Per several outlets.
I will be there, I'll buy everybody a beer. I'll buy CH 2 beers.
Unless it rains, then screw all of that, because I'm sick of being in the rain.

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I hope Versteeg raps again.

I hope Crow cusses all of our sorry asses out again.

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You bring the diet pepsi

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How about the Hawks coach who got the cup after Kevin Dineen who said "We did it...fuck yea"?

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CSFMB 2014 Nascar Pick 'em Champion

We don’t have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven’t taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much. — Ronald Reagan

I heard it was Friday? Whatever day, I plan to start work extra early in hopes of being done in time to head downtown. I'm sure I'll be 1/4 mile from the stage, but its worth it to experience such a great party.

Can't wait for the mid March baby boom!!!!

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

The celebration for Chads is on Thursday at the corner of 35th and Stony Island, the celebration for the rest of us is Friday at Grant Park.

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Crawford gets hammered again and goes on a long rant about the jews and blacks. Riot ensues.

You better not be there man after all the shit you threw at this team.

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

So um..Thursday, Friday, Sunday, whenever. Grant Park is currently under water. Not sure where else the city could hold such a rally. Maybe Soldier Field?

Wrigley Field.
20 bucks per person with all ticket $ going to charity.

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Kenny Williams fell for the banana in the tailpipe

Split the proceeds with Reifs and Montadors families.

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

Are you suggesting or reporting?

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Wouldn't be shocked to see it at the UC parking lots. Grant Park is a disaster right now.

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Team Cutler.

You can get maybe 45k people in there? The 2013 parade was attended by 2 million.

Weather permitting, I was hoping to take my kids....they picked the wrong day...can't get out of work Thursday.

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You'd still have the parade but it would conclude at Wrigley.
If you recall the 2010 parade dead ended at the river which realistically meant not many could see anyways.
People that couldn't get into the Wrigley part (with their insanely clear big screens) would just watch it in a bar and then the post event party kicks off in Wrigleyville.
Now that I think about it you could probably do $100 per person. $100 x 40k = 4 MILLION to charity.

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Kenny Williams fell for the banana in the tailpipe

They are going to need a lot of Porta Potties

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And they probably saw as 2010 as room for improvement, thus why it moved to Grant Park.

The rain would indeed make that, or any park, dicey again. It'd be funny if they tried the UC lots if only to shine a light on the lack of public transit there. I'm out of ideas. Soldier Field isn't big enough, either. 'World Class' Rahm will figure something out.

He can go wherever he likes whenever he wants to.

You should probably stop posting for a while.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Parade is Thursday...rally at Soldier Field

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Free, ticketed event.

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Team Cutler.

Same problem as mentioned above. Too many people too little space.

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Elections have consequences.

Maybe if the disallow cars, there will be enough room in the parking lots for an overflow crowd. Plus Northerly Island, and, uh, the lake itself.

Maybe Sharp will sing.....


To all the girls I've loved before
Who traveled in and out my door
I'm glad they came along
I dedicate this song
To all the girls I've loved before

To all the girls I once caressed
And may I say I've held the best
For helping me to grow
I owe a lot I know
To all the girls I've loved before

The winds of change are always blowing
And every time I try to stay
The winds of change continue blowing
And they just carry me away

To all the girls who shared my life
Who now are someone else's wives
I'm glad they came along
I dedicate this song
To all the girls I've loved before

To all the girls who cared for me
Who filled my nights with ecstasy
They live within my heart
I'll always be a part
Of all the girls I've loved before

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ah, those were highily suspect "official city" estimates. a statistician put the number at 400,000 in 2010, even if you double that for 2013, you're still well short of 2 mil.

these huge public gatherings are always way off in their "official" municipality PR estimates. And why not? throw out huge numbers, press reports them, CNN repeats and folks in BFE Iowa are all like "dayum, dat's a lotta white people". and no one really pays attention or cares when some UC or MIT math-geeks adjust the estimate way down.

Million Man March, initial estimates of 1.5-2 million--revised down to 600K (+/- 200K).

Worst case of this I've heard was DEMF in Detroit. First 5 years it was a free festival, with attendance estimates from 750K to 1.5 mil....

In 2005, the City of Detroit pulled its funding for the fest and Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson took over running the festival and for the first time sold tickets to fund the festival--which meant gates and actual people counting.

They found out Hart Plaza can only hold 30,000 people. They were lucky to get 75K unique visitors over 3 days--with very little difference in the crowd sizes compared to prior years.

Lollapalooza in Grant Park's capacity is around 90,000. I doubt the Blackhawks 2013 crowd was 23x's the size of a full attendance Lollapalooza. I doubt it was even 8x's the size of a full Lolla. Prolly the 400-600K statistician estimates are correct.

Ticketing Soldier Field with outdoor jumbotrons (maybe a 2nd stage?) in Grant Park [Hutchinson Field? Where Radiohead played] sounds like a workable plan.

The idea of 20% of the Chicago metropolitan area confined within downtown Chicago is kind of ridiculous when you spell it out that way.

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Move it to Friday. Friday's the only day out of the next week that doesn't have rain in the forecast.

Open up and offer free tickets to Soldier Field and Wrigley Field with jumbotrons only at Wrigley. Maybe have a drunk Kaner & a couple other players speak first at Solider Field and then uber/helicopter em/take the secret underground roads under the Loop up to Wrigley (with a facsimile Cup).