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Article: McCormick Place deal up in air after vote
Chicago Sun-Times;  November 18, 1997 ;     405 words ...An agreement between McCormick Place and the unions that work there to cut...compromise between the 4,000 union workers and McCormick Place will survive defeat in the Legislature. McCormick Place's management has argued for months that...

Article: Parking crunch returns // Park District's 14 lots feature 17,500 spaces
Chicago Sun-Times;  September 1, 1988 ;     265 words ......driving to games - the parking crunch. The Chicago Park District again will operate 14 designated parking lots, offering...Soldier Field, including the Monroe Street, Grant Park North and South garages. The largest lot, South Lot...North underground garage with 2,100 spaces and the McCormick ...

Article: MEETING MAGNET; With a major expansion in the works, McCormick Place keeps growing, even as the trade show business downshifts.(Crain's Special 25th Anniversary Section)(McCormick Place)
Crain's Chicago Business;  June 2, 2003 ;     700+ words ......anchors the city's lakefront landscape, McCormick Place has become a pillar of Chicago's economy...equally imposing dimensions-securing McCormick Place's standing as the largest convention...heavy hitters in and out of events at McCormick Place quickly and easily. All these factors...

Article: Way out of the Loop: McCormick Place can be tough to get to.(Special Report: Meetings and Conventions)
Crain's Chicago Business;  February 17, 1997 ;     700+ words ......sign of ever being built - Chicago's McCormick Place is far removed from the normal ebb...International and Midway airports. McCormick Place executives are acutely aware of the...goal is to make people's visit to McCormick Place as hassle-free as it can be, says...

Article: McCormick Place: It's not big enough
Chicago Sun-Times;  April 12, 2001 ;     700+ words ......latest proposed expansion of McCormick Place. Of course, I could be dead...finished construction on the last McCormick Place expansion. In fact, it only seems like we always are expanding McCormick Place. Actually, it's been four years...

Article: The history.(Crain's Special 25th Anniversary Section)(Chicago's Navy Pier/ McCormick Place)(Chronology)
Crain's Chicago Business;  June 2, 2003 ;     325 words ......Authority to operate it. 1960 McCormick Place opens, featuring a main exhibit...theater. 1967 Fire destroys McCormick Place. The state establishes financing...reconstruction. 1971 The new McCormick Place opens, hosting 51 shows in...

Article: Stealing the Show // McCormick Place Exhibitors Battle Thieves
Chicago Sun-Times;  September 19, 1993 ;     700+ words ......It's all there for the stealing at McCormick Place. Despite beefed-up security, ripoffs...scared away major trade shows, theft at McCormick Place has raised the cost of doing business...exhibitors say they have cut back on their McCormick Place displays for fear of being looted...

Article: McCormick Place funding squashed by added `pork'
Chicago Sun-Times;  June 27, 1991 ;     504 words ...SPRINGFIELD A "pork"-laden McCormick Place expansion plan was defeated in the...provided financing for the $987 million McCormick Place expansion and relocation of northbound...disappointed I didn't get it." The McCormick Place measure can surface again in either...

Article: McCormick Place upgrades bring 3-year commitment for show
Chicago Sun-Times;  June 1, 2004 ;     305 words ...One reason McCormick Place won a three-year commitment from...broadband wave. In December 2002, McCormick Place, the country's largest convention...North America's convention at McCormick Place have used Internet2 to demonstrate...

Article: McCormick Place conflict? Lobbyist works for expo center and food vendor
Chicago Sun-Times;  May 24, 2001 ;     682 words ...McCormick Place officials seeking state approval for an $800...exclusive, $100 million food contract from McCormick Place. The previously undisclosed deal surprised several McCormick Place board members, who said they were unaware that...

Article: The fast break McCormick Place boasts the most advanced infrastructure of any convention center in the world to make shows here easier for exhibitors
Chicago Sun-Times;  June 14, 2004 ;     700+ words ......on the business of conventions at McCormick Place, which has built the most advanced...and Exhibition Authority, which runs McCormick Place, the nearby Hyatt Hotel and Conference...Radiological Society of North America, McCormick Place's largest convention, has used the...

Article: Plan would free cops from lakefront traffic duty Officers now pulled for Bears, McCormick Place would stay in districts
Chicago Sun-Times;  September 5, 2003 ;     559 words ......games and special events in and around McCormick Place and the Museum Campus, under a groundbreaking...The mayor said it would be up to the Park District and Metropolitan Pier and Exposition...allow traffic aides to come in with the Park District, Museum Campus and other places--to...

Article: Settlement Agreement Guarantees Leafleting at All Public Doors Into McCormick Place
U.S. Newswire;  May 19, 2005 ;     382 words ......entry and exit points at Chicago's McCormick Place Convention Center, under the terms...the government body that oversees McCormick Place, successfully concludes First Amendment...with people attending conventions at McCormick Place. McCormick Place is considered the...

Article: The welcoming party at McCormick Place Crooked cops, thieves among hires; Workers include reputed mobsters, ghost payroller
Chicago Sun-Times;  May 9, 2004 ;     700+ words ...McCormick Place is called the nation's largest convention...prison yard have been getting work at McCormick Place for decades, especially through the...accused of running illegal gambling at McCormick Place and then giving jobs at the convention...