Chicago Construction News staff writer
The Illinois Gaming Board has allowed construction to resume at Bally’s Chicago casino more than two weeks after work was stopped amid questions about the use of a reputed mob-connected company.
“Today the Illinois Gaming Board (IGB) lifted its May 1, 2025, Stop Work Order on construction of the permanent Bally’s Chicago Casino project,” the agency said in a statement. “The IGB issued the Stop Work Order in connection with undisclosed vendors performing work on the project.”
The Illinois Gaming Board (IGB) issued a stop-work order at the Bally’s Chicago casino construction site in River West last week, after discovering an unauthorized waste hauler with past alleged ties to organized crime was operating at the project. See related story.
There are currently no vendors working on the casino construction project without IGB approval.
“Bally’s addressed the disclosure failures. It has disclosed, and assured the ongoing disclosure of, all proposed vendors to the IGB,” the statement continued. “Bally’s is cooperating with the investigation.”
“With IGB direction and oversight, Bally’s is implementing required improvements to its vendor and contractor compliance processes and protocols along with additional steps to enhance monitoring, supervision and surveillance at the construction site.”
The investigation continues, and “the IGB has no further comment.”
