Last weekend's chaos in downtown Chicago is causing major concerns for businesses and the tourism industry.
The convention and tourism industry is a multi-billion dollar business in Chicago, but the people that earn their living off that business are worried about what happened last weekend and the impact it could have on business moving forward.Industry leaders say people need to feel safe coming into the city, and they are pushing police and incoming Mayor Brandon Johnson to put together a better game plan.
"Locked the doors. We have security here, so we shut it down. We didn't let anybody in or out," Gallios said. "We feel like that doesn't bode well for the summer," said Gallios. "And gets me worrying. We thought things were on the up and up. And something like this happens you feel knocked right back down a little bit."Hotels, bars, and restaurants that depend on tourism and conventions to make or break their business say what happened last weekend can't happen again.
The Chicago Loop Alliance is reviving its Ambassador Program, in which unarmed ambassadors in uniform will patrol streets in the Loop, go into stores and attempt to identify and de-escalate situations that could lead to trouble."This is not an everyday experience," said Kiana Distasi, marketing director for the Chicago Loop Alliance. "But we take these incidents very seriously.
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