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ROLLING ON THE RIVERS

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ROLLING ON THE RIVERS
Last night, high rollers all over Chicago celebrated the opening of Rivers Casino  in Des Plaines. The 137k SF venue is the first to feature a gaming floor over a pool of water instead of a riverboat in the State of Illinois.
 
Emil Jones, Neil Bluhm and Sister
We snapped Former Illinois Senate president Emil Jones  with Midwest Gaming's Neil Bluhm  and his sister. Rivers holds the state's 10th and final  casino license, but a casino expansion bill could provide more licenses (including one for the city of Chicago) soon. Rivers has more than 800 gaming positions on its 44k SF casino floor.
Charles Porter
DMA's Charles Porter, one of the design/builders on the Rivers project, tells us he was happy to see everything working just the way he thought it would turn out. The casino includes several restaurants like Canopy Buffet, Hugo's Frog Bar, and Mian Bar Noodle Shop and is among the first LEED-certified casinos in the country. The skylight just above Charles' head is providing natural light onto the gaming floor as one of the green elements.