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All signs point to city billboard deal's OK
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Gov. Pat Quinn have reached an agreement that could end months of indecision by state regulators and accelerate the mayor's moneymaking plans for posting massive digital billboards along the city's expressways. The Illinois...Tags: Illinois Governor, Advertising, Chicago City Hall, Transportation, Travel
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McCormick Place stadium bill advances
Clout StreetSPRINGFIELD --- An Illinois House panel today endorsed Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s plan for McCormick Place expansion that includes a new DePaul basketball arena and a hotel as part of a massive bill that also featured incentives to build a Downstate...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Navy Pier, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Chicago Mayor, David Harris
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Voice of the People, May. 29
Internet taxes It appears more and more likely Congress will eventually cave in and pass a bill allowing Internet sales to be taxed. I believe this could be done simply, rather than making it complicated and requiring online businesses to keep track of...Tags: Gun Control, Taste of Chicago, Richard M. Daley, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice
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Internet retailers commit to McCormick Place for 6 years
Tribune staff reporterThe world’s largest e-commerce trade show, the Internet Retailer Conference and Exhibition, will be held at McCormick Place through 2020, the mayor’s office announced Friday. That’s a 6-year extension to its existing deal with the... -
National Restaurant Association show: Samples, swag draw thousands
Chicago TribuneThe National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show (or as convention-goers say, "No, not that NRA ...") is the yearly confab of food and hospitality professionals at McCormick Place that began Saturday and ends Tuesday. As national...Tags: Foods and Beverages, Hot Dogs, Lifestyle and Leisure, Rick Bayless, Ice Cream
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Chicago wheels out Divvy bikes
Divvy, the new rental bicycle that Chicago's transportation chief predicts will become a popular "bike taxi" option for short trips, made its debut for test rides at Bike the Drive on Sunday. The Divvy show-and-tell during the once-a-year morning...
Tags: Chicago Tribune, Chicago City Hall, Transportation, Education, Michigan Avenue
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Quinn: No new casinos without pension reform
Clout StreetGov. Pat Quinn on Monday put a finer point on a notion he's been pushing this spring: no gambling expansion will happen without comprehensive changes to fix a greatly underfunded government worker pension system. The Democratic governor also insisted...Tags: John J Cullerton, Economy, Business and Finance, Illinois Governor, Michael Madigan, Same-Sex Marriage
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Subject for debate: Elevate Chicago
Change of SubjectStory: The Navy Pier remake is being rolled out this week along with other tourism-related projects, including a proposed multi-use arena at McCormick Place that would serve as the home of the DePaul Blue Demons basketball team and additional hotels...... -
McPier: DePaul events to bring in one-third of operating income at new arena
DePaul University's use of a proposed $173 million McCormick Place arena for Blue Demons basketball and other events would generate about one-third of the nearly $3.6 million in event-related proceeds expected in the first year, convention officials...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Sports, College Basketball, Mutual Funds, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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First lady could be Chicago kids' last hope
As a young girl growing up in the South, I looked forward to the fourth Sunday of August. We called it "Homecoming" at my church in Hogansville, Ga. That was when folks who had moved away from our small, rural town seeking better opportunities in...
Tags: Rituals, Norfolk Southern Corporation, CBS Corp., Symbols and Symbolism, South Shore
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Hotel workers protest Pritzker Commerce nomination
TribuneHundreds of protesters landed outside the Hyatt McCormick Place just as the National Restaurant Association Show, one of the nation's largest hospitality industry trade shows, was letting out for its third day at McCormick Place. The timing was a...Tags: Barack Obama, Employees, Career and Workplace, Navy Pier, Penny Pritzker
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DePaul plan smells fishy
I am impressed with the grandiose plans for McCormick Place. Two new hotels plus a nice basketball arena for DePaul. I have no problem with the Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s plans, however, what makes him think that anyone will attend Blue Demon...Tags: Sports, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago Mayor, College Sports, Rahm Emanuel
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