ʻO ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi mai Chicago e makemake ana e piliwaiwai aloha e kipa aku i kahi kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi ma ka inoa ʻo Gary, 25 mile mai ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Windy City.
Hoʻolālā ʻo Hard Rock Hotels a me Hale Piliwaiwai e kūkulu i $400 miliona Hard Rock Casino ma Gary. Ua ʻae like ʻia kēia e ka ʻaha kūkā o ke kūlanakauhale ma kahi hālāwai kūikawā ma ka Pōʻalua, ʻAukake 27.
I kēia manawa, ke kū nei kahi moʻolelo e pili ana i ka hoʻopunipuni ʻauhau. Ua hoʻopuka ʻo Hard Rock i kēia lā i kahi ʻōlelo i kēia lā: Ua ʻike mākou i nā poʻomanaʻo hou i hoʻopili hewa ʻia ʻo Hard Rock me kekahi mau kānaka no ka hewa ʻole e pili ana i nā hana ʻāina ma ke kūlanakauhale o Gary, kahi i hōʻike ai ʻo Hard Rock i ka hoihoi i ke kūkulu ʻana i kahi wahi hoʻokipa honua. Ua kūkulu ʻo Hard Rock i kahi waihona nui o nā laikini pāʻani ma nā mokuʻāina a me nā ʻāina a puni ka honua, ma muli o ka mālama ʻana i kā mākou ʻoihana waiwai o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo a me ka pololei. ʻOiai ʻaʻohe pilina o Hard Rock me nā poʻe i ʻike ʻia, ua hāʻawi mākou i kēia i ke komite hoʻokō ʻo Hard Rock Board no ka hoʻoikaika pono ʻana. Manaʻo mākou e hoʻomau i ka pūnaewele i manaʻo ʻia ma Gary e like me kā mākou mau, ma ka mālama ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana i nā kūlana kiʻekiʻe a me nā loina i kā mākou ʻoihana ʻoihana.
Aia ʻo Gary e pili ana i ka Indiana Dunes National Park a me ka palena hema o Lake Michigan. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Gary ma hope o ka loio ʻo Elbert Henry Gary, ʻo ia ka luna hoʻokumu o ka United States Steel Corporation
E ʻae ka ʻaelike i ka mea hoʻomohala Hard Rock ʻo Spectacle e hoʻoneʻe i ka Hale Piliwaiwai Majestic Star kokoke i Interstate 80-94 a me Burr Street, kahi e hoʻololi ʻia ai i 30-acre Hard Rock Casino hale hoʻokipa e hoʻokomo i kahi hōkele 200-lumi a me kekahi o nā hale ʻaina inoa inoa o ka hui.
E hoʻokumu ka casino hou i 650 mau hana hou a loaʻa iā 2,764 mau kūlana pāʻani, hoʻohālikelike ʻia me 1,683 i kēia manawa ma kāna mau moku ʻelua Majestic Star. Ke uku nei ʻo Spectacle i ka mokuʻāina i $20 miliona e hoʻoneʻe i ka casino ma ka ʻāina.
Makemake ʻo Spectacle e hoʻomaka koke i ke kūkulu ʻana e hoʻokō i kāna pahuhopu e wehe i ka Hard Rock Casino ma ka hopena o 2020.
ʻO ke kumu kūʻai ʻauhau ʻauhau a ka makua kāne a me kāna keiki no ka hoʻopunipuni ʻana i Lake County mai ka liʻiliʻi loa o $100,000 i nā ʻauhau waiwai e pili ana i ka ʻāina i manaʻo ʻia no ka papahana casino ʻo Hard Rock maikaʻi loa o ke kūlanakauhale, wahi a Lake Superior Court moʻolelo.
ʻO kekahi o nā waiwai i nīnau ʻia ʻo 2800 Calhoun St. ma Gary - smack dab i waenakonu o kahi e kūkulu ai ʻo Spectacle Entertainment i $300 miliona casino e hoʻomaka ana i kēia makahiki ma ke kihi o ke alanui ʻo Borman Expressway a me ke alanui Burr.
Ua kāhea mua nā alakaʻi o ke kūlanakauhale iā Spectacle e hāʻawi iā Gary i kahi hōʻaiʻē $5 miliona ma mua, akā ua ʻōlelo ka poʻe nona ka Spectacle he paʻakikī paha ia. Ua ʻōlelo nā mea nona ka Spectacle inā hiki i ka hui ke hoʻopaʻa i kahi hōʻaiʻē, hiki iā lākou ke hāʻawi iā Gary i ka hōʻaiʻē, e uku ʻia ma o ka loaʻa kālā.
Ma waho aʻe o ka 3 pakeneka mai ka loaʻa kālā casino, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Spectacle e uku ʻo ia i 3 pākēneka hou o ka loaʻa kālā mai nā pāʻani haʻuki mai nā pili kelepona.
Ke ʻimi nei ʻo Spectacle i kahi laikini mokuʻāina e wehe i kahi casino ma Terre Haute. Manaʻo ka hui i ka poʻe noho ma Terre Haute, e hoʻoholo i kahi referendum casino ma Nowemapa 5. Inā ʻae ka poʻe koho, e lawe ka mokuʻāina i nā noi no ka laikini. Inā hāʻawi ʻia ʻo Spectacle i ka manawa e hana ai i kahi casino ma Terre Haute, e hāʻawi iā Gary i 5 pakeneka o nā loaʻa kālā i hoʻololi ʻia mai kēlā casino no 10 mau makahiki.
Inā lanakila ʻo ia i ka laikini e wehe i kahi casino ma Terre Haute, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Keeler e hoʻohanohano ʻo Spectacle i ka ʻōlelo LDA 2018 ma mua a hāʻawi iā Gary i ka 0.5 pakeneka o nā loaʻa kālā i hoʻololi ʻia o ka casino Terre Haute no 10 mau makahiki.
Ua hoʻohiki ʻo Spectacle e hāʻawi i kā lākou "hoʻoikaika maikaʻi loa" e mālama i ka 40 pakeneka o nā mea kūʻai liʻiliʻi, 10 pakeneka wahine a me 5 pakeneka o nā mea kahiko.
