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Originally Posted by Handro
No singular event or accolade will raise a cities profile. But taking every opportunity to get in front of the world and showcase the beauty of the city does, over time, make an impact. Right now the ONLY things Chicago is known for among the masses are crime and cold weather. Chicago does nothing to change that. Keeping the focus on the amount of industrial SF leased in the region or a new call center on the south side is not going to change the narrative on its own.0
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Soldier Field had already hosted the World Cup with the opening ceremony in 1994.
The city’s local basketball team with Michael Jordan made that entire World Cup a complete afterthought in world sporting history.
Mass immigration from Mexico to the lowly food processing and logistics warehouses completely changed the fortune of Chicago vs. most other rust belt cities.
Many of the teens who attend Lollapalooza eventually decide to live in Chicago full time which is more than what most foreign tourists will do
It would be incredible to have a festivity like the 1893 World’s Fair, but that was the culmination not the cause of a golden age. There were endless expositions that followed in other cities that had minimal impact. St. Louis hosted the first American Olympics and that went nowhere
It’s ridiculous to hanker after a one-off event where Chicago would be a sideshow from the start when there’s a good chance the call center will have the more profound real world impact.