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Originally Posted by Baronvonellis
https://chicago.curbed.com/2019/7/17...ayor-lightfoot
Did anyone see the list of 5 sites for the Chicago casino? They are all in southside or westside neighborhoods other than Michael Reese site. I thought the idea was to put it where tourists go, to get money from tourists? These looks like far flung and impoverished locations. I don't think it's a good thing to plop a giant casino into an impoverished neighborhood, that's not going to help anything. It should be next to McCormick to get the money from conventioneers and tourists downtown. I don't think tourists are going to trek to Lawndale or 111th. I sure wouldn't want to go all the way south to 111th, although I might go if it was downtown.
Here are the five sites:
Harborside at 111th and the Bishop Ford Freeway in Pullman
the former Michael Reese hospital at 31st and Cottage Grove in Bronzeville
Pershing Road and State Street in Bronzeville
Roosevelt Road and Kostner Avenue in Lawndale
the former U.S. Steel parcel at 80th and Lake Shore Drive in South Chicago
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And then they'll be wondering why it's a boondoggle in 20 years. I'd imagine a lot of pressure on the Mayor's office to propose locations outside the city center because people complain about not enough economic opportunities. Ironically, it'll do far more damage than good to those areas if they get the casino... stupid
I agree that it should be McCormick, and the choice really shouldn't even be close.