Soldier Field most probably remains empty this Bears season, Mayor

Mayor Lori Lightfoot mentioned the chances of Bears fanatics returning to Soldier Field this season are lower than 50 %. In an interview with “Mully and Haugh” on WSCR-AM on Friday morning, Lightfoot mentioned that “we’re no nowhere near at a place where we can even realistically talk about fans coming back to Soldier Field.” The Bears won't have fanatics within Soldier Field for his or her house opener Sunday. The crew simply final week mentioned it hopes that can alternate later within the season. Lightfoot, although, sounded annoyed via a loss of communique with the crew. “We’re willing to absolutely work with the Bears,” mentioned Lightfoot, who’s additionally a Bears season-ticket holder. “But they got to talk with us and

Chicago coronavirus: Lightfoot to make use of empty lodge rooms for

Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Monday unveiled a plan she known as a countrywide fashion to ease the tension on overburdened hospitals: Rent 1000's of rooms in empty downtown inns and re-open a shuttered health facility to isolate sufferers who check certain for the coronavirus or were uncovered to any individual who has. In addition, the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago will supply 400 beds for homeless Chicagoans now dwelling in shut quarters in homeless encampments. The lodge partnership is remarkable and ordinary. To make it occur, City Hall first brokered an settlement to unravel an 18-month strike via UNITE HERE Local 1 towards Fillmore Hospitality, operator of Hotel One Sixty-Six downtown. That will permit the union’s individuals to go