Former Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who selected Bally’s from four bidders for the project and forced it through the Chicago City Council in the spring of 2022, initially wanted the temporary casino to start churning out cash by the first half of this year.

Source: https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/8/23/23842939/chicago-casino-opening-september-medinah-temple-ballys

Founded in 1932 as a Chicago-based pinball manufacturer, Bally’s diversified into everything from casinos and health clubs to amusement parks over the years before selling off its parts and fading into corporate obscurity in the new millennium.

Source: https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-ballys-chicago-casino-company-timeline-20220526-24h4fn36b5eklletcwhpdu2na4-story.html

GLPI continues to have the option, subject to receipt by Bally’s of required consents, to acquire the real property assets of Bally’s Twin River Lincoln Casino Resort in Lincoln, RI prior to December 31, 2024 for a purchase price of $771M.

Source: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4568527-welcome-back-goldilocks?source=feed_all_articles

GLPI continues to have the option, subject to receipt by Bally’s of required consents, to acquire the real property assets of Bally’s Twin River Lincoln Casino Resort in Lincoln, RI prior to December 31, 2024 for a purchase price of $771M.

Source: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4568527-welcome-back-goldilocks?source=feed_all_articles

“It’s done, all the machines are installed,” Bally’s Chairman Soo Kim told the Tribune Thursday.

Source: https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-ballys-chicago-medinah-temple-opening-pushed-back-20230804-55ubtjpo6vdm3mz2ql2sj4jqjq-story.html

Jack Binion’s Steak Bally’s Las Vegas is relatively new to the strip, having opened in the summer.

Source: https://calgaryherald.com/travel/vegas-cowboy-for-one-week-a-year-during-the-national-finals-rodeo-sin-city-goes-a-little-bit-country

Quantamental Technologies LLC bought a new position in shares of Bally’s in the second quarter valued at approximately $224,000.

Source: https://www.etfdailynews.com/2023/02/23/ballys-co-nysebaly-shares-sold-by-new-york-state-common-retirement-fund/

Stanley Schlein, the lawyer with deep ties to the Bronx Democratic Party and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D-Bronx), just registered as a lobbyist for Bally’s.

Source: https://nypost.com/2023/02/12/ballys-eyes-nyc-casino-next-to-trumps-bronx-golf-course/

The Gaming Board granted a four-year license renewal for Bally’s Quad Cities in June.

Source: https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-ballys-chicago-opens-medinah-temple-casino-20230908-cukkxss3uzcaxc7vy4nuijn4gq-story.html

The Illinois Gaming Board, at a meeting earlier this month, gave preliminary approval for Bally’s to open a temporary casino and ultimately a permanent gambling complex in Chicago.

Source: https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/6/23/23769321/ballys-chicago-casino-deal-nomura-securities-gamesys

The new commercial center is also home to Chickie’s & Pete’s Crab House and Sports Bar, with space for Bally’s to incorporate additional dining and retail establishments.

Source: https://northeastnews.net/pages/ballys-kansas-city-casino-expansion-opens/

You get the Eiffel Tower of the Paris, the way you want to see it, plus the hot air balloon, ferris wheel of the Linq, the old Bally’s hotel, which is now the Horseshoe, and the pink of the Flamingo, the first major hotel on the strip circa the 1940s.

Source: https://easyreadernews.com/travel-get-lucky-with-las-vegas-parking-roofs-for-photos/