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McCormick Place is a convention center in Chicago. It is the largest convention center in North America. [2] It consists of four interconnected buildings and one indoor arena sited on and near the shore of Lake Michigan, about 2 mi (3.2 km) south of the Chicago Loop. McCormick Place hosts numerous trade shows and meetings.
The Discover Boating Chicago Boat Show was voted one of the top such events in the nation, according to a USA TODAY / 10best readers' choice poll.
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The 1966 show was the first show of what proved to be their last tour. [15] For eighteen years, the arena was the site of Chicago visits by the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus . [ 5 ] In October 1978, English rock group UFO recorded parts of what would become Strangers in the Night at the International Amphitheatre.
In 1989, the City of Chicago had the Urban Land Institute (ULI) reimagine uses for the pier. The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority (MPEA) was created; its responsibility was to manage and operate Navy Pier as well as McCormick Place. The MPEA undertook the redevelopment, incorporating some of ULI's recommendations. [11]
The theater is part of the McCormick Place convention facility, owned by the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority. The theatre was damaged by a fire in 1967 and was closed until 1971. [ 1 ] After re-opening in January for Mahalia Jackson 's funeral, the Arie Crown has, for more than five decades, presented classical, R&B, and rock music ...
The Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac is a 333-mile (289 nmi; 536 km) annual yacht race starting in Lake Michigan off Chicago, Illinois, and ending in Lake Huron off Mackinac Island, Michigan. It is hosted and managed by the Chicago Yacht Club. The "Mac" (as it is known) was first run in 1898 and is the oldest annual freshwater distance race ...
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