Lightfoot selects five sites, all on South and West sides, as possible casino locations – Chicago Tribune

City officials stressed that the casino won’t necessarily wind up at one of the five spots, which they characterized as test sites. The five are the “Harborside” location at 111th Street and the Bishop Ford Freeway, near the Pullman neighborhood; the former Michael Reese Hospital site at 31st Street and Cottage Grove Avenue; a site at Pershing Road and State Street, which is near Guaranteed Rate Field; the former U.S. Steel parcel, known as South Works, which is between 79th and 91st streets along South Lake Shore Drive; and the lone West Side site, at Roosevelt Road and Kostner Avenue.
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Rick
4 years ago

Obviously she wants to claw back some of that welfare money from mathematically challenged folks who feel like hitting the lottery is their only hope. Sad.

debtsor
4 years ago
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What? You’re racist for suggesting this. The real reason for the location is ‘social justice’. They want to keep the gambling losses in the community before remitting it back to the state.

debtsor
4 years ago

RACIST!!!!!

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