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Argosy's Empress Casino (also known as Empress Casino Joliet) was a Riverboat casino and hotel located in Joliet, Illinois. Built in the 1990s by a group of investors headed by T.J. Lambrecht, Empress Casino become one of the first riverboat casinos in Illinois. It was destroyed by a fire on March 20, 2009.
According to the 2010 census, Joliet has a total area of 62.768 square miles (162.57 km 2), of which 62.11 square miles (160.86 km 2) (or 98.95%) are land and 0.658 square miles (1.70 km 2) (or 1.05%) is covered by water. [9] It has a sprawling, irregular shape that extends into nine different townships, more than any other Illinois city.
Joliet Township is located in Will County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 87,398 and it contained 32,617 housing units. As of the 2010 census, its population was 87,398 and it contained 32,617 housing units.
The station was first licensed on May 27, 1925, [2] as WJBI, to Harold M. Couch at 104 Summitt Street in Peoria, for 100 watts on 1400 kHz. [5] Later that year, the station was sold to the parent company of the Boston Store (a Joliet-based store unrelated to the Wisconsin Boston Stores), which changed the call sign to WCLS, standing for "Will County's Largest Store".
A number of areas are preserved as parks (over 20,000 acres (81 km 2) total) under the Forest Preserve District of Will County. The 17,000 acres (69 km 2 ) Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie is a U.S. Forest Service park in the county on the grounds of the former Joliet Arsenal .
The Illinois Waterway system consists of 336 miles (541 km) of navigable water from the mouth of the Calumet River at Chicago to the mouth of the Illinois River at Grafton, Illinois. Based primarily on the Illinois River , it is a system of rivers, lakes, and canals that provide a commercial shipping connection from the Great Lakes to the Gulf ...
Crystal Lawns is located near the northwest corner of the city of Joliet, just southeast of the Westfield Louis Joliet shopping mall. Its geographic coordinates are 41°34′10″N 88°9′22″W / 41.56944°N 88.15611°W / 41.56944; -88.15611 (41.569580, -88.156203
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