Plans emerge for Chicago-area casino

by Staff

Thu, Oct 30, 2008

The day the Illinois Gaming Board announced seven bidders for the state’s dormant 10th license with few details besides bidders’ names and numbers, the Chicago suburb of Stickney and owners of the local Hawthorne Race Course galloped out of the gate complete with press releases and ex-Chicago Bears football coach Mike Ditka saying the village is already in the lead to win the license. With room for a temporary casino in the track’s grandstand, they claimed, Stickney could open the Champions racino within six months.

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