivers due to the close proximity of I-57 and I-80.
The casino would include an historical exhibit chronicling the multi-cultural history of the area, which is home to several Underground Railroad sites.
The Choctaw Nation, the third largest Indian Nation in the United States, operates eight casinos and hotels in Oklahoma.
A separate company previously proposed a $275 million luxury hotel and casino in south suburban Homewood and East Hazel Crest. The gaming facility would be operated by Wind Creek Hospitality, and directly off of I-80 near Halsted Street and 175th Street.
The Homewood Village Board approved plans for the casino at its Oct. 7 meeting.
A small percentage of the casino's estimated gain of $155 million dollars a year would go to not only Homewood and East Hazel Crest, but 41 other south suburban municipalities.
Bets remain open for the site of a future Chicago casino, but proposals are already emerging for gaming venues at a handful of south suburban sites.
Legislation awaiting Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s signature would create a casino license for the south suburbs and allow a combined racetrack and casino in the region as well, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
Political and business leaders in Tinley Park are promoting a plan to build the so-called “racino” on the site of the closed 280-acre Tinley Park Mental Health Center campus. Village officials are looking to partner with Rick Heidner, owner of Gold Rush Gaming, on the project..
Officials East Hazel Crest and Homewood, meanwhile, are courting an out-of-town gaming operator to build a casino near the intersection of Halsted Street and the Tri-State Tollway. But a competing proposal would put the casino on a 58-acre plot of farmland in Lynwood and Ford Heights, near the intersection of Illinois 394 and U.S. 30.
South Suburbs New Casinos
The gambling expansion bill approved by lawmakers would create six new casino licenses, allow three existing racetracks to add casino games and allow the creation of two new “racinos.” One of the casinos would go in Chicago, and Mayor Lori Lightfoot said her staff would study potential sites before getting behind any specific proposal.
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The new casinos could create competition for Neil Bluhm, managing partner of Walton Street Capital, who is also chairman of the Rush Street gaming company. Rush Street owns the Rivers Casino in northwest suburban Des Plaines but so far does not plan to pursue any of the new casino licenses, according to the Sun-Times. [Chicago Sun-Times] — Alex Nitkin