Ah yes, Uptown, because you totally want to locate a huge gambling facility next to the largest concentration of social services in the region...
This casino will be as close to downtown as possible. Probably within the rectangle of LSD, North, Damen, I-55. Anything outside of that is too poorly-sited for tourists.
The urban design will probably suck. Just get used to it. None of the casinos recently erected in Philly, Boston, Pittsburgh, Cincy, or St Louis have been anything more than giant windowless boxes with a parking garage and huge porte cocheres. Cleveland (Jacks) and Detroit Greektown are interesting counterexamples but neither of them is really super profitable.
It would be interesting to get an Asian themed casino near Chinatown, especially if one of the big Asian operators wanted to open here (Genting, Galaxy, Crown, etc).
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