CHICAGO (CBS) — A brand new day is about to daybreak in Chicago in what is named the Bridge Part for COVID-19 reopening
Beginning Friday, COVID restrictions are being relaxed throughout the state. Bigger crowds might be allowed at eating places, baseball video games, and retail shops – amongst different venues.
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In the meantime, a full reopening is on the horizon as quickly as subsequent month.
However what does this all imply for certainly one of Chicago’s banner summer season occasions – the Lollapalooza pageant in Grant Park? CBS 2’s Jermont Terry was on the lookout for solutions to that query Thursday evening.
There isn’t any particular sure from Metropolis Corridor as of Thursday evening about whether or not Lollapalooza might be again this yr. However it’s clear from the Lolla web site that the pageant is all able to promote some tickets for this summer season – and one report insists the pageant already has a inexperienced mild.
The final time a whole lot of 1000’s of individuals packed Grant Park each day for the pageant was in 2019. We all know the pandemic compelled the pageant to go digital final yr.
Late Thursday, a headline from Selection Journal despatched music lovers right into a frenzy. It reads, “Lollapalooza Will get the Go-Forward for 4-Day Pageant This Summer time.”
Citing sources, the article by Jem Aswad and Shirley Halperin reported, “The town of Chicago gave the occasion the greenlight at near-to or -full-capacity, insiders report, and an official announcement, possible with headliners, is anticipated to return subsequent week.”
And once you head to the Lolla web site, it form of backs the headline – telling individuals to join 2021 tickets.
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The information despatched Twitter right into a frenzy – some approving, some not. Author and activist Charles Preston tweeted: “CDC mentioned masks off. Chicago replied ‘Lollapalooza!’”
CDC mentioned masks off. Chicago replied “Lollapalooza!”
— Charles Preston (@_CharlesPreston) May 13, 2021
However Metropolis Corridor mentioned we’d finest maintain up – as a result of nothing is confirmed:
“The Mayor’s Workplace and CDPH have been in dialog with a number of massive occasion organizers, together with the crew at Lollapalooza, on convey these experiences again to Chicago in protected means. We’re taking these occasions case by case and figuring out how we will guarantee the protection of our patrons. Whereas conversations have been shifting ahead in a constructive means, nothing has been confirmed.”
And to that response, the r/Lollapalooza Twitter account for the official Lollapalooza subreddit tweeted: “.@Lollapalooza Now could be time to say one thing.”
.@Lollapalooza Now could be time to say one thing pic.twitter.com/rO1GYzFZzJ
— r/Lollapalooza (@rLollapalooza) May 13, 2021
However again in March, pageant co-founder Perry Farrell, the frontman for Jane’s Dependancy, did trace at a summer season 2021 comeback.
“Possibly please, God, possibly, we’ll get to go to Chicago in early August in a single capability or one other,” Farrell advised iHeartRadio. “If it’s not a large Lollapalooza, it is perhaps a half-capacity Lollapalooza.”
The looming query is how the crowds will get ushered in. Is it possible we are going to see of us crammed on prime of one another?
The Selection report mentioned the town will know by subsequent week.
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Take into account that Chicago plans to reopen by July 4 with no restrictions. Lolla, in accordance with the report, would happen from July 29 by means of Aug. 1.
