Parks Advocate: Lollapalooza Has Paid Dividends To City, Neighborhoods
Lollapalooza, says Grant Park Conservancy President Bob O'Neill, has become one the of the best rock concert public-private partnerships in the world.
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Lollapalooza, says Grant Park Conservancy President Bob O'Neill, has become one the of the best rock concert public-private partnerships in the world.
Lollapalooza -- which marks its 10th year -- is three days of non-stop music on eight stages, and all that goes with it.
Today's the day! Lollapalooza is rocking Chicago for the tenth year in a row, and hundreds of thousands of people are expected to cram Grant Park to see their favorite bands for the next three days.
Lollapalooza might be sold out, and officials have said they expect 300,000 people to attend the three-day music festival, but many tickets were still in the hands of ticket brokers on Friday.
Streets bordering Grant Park will be blocked off to traffic for at least three days, from Friday through Sunday, during the sold out festival, according to a statement from the Office of Emergency Management and Communications.
Once the vagabond of the music festival and touring circuit, Lollapalooza marks its 10th anniversary in Chicago when it opens for three days starting Friday with a lineup including Eminem, Outkast and Kings of Leon.
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Team USA fans again were crowding into Grant Park on Thursday to watch their team take on Germany in World Cup soccer.
Ready for another soccer fan invasion downtown? Grant Park is expected to be filled with them Wednesday morning to watch the big World Cup match between USA and Germany.
Metra says it's instituting its alcohol ban on trains Thursday.
A massive crowd of 20,000 people in Chicago cheered Team USA in Sunday's draw against Portugal in their second game of the World Cup.
An estimated 8,000 fans gathered at Grant Park to watch the big game.
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A man died Saturday afternoon after a coffee machine fell on him near Grant Park.
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The boy faces multiple charges, including felony criminal damage to property, for allegedly tagging 18 of 26 life-sized human statues in the "Borders" art installation in Grant Park.
Vandals struck overnight in Grant Park, defacing a popular art installation of human figures in the park near the corner of Michigan and Jackson.
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Festival founder Perry Farrell announced the lineup of more than 130 acts on Wednesday. Lorde, Kings of Leon, the Arctic Monkeys and Calvin Harris will also play the festival, to be held Aug. 1-3.
Lollapalooza is proving as popular as ever, as three-day passes sold out Tuesday in less than an hour.
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