Title | Date | Summary | Source | Tags |
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Betting parlor fight fizzling? | 1991-03-07 | Skokie plan commissioners are meeting March 7 for the second time to consider whether to approve Arlington International Racecourse's plan to build an off-track betting parlor on Oakton Street. | Skokie Review, Thursday, March 7, 1991, p. 3 | Arlington International Racecourse, Gambling and lotteries |
Betting parlor plan opposition brewing | 1991-01-17 | Homeowners associations are set to oppose or question plans by Arlington International Racetrack to open an off-track betting facility in Skokie. | Skokie Review, Thursday, January 17, 1991, p. 3 | Arlington International Racecourse, Gambling and lotteries |
Commission rejects betting parlor plan | 1991-03-14 | The Skokie Plan Commission rejected Arlington International Racecourse's proposed off-track betting parlor. | Skokie Review, Thursday, March 14, 1991, p. 3 | Arlington International Racecourse, Gambling and lotteries, Skokie Plan Commission |
Many call race track facility a bad bet | 1991-01-24 | A horse race betting parlor proposed for southeast Skokie ran into heavy opposition at a public hearing held on January 17. | Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, January 24, 1991, Sec. 1, p. 1 | Arlington International Racecourse, Gambling and lotteries |
Off-track betting may come to village | 1990-12-27 | Arlington International Race Course is proposing an elaborate $3.5 million betting parlor with food and liquor service in the industrial southeast corner of Skokie. | Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, December 27, 1990, Sec. 1, p. 1 | Arlington International Racecourse, Gambling and lotteries |
OTB debate delayed | 1991-01-24 | Skokie plan commissioners delayed until at least March 7 their decision regarding Arlington International Racetrack's proposed off-track betting in Skokie. | Skokie Review, Thursday, January 24, 1991, p. 3 | Arlington International Racecourse, Gambling and lotteries, Skokie Plan Commission |
OTB goes away for time being | 1991-04-04 | Skokie village officials received an official notice from Arlington International Racecourse which informed them of the Racecourse's decision to withdraw an application to build an off-track betting parlor in Skokie. | Skokie Review, Thursday, April 4, 1991, p. 3 | Arlington International Racecourse, Gambling and lotteries |
OTB plan gets Chamber's nod | 1991-02-14 | The Skokie Chamber of Commerce has officially backed a proposed Arlington Racecourse off-track betting parlor on Oakton Street near McCormick Boulevard. On March 7 the Village Plan Commission will continue its discussion of the off-track betting request. | Skokie Review, Thursday, February 14, 1991, p. 3 | Arlington International Racecourse, Gambling and lotteries |
Requiem for a racetrack | 1997-09-25 | None | Skokie Review, Thursday, September 25, 1997, p. 19 | Arlington International Racecourse, Editorial |
Visit to an OTB | 1991-02-28 | Arlington International Racecourse's proposal to build an off-track betting facility in Skokie has provoked a range of responses from business people, community leaders, and residents. | Skokie Review, Thursday, February 28, 1991, p. 6 | Arlington International Racecourse, Gambling and lotteries |