Agreement to keep Lollapalooza in Chicago calls for tighter rules on competing Grant Park music fests and raises the number of fans allowed – Chicago Tribune/MSN

The deal to keep Lollapalooza in Chicago for at least the next decade includes a complete revamp of how festival producers will pay the Park District, tighter restrictions that keep competing music festivals out of Grant Park and no provisions for investment in the grounds except a $100,000 tennis court renovation.
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Mary Ladd
3 years ago

C3 Presents has the right to limit competing music festivals in Grant Park for 10 years?! I don’t know how Friends of the Parks operates but I wish they had fought to protect Grant Park from this.

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Giddyap
3 years ago

Larry LIghtfoot is supposed to be a lawyer but she got rolled on this contract — letting a private company control the use of Grant Park

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