Chicago Loop Insights

Google will call the Loop home at Thompson Center

July 27, 2022

1 MIN READ — Google bets big on the Chicago Loop with purchase of iconic Loop building — James R. Thompson Center.

First Sundays on State of the year draws over 100,000 attendees

July 26, 2022

2 MIN READ — Chicago Loop Alliance’s first Sundays on State event of the year attracted visitors and Chicagoans of all ages from all over the city and beyond to the heart of the Loop when 113,362 people entered the event footprint.

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Outdoor portraits in the Chicago Loop: is it even legal?

July 26, 2022

5 MIN READ – The Chicago Loop is a freaking goldmine of beautiful places to take headshots and group photos downtown. But WHERE? Let me rephrase that: WHERE IS IT LEGAL?

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NASCAR hits the Loop streets in 2023

July 20, 2022

4 MIN READ – Vroom, vroom! The Chicago Loop will now be home to the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series, where plans for a street-circuit race on the streets of downtown Chicago.

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Chicago voted #2 best city in the world by Time Out

July 15, 2022

2 MIN READ — Chicagoans everywhere know this city is the best in the world, but now it’s official. According to the latest Time Out Index survey results, Chicago grabbed No. 2 spot for their 2022 roundup of the world’s (you read that right — world’s) very best cities.

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Summer tourists and office workers propel the Loop’s economy forward

July 13, 2022

5 MIN READ – Chicago Loop Alliance (CLA) released its June report on downtown activity, using a variety of data sources to track operations during COVID-19, as it has done monthly since July 2020. The report tracks COVID-19 positivity rates, pedestrian activity, parking volumes, hotel occupancy, number of office workers on-site and more. The data this month indicates that hotel occupancy reached another record high, along with an increase in office occupancy, and continual progress in pedestrian and public transportation.

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Street Ambassador program further expands throughout the Loop

July 6, 2022

Chicago Loop Alliance has announced an expansion of the Chicago Loop Alliance Ambassador Program, which will patrol the central Loop from Dearborn to Canal and Ida B. Wells to Wacker on weekday evenings through September. The Ambassador program is contracted by Chicago Loop Alliance through Streetplus, a national business improvement district service, and will patrol the corridor from 4 p.m. to midnight, six days a week.