McCormick Place

I am impressed with the grandiose plans for McCormick Place. Two new hotels plus a nice basketball arena for DePaul.  I have no problem with the Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s plans, however, what makes him think that anyone will attend Blue Demon...

— A measure spelling out who can carry concealed handguns and where they can carry them emerged Thursday after months of contentious negotiations, a system with one set of rules for violence-plagued Chicago and another for the rest of Illinois....

Navy Pier, the highly commercialized tourist attraction jutting into Lake Michigan, will take on a more park-like feel under the first phase of redevelopment plans to be formally announced Friday morning. The initial remake does not include some of the...

I've got a feeling that in some weird, alternate universe, Mayor Rahm Emanuel is making a decent living playing hide-the-pea. You know the game, don't you? First, you put your money down. Then Mr. Misdirection places a pea under one of three cups....

Mental-health medicines This is in response to "Psychologists seek prescription power; Health professionals split over contentious bill now up to House" (News, May 12) and "Rx: Slow down; Psychologists and mental health medicines" (Editorial, May 13)....

Mayor Rahm Emanuel is expected to unveil Thursday a $173 million plan to build a 10,000-seat arena for the DePaul Blue Demons next to McCormick Place, couching it as part of a broader blueprint for boosting tourism, much of it to be publicly funded. The...

To satisfy diners who clamor for local produce, Nana takes it to a new level — the basement. That's where the restaurant, 3267 S. Halsted St., maintains a 100-square-foot hydroponic garden, which produces mustard greens, basil, broccoli and more,...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel spent much of Thursday fleshing out the funding details for "Elevate Chicago," his grand plan to raise the city's profile as a tourism and convention destination. With an expanded McCormick Place and a re-imagined Navy Pier coming...

Beginning the second half of his term this week, Mayor Rahm Emanuel moved to shift the civic conversation away from questions of crime and school closings toward a roster of publicly funded tourism projects, including a DePaul basketball arena at...

Not to dis Mickey Mouse, but Big Ten officials know their fans don't want to go to Orlando every year. Or Tampa. Or Houston. There is one exception. "Pasadena," Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon said. So to combat the bowl fatigue that affects...

Convention officials are close to unveiling plans for an arena to house the DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball team, two hotels and an array of restaurants and entertainment venues next to the McCormick Place convention campus, with an announcement...

Illinois law requires that, if possible, renewable energy should come from Illinois or surrounding states. However, unless a municipality or business explicitly has stated it wants local renewable power, the power it receives is probably from outside...