| nomarandlee |
Jun 6, 2019 5:25 PM |
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Originally Posted by Mr Downtown
(Post 8597070)
Too much of Crawford is already in the landfill, I fear. That's why I suggested Fisk or the Union Station steam plant.
I feel like it needs to be where downtown tourists can easily swing by, in a location easily reachable by employees living in poor parts of the South and West Sides. None of the old coalburning sites meet those criteria. A former Robert Taylor Homes site on South State might, as might something next to United Center.
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My mind really didn't go to Sox Park or the UC at first but the more and more they seem like potentially good sites. Especially with the UC you have a captive winter audience, many of them affluent and suburbanites, who will there be in the area for nearly x100 times to year in a stadium that is often sold out. Many who have been overserved or want to do something pre-post game would head to a casino across the street.
Give the nature of an inside appeal in the winter and near sold-out stadiums, I think the UC makes bit better option compared to say Sox Park. Hopefully, there could be some spill over into Garfield Park for the better.
Another aspect is that I think we will likely get more than one location within 5 years or so anyway if this casino is any kind of cash cow. Our politicians are addicted to revenue and all streams from it.
Event though Pritzker called Chicago a "business city" so is every bit of London and it has 24 casinos. I'd expect there to eventually be a downtown-esque casino and a perhaps one in the vicitnity of McCormick Place as well. |
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