The long anticipated Rivers Casino has finally opened in Des Plaines. Patch has been following the development of the casino since the beginning. Click on the links to see the progress.
Many major news outlets came out to cover the grand opening of the new Rivers Casino in Des Plaines. Here are some highlights from that coverage.
What Other News Outlets Are Reporting About Rivers Casino Opening We surveyed other major news outlets to hear what they had to say about the casino's grand opening.
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About 1,000 VIPS attended a private party before the grand opening of Rivers Casino. Entertainment included Alizma and Jim Belushi and The Sacred Hearts.
Footage of the live performance by Chicago's own Jim Belushi and The Sacred Hearts.
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ABout 1,000 residents came out to explore the new casino and were treated to entertainment by Redwood Theater.
Des Plaines Mayor Martin Moylan accompanies more than 50 seniors on a tour of the casino.
Dealer school can cost up to $2,000 a session. Rivers Casino provided free training to hundreds of prospective employees.
Thousands of people flock to the Donald Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont to learn about the roughly 1,000 job opportunities the new Rivers Casino would provide.
Mayor Moylan held a meeting that brought more than 200 business leaders in the community to see how local businesses and the casino could work together.
We took a tour and got a sneak peek of the construction of the casino in it's infancy.
Think the new Rivers Casino isn't a "riverboat casino"? Think again!
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