The state has already approved the Joliet Park District’s application to add video gaming machines to the clubhouses of Inwood, Wedgewood, and Woodruff golf courses in Joliet and Plainfield. The Joliet Park Board will discuss the installation at an April 2 meeting, as part of an effort raise additional revenue and stay competitive with area golf courses.
Trying to raise some revenue and keep competitive with a wealth of area golf courses, the Joliet (Ill.) Park Board will hold a special meeting April 2, to discuss installing video gaming in the clubhouses, the Plainfield (Ill.) Bugle reported.
If approved, the first clubhouse to have video gaming would be at Inwood Golf Course in Joliet, said Glenn Marcum, Joliet Park Board President. But he expects the others to follow at Wedgewood Golf Course in Plainfield and Woodruff Golf Course in Joliet “pretty rapidly,” the Bugle reported.
The Board has been discussing the issue for about six months, Marcum said, adding that Ted Brodeur, the district’s director of revenue facilities, brought up the issue as a way to draw more adults to the district’s three golf courses and have them stay longer, the Bugle reported.
The extra money wouldn’t hurt, either, to a park district struggling to keep up with growth. “[Brodeur] said one golf course put in video gaming in the off season, and they took in $1,300 in one month,” Marcum said.
The Board will vote on an agreement with Donico Gaming LLC for video gaming at Inwood, Wedgewood and Woodruff golf courses, according to the agenda for the special meeting. Since the three courses have opened for the year, Marcum hopes the video gaming machines can be in soon, the Bugle reported.
The state already has approved the Park District’s application, Marcum said, but it could take three weeks to three months before the state gives the final approval, the Bugle reported.
Final approval includes where the video machine will be placed in each clubhouse. The machines must be in view of the bartender, Marcum said, but far enough away from the pro shop and other places where minors might gather, the Bugle reported.
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