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The third BookCon was held on May 14, 2016 at McCormick Place in Chicago. The event was shortened to one day, which caused complaints from fans that it was too short. About 7,000 people attended the event. Authors at the event included Alexandra Bracken, Khloé Kardashian, Kate DiCamillo, Sherman Alexie and Meg Cabot. [12] [13]
Over 3,000 people attended the 2016 People's Summit to hear speakers including Rosario Dawson, Tulsi Gabbard, Gaby Hoffmann, Naomi Klein, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, and Frances Fox Piven. The most cited speech was by Nina Turner , a Sanders surrogate and member of the Ohio State Senate , with the rousing line: "We need folks elected to office who ...
Sporting events such as gymnastics and volleyball are also held in the McCormick Place buildings in addition to the arena. [16] Archival materials are held by the Ryerson & Burnham Libraries at the Art Institute of Chicago. The McCormick Place on the Lake 1971 Collection includes photographs, drawings and project files documenting its ...
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Wintrust Arena at McCormick Square, previously referred to as DePaul Arena or McCormick Place Events Center, [6] is a 10,387-seat sports venue in the Near South Side community area of Chicago that opened in 2017. It is the current home court for the men's and women's basketball teams of DePaul University and serves as an events center for ...
Additional expansions to McCormick Place toward the end of the 20th century allowed the Chicago Auto Show to become the largest auto show in the United States. The event currently encompasses more than 1 million square feet in the North and South exhibit halls of McCormick Place. [7]
The Grand Concourse of McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois The Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida The New Orleans Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana The Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. This is a list of convention centers in the United States by state or insular area.
The Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2) is fan convention dedicated to comics, pop culture, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, toys, movies, and television held annually in Chicago. [1] The inaugural event was held April 16–18, 2010 at the McCormick Place in Chicago .