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Thomas J. Lambrecht, 54, a founder of Joliet's Empress Casino and the second-generation owner of a successful construction business, died Sunday evening when the sports car he was driving flipped over on 151st Street in the recently incorporated town of Homer Glen in Homer Township, police said.
Lambrecht was speeding westbound on 151st Street, where the speed limit is 45 m.p.h., when he apparently lost control of the car about three-quarters of a mile west of Cedar Road, police said. He was pronounced dead at Silver Cross Hospital in Joliet, the Will County Sheriff's Department said.
Nickolaos Visvardis, 46, of Palos Park, a passenger and the owner of the 1989 Ferrari convertible, also was taken to Silver Cross, where he was in good condition, a spokeswoman said Monday.
According to witnesses and evidence at the scene, the car went into a ditch on the south side of the road, then crossed over the road where it struck a culvert and went airborne. Lambrecht and Visvardis were ejected and the car landed upside down, police said. Neither was wearing a seat belt, said Ray Horwath, director of the sheriff's department traffic section.
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Horwath said he did not know how fast the car was traveling, but it was faster than the speed limit. It did not appear drugs or alcohol were involved, he said, but the Will County coroner's office will do toxicology tests, which are standard in all traffic fatalities.
Visvardis told police he had gone to Lambrecht's residence, where his friend asked if he could drive the Ferrari.
On Monday, colleagues and friends were mourning Lambrecht, a Homer Glen resident and native of Will County who was known for his determination in business.
He ran the family business, T.J. Lambrecht Construction Co. of Joliet, and was working to open a community owned bank there next year, said Michael Hansen, a Joliet lawyer and longtime friend.
T.J. Lambrecht Construction was founded in the 1940s as Brown and Lambrecht Earthmovers.
The construction company was responsible for major earth-moving jobs, such as U.S. Interstate 80, said Walt Keener, curator at the Joliet Area Historical Museum.
In the early 1990s, Lambrecht lined up investors for Empress Casino, using a significant amount of his own money in the belief that riverboat gambling would work in Joliet, Hansen said.
'It was an incredible risk at the time,' said Hansen, who quit his private practice in Joliet to become Empress' general counsel. 'It might not look like it now.'
In 1999, Lambrecht and the other investors sold the Empress in Joliet and another Empress casino in Hammond, Ind., to Horseshoe Casino.
Bob Herrick, vice-president of communications and government affairs for the Will County Center for Economic Development, said Lambrecht's leadership on the casinos helped transform Joliet.
'I would say the riverboats were the first venue to transform Joliet from an old steel town to an entertainment destination,' he said. 'The riverboat revenue has certainly helped the city pay for neighborhood projects.'
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Joliet Mayor Art Schultz said he will remember Lambrecht for his generosity to several local charities, as well as his golf game. 'He was just a very generous man,' Schultz said.
Keener said Lambrecht and his wife, Patricia, were co-sponsors of the historical society's annual gala ball, and were active supporters of the new museum in downtown Joliet.
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Besides his wife, Lambrecht is survived by three children. Funeral arrangements were pending Monday.