Demolition of newspaper building underway, US$2bn casino replacing it

Mitchell Keller Managing Editor, American Cranes & Transport

30 August 2024

Chicago Tribune Freedom Center demolition (TNS/ABACA via Reuters Connect) Bally’s Chairman Soo Kim participates in a cermemonial demolition. (Image: TNS/ABACA via Reuters Connect)

The deconstruction of a former newspaper publishing building in Chicago, Illinois, US, is underway as of 27 August, as a former Chicago Tribune building will be replaced by a US$2-billion casino complex.

A pair of excavators with demolition attachments delivered the initial strike alongside a ceremonial brick-breaking.

The demolition and forthcoming build are for US-based Bally’s Corporation – a gambling, betting and interactive entertainment company – which seeks to open a 550,000 sq ft (51,097m2) complex including a casino, 500-room…

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