EAST PEORIA, Ill. – The future of the Par-A-Dice Casino appears to be staying put on the East Peoria side of the river.

Boyd Gaming presented its plans for a new land-based version of the Par-A-Dice to the Illinois Gaming Board Thursday morning.

25 News reports the $160-million plan includes a 29,000-square foot facility with a ballroom, steakhouse, and gastropub.

Boyd Gaming is planning to build the casino on top of a 1,000 gallon manmade water basin using water from the Illinois River. That move would appear to exploit a loophole in the original 1991 agreement between the cities of Peoria and East Peoria, where one provision is that a land-base casino shall operate in Peoria.

Peoria City Manager Patrick Urich says city officials only heard of the plans Thursday morning. He says tim

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