The latest monthly cash count announced Wednesday by regulators at the Illinois Gaming Board put the River North betting house near the top of the state’s roster of 15 casinos — but well behind city tax revenue projections for Chicago’s desperately underfunded police and firefighter pensions.
The suckers lost all of their money. Have to go out and rob someone, but I will be back ASAP.
Riverbender
2 years ago
There is concern about “Chicago’s desperately underfunded police and firefighter pensions?” How interesting considering that Chicago seems to have plenty of money to hand out to the newly arrived immigrants.
Streeterville
2 years ago
Would expect Chicago casino to exit Medina Temple by end of 2024, head back home to New England. Money-loser, inexperienced small-time casino operator (name was purchased), another pathetic legacy of Lightfoot administration.
Downtown is a bad location for anything these days. I think most of city and southside the gambling crowd drives 25 minutes up I-294, then hangs out in Rosemont for several hours before heading over to Rivers. It’s a lot to ask people to spend twice as long to go downtown, pay $$$ for parking. Rivers and Rosemont have free parking. The new location at Halsted/Chicago would be even worse and more congested.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Just being in that hood is a gamble….
The suckers lost all of their money. Have to go out and rob someone, but I will be back ASAP.
There is concern about “Chicago’s desperately underfunded police and firefighter pensions?” How interesting considering that Chicago seems to have plenty of money to hand out to the newly arrived immigrants.
Would expect Chicago casino to exit Medina Temple by end of 2024, head back home to New England. Money-loser, inexperienced small-time casino operator (name was purchased), another pathetic legacy of Lightfoot administration.
Downtown is a bad location for anything these days. I think most of city and southside the gambling crowd drives 25 minutes up I-294, then hangs out in Rosemont for several hours before heading over to Rivers. It’s a lot to ask people to spend twice as long to go downtown, pay $$$ for parking. Rivers and Rosemont have free parking. The new location at Halsted/Chicago would be even worse and more congested.