An advertising image on a video board at Hollywood Casino Joliet promotes dining possibilities at the new casino. Bob Okon/Shaw Local News Network

Hollywood Casino provided what amounted to a food tour of its new Joliet casino on Thursday, just days before the center is set to open to the public.

Some of the samplings offered to the media in a preview event included a variety of pizzas, hamburgers flavored with root beer, and taco salads made with kale.

Management emphasized that the new casino complex near the crossings of Interstates 55 and 80 is for more than gambling.

If final tests and audits conducted by state gaming regulators go well, the new Hollywood Casino Joliet will open sometime on Monday.

“We do have another process in front of us,” Hollywood Casino Joliet General Mana

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