The city of Aurora also helped the process to allow the establishment of the Hollywood Casino resort. The 2019 gambling law amendment made the development of the aforementioned casino resort possible, as casino licenses were no longer required to be tied to a location along a river. He believes that the new location of the planned Hollywood Casino is much better and would help Aurora’s gambling revenue, especially considering preliminary estimates that say that the new location would bring many more than the 900,000 people that currently visit the existing casino every year.

Moore, Hollywood’s gaming revenues in the city fell from $151.6 million in 2012 to $114.5 million in 2019. The general manager of the Hollywood Casino, Greg Moore, shared that the new development is the only way the parent company of the planned casino resort – Penn Entertainment – is given the chance to match the stiff competition in Illinois of rivals such as Des Plaines-based Rivers Casino and the pending mega-casino in Chicago.Īs confirmed by Mr. The approval of the preliminary project will send the plans to the City Council Committee of the Whole which is set to meet on June 20th. Earlier this week, an Aurora City Council Committee officially approved the preliminary project for the $360-million Hollywood Casino resort that is planned to be built in the northeast part of the city.Ĭity Council members who are part of the Building, Zoning and Economic Development Committee unanimously voted in favor of the construction plans, and some rezoning for the site that is supposed to host the Hollywood Casino resort.

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