Although one of Chicago’s longstanding summer festivals is set to return for 2023, its accompanied by one big change that some aren’t in favor of: A new date.
, as well as her administration’s seeming insistence on having the Taste on the same weekend.
“It means all that traffic to Navy Pier for the Taste of Chicago is going to go on Illinois and Grand, two streets that run through a neighborhood,” Reilly said. “They’re not designed for that kind of traffic volume.” Reilly had also said that the City Council’s special events committee had postponed a vote to approve the summer calendar that the Department of Cultural Activities and Special Events put forth, a move that is normally a formality.
“Typically in years past this is approved with hardly any discussion, but because these decisions are being made in the dark, we have no choice but to slow it down,” he said. According to a report from Block Club Chicago, Grant Park will be booked for 84 days during the summer months, with NASCAR and Lollapalooza responsible for most of that booking. They cite records that show NASCAR will be allowed to begin setup for the race 26 days prior to the green flag dropping and they’ll have 13 days to clean everything up.
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