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Diamond Cheats Death -- Court Approvals Mean NBA and NHL Teams Will Stay on Bally Sports Channels After This Season

Monday's bankruptcy court approval of a $450 million debtor-in-possession package and a $495 million Sinclair settlement void contingency deals that would have set the leagues free from Bally Sports this spring

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Everything You Need To Know About the Bally Sports Bankruptcy

We detail the long struggle, as bankrupt subsidiary Diamond Sports Group fights to keep broadcaster Sinclair's big, ambitious, specularly unsuccessful regional sports networks play out of liquidation

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Tropicana Las Vegas to Close, Make Way for MLB Stadium

The Tropicana Las Vegas, once a legendary hotel-casino on the Strip, is closing its doors after six decades to make way for a new MLB stadium.

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Game On: Sinclair, Diamond Sports, Amazon in Deal To Keep Regional Sports Networks in Business

Sinclair to pay $495 million to settle lawsuits; Amazon to invest $115 million in Bally Sports parent

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Gray TV: The New Orleans Pelicans More Than Tripled Their Bally Sports Audience Friday By Airing Their Game on Local Broadcast TV

The pro hoops franchise, which presents most of its games on bankrupt regional sports network Bally, averaged a solid 55,000 viewers on local broadcast last week

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This NYC golf course officially has a new title — and the name Trump has been removed

The course opened in 2014 and debuted at No. 2 on Golfweek’s Best: NY list, trailing only Bethpage Black.

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Bally’s Chicago casino closes out year $9.7M short of Lightfoot’s budget bet

The temporary casino at the historic Medinah Temple made less than a quarter of the money former Mayor Lori Lightfoot had estimated it would churn out for police and firefighter pension funds.

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The Datsun 280Z Was The First Car With A Licensed Video Game

This game looks archaic by modern standards. But things had to start somewhere.

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From new skyscrapers to Union Station redesign plans, 2024 will be a busy year for architecture

Bally’s planned casino and the fate of the Century and Consumers buildings are among the five architectural projects worth watching as this new year progresses.

Chicago Sun-Times

Bally’s Chicago casino set to operate 24/7 starting next week

Since opening in September, the casino at 600 N. Wabash Ave. has shut down from 4 a.m. till 8 a.m.

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Local broadcasts for 11 NHL teams will remain on Bally Sports after agreement

The NHL and Diamond Sports Group, the largest owner of regional sports networks, have reached an agreement that will keep local broadcasts for 11 teams on Bally Sports through the end of this season

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Bally’s Medinah Temple ‘temporary’ casino will be around awhile, City Council critic says

Ald. Brian Hopkins told the Sun-Times revenue from the Medinah site isn’t enough for Bally’s to begin building its permanent home in River West. Hopkins also offered an update on plans to revive Water Tower Place, a key fixture in his ward, on the Magnificent Mile.

Chicago Sun-Times

Sinclair Lawyer: Bankrupt Diamond Sports Group ‘Is Now Going To Shut Down’

Outside counsel David Seligman said the subsidiary’s plan to keep its Bally Sports channels going for another year will inevitably lead to liquidation, not a rebirth

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How to always win at a casino

A visit to Bally’s temporary casino at the Medinah Temple.

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Bally’s temporary Chicago casino sees average daily revenue drop in first full month

Excitement about the city’s first casino appeared to wane over its first full month, state figures show.

The Independent UK

Trial testimony reveals gambling giant Bally's paid $60 million to take over Trump's NYC golf course

Donald Trump Jr. has testified that gaming giant Bally’s paid $60 million to buy the right to operate a public golf course in New York City from his father's company

The Street

Another old-school Las Vegas Strip icon closes

A classic Las Vegas Strip property that dates back to the city's history has closed its doors for good.

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Bally’s lands full casino license, locks in Medinah Temple operation through 2026

Bally’s now has until Sept. 9, 2026, to complete its 505,000-square-foot permanent casino complex in River West.

The Street

Iconic Tropicana Las Vegas Strip casino faces implosion and demolition

The end is near for one of the oldest Las Vegas Strip resort casinos and a new report sheds light on when the ax will drop.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago casino a sure bet for ramp-up in gambling addiction, experts say

Addiction treatment experts are bracing for a steady rise in people seeking help for gambling disorder as a result of the new Chicago casino, just like they’ve seen after other gaming expansions in Illinois.

The Independent UK

Sports, internet bets near-record levels in New Jersey, but 5 of 9 casinos trail pre-pandemic levels

Sports betting and internet gambling were at near-record levels in New Jersey in September, and nearly half of the Atlantic City casinos won more money from in-person gamblers than they did before the COVID19 pandemic

Chicago Sun-Times

Mayor Johnson is wrong. Bally’s casino won’t secure a ‘fiscally strong and vibrant future’ for Chicago.

It is a shiny, noisy and glitzy distraction that allows the well-connected to get wealthier at the expense of hard-working Chicago families and individuals who will lose their paychecks gambling there.

Chicago Sun-Times

Bally’s temporary casino at Medinah Temple nets $6.7 million and 80,000 visitors in first few weeks

Figures released by the Illinois Gaming Board suggest the city’s first casino could fall behind initial city revenue projections this year — but they also hint at why it could become the most popular in the state.

Chicago Sun-Times

Picture Chicago: This week’s 14 can’t miss Sun-Times photos

Former workers at the now-closed Signature Room sued for back pay and benefits, mayor Brandon Johnson helped cut the ceremonial ribbon at Bally’s Casino Chicago, and citizens protested a city contract with GardaWorld to build giant tent cities for migrants.

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