The City of Chicago solicited creative ideas and potential strategies to develop and operate a world-class casino in Chicago through a Request for Information (RFI) issued on August 27, according to a press release from the Mayor’s office.
The 17-page document describes a vision to “select an experienced company or joint venture to develop and operate (the casino)” and makes a call for “feedback, suggestions and comments.”
To view the RFI, click here.
In the press release, Mayor Lightfoot expressed support for the “once-in-a-generation opportunity” to generate “hundreds of millions in new gaming revenues to shore up the City’s pension obligations and drive huge levels of infrastructure funding as well as creating thousands of new and much needed jobs.”
“Chicago can finally pursue a to bring a casino to our city,” she said. “This is the right time to begin having these discussions as we continue to lay the foundation to make a strong recovery from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.”
She also referred to the 2019 State of Illinois Public Act that eventually helped legalize wagering as “favorable legislation that had eluded us for decades.”
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