DOWNTOWN — Special events will continue to dominate Grant Park this summer with Sueños, NASCAR and Lollapalooza slated to spend 73 days setting up, tearing down and hosting inside the park.
Grant Park is tentatively booked for 73 days May 15-Aug. 11, according to the Park District’s data portal. That’s 11 fewer days than last year. Setup and teardown dates do not necessarily indicate full park closure but do indicate the park will be occupied.
This year’s decline in booked days is due to a drop in setup and teardown days for NASCAR. Last year, NASCAR took up 41 days in Grant Park. The race will take over parts of the park for 29 days this year.
Setup for NASCAR and Lollapalooza will take place back to back, similar to last year. However, this year there is about a two-week gap between Sueños and NASCAR construction.
Still, Grant Park’s busy summer schedule leaves just a handful of days free of obligations to large, private events. Permits for closures across the park have yet to be approved by the Park District, according to the data portal.
The Grant Park summer events schedule:
Sueños: May 15-31
NASCAR: June 18-July 16
Lollapalooza: July 16-Aug. 11
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