The project will be located at the current Chicago Tribune Publishing Center.

Our proposal provides the best location for an entertainment casino resort in the City of Chicago. To ensure that our project fosters significant opportunities for Chicago’s local groups and organizations, as well as small, emerging and minority-owned businesses, we’ve entered into strategic partnerships with multiple leaders of the Chicago community, including Black Contractors Owners / Executives, Black Men United, Black United Fund of Illinois, City Colleges of Chicago, Chicago Minority Supplier Development Council, Chicago Urban League, Coalition of African American Leaders, Hispanic Professional Network, Illinois Restaurant Association, and Illinois Black Chamber of Commerce.

We’re also committed to becoming an engaged and active member of the city, deeply woven into the fabric of the entire Chicago community. – all MBE-certified firms – and SQN Associates, LLC a W/M/DBE-certified firm, and Gilbane Building Company, a leading national building company with more than four decades of experience working in Chicago. Its construction management team is the Chicago Community Builder’s Collective, a partnership between Brown & Momen, Inc., dEscoto, Inc., LiveWire Construction, Inc., Milhouse Engineering & Construction, Powers & Sons Construction, UJAMAA Construction, Inc., and Riteway-Huggins Construction Services, Inc. Our project will be built by the community, of the community and for the community.īally’s Chicago’s minority investors have a 25% ownership stake in the project, and include philanthropists, business owners, sports stars, celebrities, and everyday Chicagoans from the African American and Latino communities, as well as other ethnic and gender representation.īally’s Chicago has set a 46% MBE/WBE construction goal, exceeding city requirements. Our vision for Bally’s Chicago is a world-class entertainment destination that embraces local culture and drives tourism to Chicago. In fact, our closest casino is more than 150 driving miles from Chicago. We’re also conflict free, with no ownership stake in any nearby casino. We understand what it takes to develop and operate a successful casino that supports its surrounding communities. We’re the largest and most diverse casino operator of all the bidders.

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