The Joint Review Board at a meeting in early November recommended establishing the tax increment financing district to facilitate the casino project. That money would be collected through a tax increment financing district proposed to be established on the property. The city also turned over options it had to buy adjacent properties - the former Alama Ballroom, Gaslight Manor and a chapel - which the casino has since purchased.Ĭity officials also expect to pass $50 million in general obligation bonds to help front-fund the casino, to be paid back by the increase in property taxes on the casino property.

The Gonnella Bread facility to the left is not part of the site. This aerial view shows the site for the Hollywood Casino-Aurora resort, roughly bordered by Farnsworth Avenue to the east, right, Bilter Road to the north, about the middle of the photo, Church Road to the west and Corporate Boulevard to the south. “This will be a competitive, regional destination,” said George. Charles now gone, the resort is expected to bring in the kinds of events those venues once hosted, such as regional events, seminars and meetings, as well as taking advantage of the about eight million people who visit Chicago Premium Outlets mall during a year. With facilities such as Pheasant Run in St. The company expects to create 700 construction jobs during the course of the project, and 700 permanent jobs at the new facility, about twice the number of people currently employed at the downtown Aurora casino. The site will include about 1,700 parking spaces.

The casino resort, when finished in an estimated two years, will feature what Greg Moore, Hollywood Casino vice president and general manager, called a “best-in-class facility,” with 1,200 gaming positions, about 220 hotel rooms, a retail sportsbook, an outdoor entertainment area, full-service spa, many bars and restaurants and about a 12,000-square-foot event center with meeting areas.

This rendering shows the entrance off Farnsworth Avenue into the new Hollywood Casino resort planned in Aurora.

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