'I'm just looking for any job I can get at this point. A good opportunity, I thought,' said potential applicant Manny Gomez. Thousands of people - fingers crossed - are betting on about 1,000 jobs at the Rivers Casino and entertainment complex when it opens this summer in Des Plaines.
The crowd marched into the Rosemont convention center just before 9 a.m. They have been standing in line for hours, going through a process to hopefully get a job at Chicagoland's newest casino. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont Friday. 'One thousand jobs!' That headline is getting the attention of about 10,000 people who came to the Donald E.