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With the official design approved, the next hurdle for Bally’s will be obtaining all necessary permits from the city’s Department of Buildings.A Chicago City Council committee voted to approve Lori Lightfoot's proposal for a Bally's casino in River West in a meeting Monday.ĬHICAGO (WLS) - Plans for a Chicago casino took an important step forward Monday as a special city council committee voted to send the plans for Bally's casino to the full city council. Later phases in the development could include up to 4,800 residential units, 250 additional hotel rooms and thousands of square feet of retail space. Credit: Bally's An overhead look at the design update for the Bally’s Casino in River West. The site still includes the one-acre public park along the riverfront. The first phase of the development includes the Bally’s-operated casino, a 500-room hotel, 11 restaurants, the theater, Riverwalk extension and a museum. The casino is set to be built on the Tribune Publishing site along the Chicago River between Grand and Chicago avenues. The site also includes 10 acres of public open space and a 1-acre riverside park. The layout of the site remains the same, with the 505,000-square-foot hotel tower on the north end of the site and restaurants, retail, gaming and a 3,000-seat theater on the south end. The updated design is a result of months of meetings with casino officials, stakeholders and others, a planning department spokesperson said.

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