Chicago Plan Commission endorses Bally's casino plan

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The Plan Commission endorsed the Bally's Casino plan at Chicago Avenue and Halsted Street. It will likely go before the Chicago City Council Wed.

The commission advises the City Council on big developments. Members include mayoral appointees, alderpersons and department heads.

Until he sees the plan, Burnett said he cannot support the zoning. "I want to see that by tomorrow or I'll just raise a lot of hell at the zoning meeting," Burnett said. RELATED: Plan for temporary Chicago casino at Medinah Temple lacks safety details, River North alderman says The permanent site, now a Chicago Tribune printing plant, runs along the west side of the Chicago River between Grand and Chicago avenues. Bally's has suggested the plant might temporarily continue on a corner of the property, but the Tribune has not disclosed any relocation plans. The plant prints the Tribune, Sun-Times, the New York Times and Wall Street Journal.

 

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How quickly does someone knock over that casino!?

This seem like a really fishy deal. Ballys buys the property, then sells the property to someone else, then rents the property back from the company they just sold it to? Rife for corruption, but this is Chicago so...

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