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A new casino scheduled to open in the heart of Center of Chicago is being accused of violating the civil rights laws of the United States to allegedly prevent white men from investing in the project, a measure that has caused a lawsuit.
Bally’s Chicago is a casino and resort of $ 1.7 billion scheduled to open in the Windy City’s River West neighborhood in 2026. It is projected that the expansive complex is the largest casino in Illinois, with a 500 -room hotel tower with A bar on the roof, a Riverwalk river, thousands of slot machines and a theater of 3,000 seats. Bally will be the first casino in the city; His offer was selected by the then mayor Lori Lightfoot in 2022.
As part of Host community agreement Bally has signed with the city of Chicago, the Casino promised to the minority property of 25%. The HCA was written according to a 2019 state law that expanded the game in Illinois. Currently, to participate in the initial public offer of $ 250 million of the casino, one must comply with its “class A qualification criteria”, part of which it establishes that an investor must be a “minority or woman”.
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Bally’s casino is being sued for alleged racial discrimination. (BALLY’S CASINO)
A minority is defined as “African-American, American Indians, Asian-American, Hispanics” and other groups considered by the city as “socially disadvantaged”, including US Arabs, according to the Municipal Code of Chicago.
The Wisconsin Law and Liberty Institute is demanding the Casino de Boly and the members of the Illinois Games Commission, so they allege that it is racial discrimination. Will represents two possible investors who are denied that they were denied the ability to participate in the project due to their career, Richard Fisher and Phillip Aronoff, who are part of the American Alliance of Equal Rights, which is also a plaintiff in the case.
The demand alleges that Bally is in violation of the Civil Rights Law of 1866, the first law Ku Klux Klan and years of Precedent of the Supreme Court preventing white men from buying actions in their company. The lawsuit also claims that Bally’s is preventing shareholders from transferring actions to people who do not meet class A criteria. ”
“Making a contract is essential for the rights of citizenship. What Bally is doing here is absolutely illegal and has been for decades and decades,” said Dan Lennington, of the Wisconsin and Liberty Law Institute, Fox News Digital.
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The Casino offer was selected by the then mayor of Chicago, Lori Lightfoot. (Kamil Krzaczynski/Getty Images)
Chicago’s lawyer, Patrick Callahan, is not part of the lawsuit, but told Fox News Digital that he could not invest in the project because he is a white man.
“It’s so blatantly discriminatory that I can’t imagine how it could be allowed,” said Callahan.
Callahan, 39, said he heard for the first time about the casino of a real estate agent who is still on Instagram. He thought it was an exciting investment opportunity and tried to buy shares in the project. After completing your personal information about Bally’s Investment portalHe was asked if he met the “Class A” criteria. When Callahan contributed that he did not, due to his race and gender, said the portal declared that he could not proceed with his investment.
The red message appeared if someone who pursues the actions in the offer did not satisfy class A. qualification criteria (BALLY’S CHICAGO)
“This offer is only available for entities that satisfy the class A qualification criteria in accordance with the host community agreement with the city of Chicago,” the portal showed in the red text.
“I assumed that it was more a guide than a hard rule … This really cannot be … but indeed, this is available exclusively for women and certain minorities,” said Callahan said Fox News Digital.
Callahan said that the alleged racial discrimination was far from impacting given how the city has been executed under Chicago Mayor Brandon JohnsonBut I was still alarmed.
“It didn’t surprise me as much as it was a bit surprising because I was so shameless … Chicago is a disaster, so it doesn’t surprise me,” he said.
Will’s demand could lead to legal consequences for Bally that can even endanger his casino license, Lennington said.
Mayor of Chicago Brandon Johnson. (Reuters/Vincent Alban)
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Bally’s Presentation of the declared sec The terms that agreed in the HCA could leave them vulnerable to demands of people who do not meet “class A criteria, who would incur” substantial costs “of the casino and” could negatively affect our ability to operate our casinos and so that they can materially affect materially To our business, financial condition and results of operations “, if the HCA is invalid or unconstitutional.
“The OPI of Bally’s Chicago meets our obligations under the agreement of the host community with the city of Chicago,” said a Bally spokesman for Fox News Digital in a statement.
The Chicago Mayor Office and the Illinois Game Commission did not respond to the Fox News Digital application to comment.
