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The property would include a 64,000-square-foot casino, entertainment venue for live music, three restaurants, and two bars. More than half the site is in East Hazel Crest, and that suburb and Homewood would share in a portion of casino revenue.
By Melanie Jongsma HOMEWOOD, Ill. (October 11, 2019) – By 6:30pm on Monday, October 7, the meeting room at the Marie Irwin Center was packed with an estimated 200 people, including camera crews from WGN and NBC in addition to local media. Representatives from the Wind Creek Casino development spent 30 minutes introducing their company. Wind Creek Hospitality has submitted an application to the Illinois State Gaming Board to develop a casino and entertainment destination in the south suburban communities of East Hazel Crest and Homewood, IL. Officials East Hazel Crest and Homewood, meanwhile, are courting an out-of-town gaming operator to build a casino near the intersection of Halsted Street and the Tri-State Tollway. But a competing. A rendering of a casino complex proposed for a site at Interstate 80 and Halsted Street in East Hazel Crest and Homewood. (Wind Creek Hospitality photo) (HANDOUT/Wind Creek Hospitality).
The Poarch Band of Creek Indians announced plans to pursue a commercial casino in Illinois, joining at least two other tribal nations already in the game. The $275 million proposal features a 64,000-square-foot casino with more than 1,300 slot machines and 56 table games, along with an entertainment center, three restaurants, two bars, a skyline lounge and a 251-room hotel with an indoor pool and spa, according to news reports. It would be located in the village of Homewood, about 26 miles south of downtown Chicago. 'Wind Creek Hospitality has a proven track record of success in developing high-quality and successful casino and entertainment projects, and we're excited about the opportunity to bring one to Illinois,' Brent Pinkston, the chief operating officer for the Alabama-based Wind Creek Hospitality, the tribe's gaming and hospitality arm, said in a news release quoted by the media. The Forest County Potawatomi Community is also pursuing a commercial casino in Waukegan, Illinois. The tribe operates the Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, an Indian gaming facility, in neighboring Wisconsin. The Seminole Tribe, through its Hard Rock International enterprise, is in the game too. The project is in Rockford, near the northern border of Illinois with Wisconsin. A new Illinois law authorizes up to six casinos in the state. Ten are already in operation. The Poarch Band, through Wind Creek Hospitality, either operates or manages tribal and commercial casinos across the U.S. and in other countries. The Seminoles do the same with Hard Rock. The Forest County Potawatomi Community's proposal in Illinois is a first for the tribe. Casino proposed for 24-acre site on I-80 in south suburbs (The Daily Southtown / Chicago Tribune October 3, 2019)
Casino, hotel proposed for Homewood, East Hazel Crest (ABC7 October 3, 2019)Proposed Homewood-East Hazel Crest casino subject of Monday hearing (The Homewood-Floosmore Chronicle October 2, 2019)
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Rockford city staff recommends Hard Rock casino proposal (WIFR September 30, 2019)
City of Rockford recommends Hard Rock International casino proposal (WREX September 30, 2019)