The Aurora City Council is set to vote on plans for the $360 million Hollywood Casino resort planned on the city’s northeast side. Aldermen will vote on the site nestled between Farnsworth Avenue, Bilter and Church roads, and I-88.
Thank you for supporting our journalism. This article is available exclusively for our subscribers, who help fund our work at the Chicago Tribune.The Aurora City Council is set to vote on preliminary plans for the $360 million Hollywood Casino resort planned on the city’s northeast side.
According to Michael Carroll, vice president of construction with Penn Entertainment, the casino is putting in a main entrance off Farnsworth, and a second entrance along Bilter Road. The alternate entrance can be used by people going to some of the entertainment spaces, without going through the gaming area or hotel.Moore said Hollywood is likely to double its current number of permanent jobs from 350 to 700 people, and Carroll said the project should create an estimated 700 construction jobs.
The city also assembled the land along Farnsworth with the purchase and razing of two motels to give Hollywood Casino a place to go to leave its current downtown location, where it has been since 1993. Brian Witkowski, of the city’s engineering division, said the study was done of all traffic needs in the area - not just what the casino would generate - out to the year 2050.
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