Politics & Government
Off-Track Betting Timeline Delayed
Plan Commission workshop, public hearing regarding OTB in Buffalo Grove have been rescheduled.
A Buffalo Grove Plan Commission workshop regarding a proposal to relocate off-track betting (OTB) to the has been delayed, village officials announced today.
The workshop, initially scheduled for Wednesday, will be held March 7 at the earliest, Village Manager Dane Bragg wrote in an email. That will push the Plan Commission's public hearing back to March 21, with the Village Board's review now slated for April 2.
The postponement is "at the request of [Hawthorne Race Course officials] and for the purpose of completing due diligence," Bragg said.
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Hawthorne Race Course Chief Financial Officer Jeff Kras, who is seeking permission to move the OTB operation from to the Village Bar & Grill, could not immediately be reached for comment.
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