Radiologists group pulls November meeting — and 50,000 attendees — from Chicago – Chicago Tribune

Between July and December, McCormick Place had been scheduled to host 67 events with an expected attendance of 781,168 people, generating almost $923 million in economic impact, including spending on food and entertainment.
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V. Carter
3 years ago

One of the biggest economic engines the City had. Destroyed.

debtsor
3 years ago

These conventions aren’t coming back, ever.

MikeH
3 years ago
Reply to  debtsor

And how much you want to bet McCormick Place will cling to its idiotically draconian union policies right up until the building implosion?

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Joe Blow
3 years ago
Reply to  MikeH

they got their 65 million dollar payday from the temporary hospital that a whopping 37 people used…

https://www.npr.org/2020/05/07/851712311/u-s-field-hospitals-stand-down-most-without-treating-any-covid-19-patients

MikeH
3 years ago
Reply to  Joe Blow

37 people. Not even Mark Twain himself could have concocted the farce that is Illinois.

Governor of Alderaan
3 years ago

So much for Dictator for Life Jabba’s belief that visitors will flock to Chicago because the harsh lockdown rules prove its a bastion of safety

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