Bally's is using battle over video gambling as excuse to slow construction at casino site, aldermen say

A City Council majority on Wednesday accused Bally’s of using the ongoing battle over video gambling terminals in Chicago as an excuse to slow down construction of a $1.7 billion casino and entertainment complex in River West that they contend Bally's can no longer afford to build. The letter to Bally's was signed by 28 members of the renegade coalition that rejected Mayor Brandon Johnson’s corporate head tax and muscled through an alternative 2026 budget. That spending plan lifted the Chicago…