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Originally Posted by Via Chicago
I mean, I dont really see it appealing to people who it dosent already appeal to. The biggest thing Navy Pier offers is a sanitized way to experience Chicago that dosent require any effort or adventurousness.
Locals already have their own beaches, restaurants, and bars that dont require descending into a tourist trap clusterf*ck. The only thing I could really see going out of the way for is the Shakespeare performances.
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They also hold Expo there, the biggest art fair in the Midwest. Very un-Navy Pier crowd attends that. WBEZ is also headquartered there.
I think Navy Pier has great bones to appeal to a much wider group locally. It's the shticky retail, circus-like maximalist design aesthetic that's existed since the early 90s that's repelled people. It will always belong to the tourists, but I think it certainly has the opportunity to be more palatable to locals.