State officials claimed the Spectacle CEO funneled nearly $1 million in casino company money into his own horse race wagering account and made improper job offers to government lobbyists.
31, 2020, but a state investigation into Ratcliff’s alleged financial wrongdoings delayed those plans. The Hard Rock in Gary had initially scheduled a phased opening beginning Dec. The casino will hold a soft opening with a friends and family event May 11, the Chicago Tribune report said, with a VIP event the next day before opening to the public.
The state fined Spectacle $530,000 for not immediately removing Ratcliff as a trustee, the Terre Haute Tribune-Star reported. The $300 million gaming facility in Gary will open May 14, according to the Chicago Tribune, after the settlement of a dispute involving alleged improper financial dealings by Rod Ratcliff, the former chairman of Indianapolis-based Spectacle Entertainment, which built Hard Rock Northern Indiana. At long last, a new Hard Rock Casino in northern Indiana is set to open - without the chairman of the development company that built it.
