Off-Track Betting Parlor Receives Go-Ahead from Bolingbrook Village Board
The parlor is expected to open this spring at McQ's Sports Bar & Dome in Bolingbrook.
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Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Off-Track Betting Parlor Receives Go-Ahead from Bolingbrook Village Board
The parlor is expected to open this spring at McQ's Sports Bar & Dome in Bolingbrook.
The Bolingbrook village board voted unanimously Tuesday night to give the go-ahead for an off-track betting parlor to open at McQ's Sports Bar & Dome this spring. The board approved ordinances for a special use permit for the OTB parlor and an amendment to the village's zoning code. The location still needs to acquire a license from the Illinois Racing Board before it can open. McQ's Owner James McWethy said he hopes to open the facility this spring in time for the Kentucky Derby, though no official opening date has been set. Get news in your inbox. Sign up for the Patch newsletter. Like Bolingbrook Patch on Facebook. McWethy acquired the previously-named Ditka Sports Dome last March and renovated the location. The OTB parlor will be a…
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Off-Track Betting Facility to Open in Bolingbrook?
The village board will vote Tuesday whether to allow a Hawthorne Race Course off-track betting facility to open in Bolingbrook.
An off-track betting establishment may open in Bolingbrook. The village board will vote on two ordinances Tuesday that would pave the way for the Hawthorne Race Course OTB (off-track betting) facility. The first is an amendment to the zoning ordinance addressing off-track betting. The second is a special use permit. Both ordinances address a proposed OTB facility at 730 N. Bolingbrook Drive, the site of McQ's Bar & Grill. The applicant is Jeff Kras of Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. Hawthorne Race Course has other OTB locations in Aurora, Chicago, Glendale Heights, Joliet, Mokena and Prospect Heights, according to its website. McQ's Bar & Grill will also need approval by the Illinois Racing Board to open the OTB. Village documents made no …
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