According to the Illinois Hotel and Lodging Association, historically, Lollapalooza is the organization’s biggest weekend of the year. Last year’s Lolla crowd pulled in over $300 million in tax revenue at the city and state level, while since the festival’s founding in 2010, Lollapalooza has generated $2 billion-plus in tax revenue overall.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.