Chicagoist: City Charges To Publicly View Its Private Parts

chrissy

Fri, 02 Sep 2005 00:03:26 -0600

after attending last night's show, what i'm most peeved about is that the "no cans or bottles" rule was not posted anywhere online in regards to the show or on the millenium.org website. i overheard one man demanding his money back because he called millenium park and was told bringing in wine was ok. i was expecting more of a ravinia vibe and was disappointed.

tap

Thu, 01 Sep 2005 14:58:30 -0600

How is this any different than when the city rented out grant park for Lalapalozza this year? Jam productions are the people who reaped the profits. The City will Rent most of it's public spaces to anyone who is willing to pay. Lets stop compaining and look at the benefits. A production company rents out the park on a wednesday night when there are no public shows planned and the city gets $50,000. So that's 50,000 dollars to host free events later on. I'm not going to even comment on the benefit of giving up the park one day for $800,000. To suggest that these events are helping pay off cost over runs is somewhat silly as the city has been very up front about exactly how they will be spending the money on public programming. Also "Million-enium Park" is really dumb. If you want to say something catchy about it's cost how bout "Half a Billonium Park"

little me

Thu, 01 Sep 2005 14:10:11 -0600

As long as these events are somwhat rare, I don't mind them at all. The city issues permits to private parties to close parks all the time, the income from these events helps maintain the parks.

dook!e

Thu, 01 Sep 2005 13:50:35 -0600

I'll say it again.. this is all an attempt to cover the cost overruns of Million-enium Park, which like all past city development projects, pads the pockets of developers and friends of the administration. If the park was built on budget and on time, I don't think we would be having this conversation.

Moon

Thu, 01 Sep 2005 13:23:22 -0600

They should check IDs. If you live in the city, it's free. If you don't, it's $10. /Why not? You can't even get INTO the beaches in the north suburbs if you don't live there.

jen

Thu, 01 Sep 2005 12:50:05 -0600

being that sept. 8 is my birthday and toyota gets a good chunk of my monthly income, i almost feel like showing up to the park that day just to be surly.

dook!e

Thu, 01 Sep 2005 12:28:11 -0600

I think the general rule is, if you can rope it off, fence it, lock it, you will get charged to watch it. I wonder if this is part of Daley's Special Downtown tax? I think the best place to listen to a "free" concert might be on top of the Bean.