Why ChicagoBears land deal with ChurchillDowns prohibiting a casino at Arlington_Park gets past ArlingtonHtsGov ordinance on a technicality
Property transfer documents obtained by the Daily Herald reveal the Bears are barred from opening a land-based casino at Arlington Park -- a restrictive covenant that is in conflict with the spirit, if not the letter, of a 2021 Arlington Heights village ordinance that sought to preserve gambling options.
But the 2019 state gambling expansion law removed the requirement that casinos be located on water. The gambling section in village code was written before that, and there's disagreement on whether the village could retroactively clean up its old code to include a land-based casino. by signing up you agree to our terms of service The contract language, however, would allow the Bears to pursue a sports betting lounge -- and they already have.
The resumption of live thoroughbred horse racing isn't part of those conceptual site plans, either, though some local horseplayers continue to hold out hope as long as the stately six-story grandstand still stands.
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