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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Fran Spielman

Reilly condemns 11th-hour ‘switcheroo’ to Medinah Temple as site for temporary casino

Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s eleventh-hour “switcheroo” to the landmark Medinah Temple as the site for Bally’s temporary casino will make an alarming spike in River North crime infinitely worse, the local alderperson said Friday.

One day after Lightfoot chose Bally’s River West bid as the site for a permanent Chicago casino, Ald. Brendan Reilly (42nd) accused the mayor of dictating a disastrous choice as the site of a temporary gambling den until at least the first quarter of 2026.

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