A joint bid to build a casino in the south suburbs was given preliminary approval on Wednesday, while another suburb saw its hopes of building a new casino.
Wind Creek s proposal calls for a $440 million casino and luxury hotel tower to open in mid-2023 south of Interstate 80-294 at Halsted Street on the border of Homewood and
The Illinois Gaming Board s decision leaves the casino development plans for Homewood and Matteson as the two finalists in the long-running effort to bring casino gambling to the south suburbs.