The story
Developed by Neil Bluhm's Midwest Gaming for $445 million, the 147,000-square-foot casino was majority-acquired by Churchill Downs in 2019 for $407 million. An $87 million expansion filed in 2021 pushed it to the 2,000-position state maximum.
Everything that was here
- 2011–present · still open
Rivers Casino Des PlainesCasino
Opened July 18, 2011 on Illinois' last riverboat license, Rivers was the first casino anywhere to be certified LEED Gold.
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Nearby history
Paradise Pup
1724 S. River Rd. · 2.9 km away
John Wayne Gacy House
8213 West Summerdale Avenue · 3.6 km away
Des Plaines Methodist Camp Ground
1250 Campground Road · 4.1 km away
One of the oldest continuously used Methodist camp meeting grounds in the Chicago area, founded in 1860 and listed on th
Maine North High School
9511 Harrison St, Des Plaines, IL 60016 · 4.4 km away
White Eagle Banquet Hall
6839 N. Milwaukee Ave. · 4.9 km away
Des Plaines History Center / Kinder House Museum
781 Pearson Street · 5.0 km away
The city's history museum has lived in a relocated 1907 mansion since 1978.
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