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CBS News
22-07-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Lollapalooza 2025: Schedule, festival map, Chicago road closures, bag policy
Lollapalooza returns to Chicago's Grant Park next week. The four-day festival runs from July 31 to August 3. Gates open at 11 a.m. each day. The main entrance is located at Michigan Avenue and Ida B. Wells Drive, and the north entrance is at Monroe Street and Columbus Drive. Tyler the Creator and Luke Combs will headline Thursday night. Gracie Abrams, Sierra Ferrell, Cage the Elephant, and Royal Otis. Olivia Rodrigo and Korn will headline Friday night. Djo, Bleachers, T-Pain, and Foster the People will also perform that day. Rufus Du Sol and Twice are Saturday night's headliners, with other performances from Doechii, Clairo, Young Miko, and Marina. Sabrina Carpenter and A$AP Rocky will close the festival on Sunday night, with performances from Dominic Fike, Finneas, Remi Wolf, and The Marias. Tickets are available on Lollapalooza's website. Street closures began as early as July 16 and some closures will continue through August 4. CTA is encouraging riders to use the Red and Blue lines but added that any of the elevated lines in The Loop will get festivalgoers to and from Grant Park. CTA also announced that the Yellow Line will run until 1 a.m. Additional bus service will be available to connect Union Station or the Ogilvie Transportation Center to Grant Park. Buses will be rerouted around the Grant Park area, and buses that run on Michigan Avenue will be rerouted between 9 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. to accommodate crowds leaving the festival. Metra will provide extra train service during Lollapalooza weekend. According to festival organizers, small clutch purses and fanny packs that are 6" x 9" or smaller are allowed. The small bags do not need to be clear, but can have no more than one pocket. All other bags larger than 6" x 9" must be smaller than 12" x 6" x 12" and clear. Empty hydration packs are allowed and do not have to be clear. Sara Tenenbaum contributed to this report.
Yahoo
19-07-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
NASCAR Will Not Race in Downtown Chicago Next Season
Over the past three seasons, NASCAR's annual 4th of July weekend race on the streets of Chicago has gone from a bold experiment to a successful proof-of-concept for stock car racing in the streets of any given city in America. It will not continue into 2026. In a statement shared to social media on Friday evening, organizers say that the race "will hit pause in 2026" in order to "explore a new potential date" and "further [optimize] operational efficiencies." This, the statement claims, is being done with the goal of resuming the race in 2027. NASCAR saw impressive racing over three years on a surprisingly wide temporary street circuit in the heart of Grant Park in downtown Chicago. Each weekend included two races, one Xfinity Series event and one Cup Series race. Shane van Gisbergen, who entered five of the six events ever held, won four. The only other winners in track history are 2024 Cup Series winner Alex Bowman and 2023 Xfinity Series winner Cole Custer. The Chicago street circuit requires significant logistical commitment from the city, which offers up public streets around Grant Park as a track during the event. Since the race lasts a full weekend and road closures start the Monday before the race, any date the series chooses will significantly impact part of the city for a full week. That means a delay was a likely outcome if either NASCAR or the city felt that a 2026 Fourth of July weekend date was untenable. While Chicago will not be on the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series or Xfinity Series schedules, a rumored date in San Diego could serve as a spiritual successor to the event. Specific details of that proposal are expected to be announced as soon as next week. You Might Also Like You Need a Torque Wrench in Your Toolbox Tested: Best Car Interior Cleaners The Man Who Signs Every Car
CBS News
18-07-2025
- Automotive
- CBS News
Vehicle fire blocks traffic on DuSable Lake Shore Drive near Grant Park
A car fire has halted traffic on northbound DuSable Lake Shore Drive near Grant Park during the Friday afternoon rush. Firefighters were still on the scene of the car fire near Balbo Drive around 5:15 p.m., and all northbound lanes were blocked. There was no immediate word on what caused the fire, or if anyone was injured. It's unclear how soon lanes will reopen.
New York Times
18-07-2025
- Automotive
- New York Times
NASCAR's Chicago Street Race is off for 2026, but ‘our goal' is a 2027 return
NASCAR will not race in the streets of downtown Chicago in 2026, pausing a three-year experiment that was unlike anything else in the league's 76-year history and proved it could pull off a race through the streets of a major city. NASCAR announced its decision in a public letter to the city late Friday afternoon, noting that this only applies to 2026 and that the league is receptive to possibly returning to the Chicago Street Course to race on the temporary circuit it has built each of the past three years around Grant Park. Advertisement 'Our goal is for the Chicago Street Race to return in 2027 with an event that further enhances the experience for residents and visitors alike, as we work together towards a new potential date, shorter build schedule, and additional tourism draws,' NASCAR-appointed Chicago Street Race president Julie Giese said in the letter. The 2025 race was the last on the three-year contract between NASCAR and the city of Chicago. NASCAR and the city held a mutual option to return in 2026. When the Chicago race was first announced in 2022, it received public backlash from city leaders concerned about the potential negative impact on the community due to the logistical and financial questions that come with shutting down a portion of the city's streets. But city officials have warmed up to it. The most recent race, held July 6, included Mayor Brandon Johnson saying the event was becoming a tradition when he spoke to drivers during their pre-race meeting with NASCAR. At the time of its inception, the Chicago Street Course was considered an innovation, breaking well outside NASCAR's usual mold of racing on purpose-built circuits, often in less populated areas. NASCAR leadership viewed the event as a way to demonstrate that it could build a world-class track incorporating city streets while minimizing the inconvenience to the general public. The most recent build for the Chicago Street Course took only 25 days, reduced from 42 days in its first year. It's not yet known what will replace the Chicago Street Race on the 2026 NASCAR schedule. The Athletic reported last month that NASCAR is finalizing a deal to race on another temporary road circuit in the San Diego area. That race is expected to be formally announced by the end of this month. Each of the Chicago race's first two editions were marred by poor weather. In 2023, it was shortened from 100 scheduled laps to 78 due to a rain delay. In 2024, the race was scheduled for a reduced 75 laps and only completed 58. This year, though, all 75 laps were completed. Shane van Gisbergen won two of the three races — in 2023 and again this year. Alex Bowman won in 2024. (Photo from the 2025 Chicago Street Race: James Gilbert / Getty Images)
CBS News
17-07-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Chicagoans chow down to celebrate National Hot Dog Day
Summertime is peak hot dog season, according to the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council. Between Memorial Day and Labor Day, Americans eat 7 billion hot dogs. Chicago is number four on the list of top hot dog-consuming cities — and plenty of Chicagoans were enjoying hot dogs on Wednesday, whether they knew it was National Hot Dog Day or not. Relish Hot Dogs can be found at Michigan Avenue and Jackson Drive in Grant Park, right across the street from the Art Institute of Chicago. The first item on the menu is the all-beef original Chicago hot dog — with mustard, relish, onion, tomato, a pickle spear, sport peppers, and celery salt — on a poppyseed bun of course. "Ketchup available on request," the menu says. But to many Chicagoans, adding ketchup to a Chicago hot dog is less appealing than a sardine sundae. Every order at Relish Hot Dogs counted as a celebration this National Hot Dog Day. It is a day Relish Hot Dogs owner Michelle Olszanski… relishes. "It is a holy holiday here in Chicago, because we do have the best hot dogs around," she said. The Godfreys from Minneapolis were enjoying Chicago hot dogs for the first time. It may soon become a tradition. "It's like a crunchy hot dog, 'cause it has like all like the pickles," said Evy Godfrey, 10. "Three bites and it's gone," said Auggie Godfrey, 15. "Yeah, I'm trying to savor it," said Vilu Godfrey, 12. But for exchange student François Delestrade of the Toulouse area in France, setting aside an entire day to honor hot dogs is a bit of a foreign concept. "Yeah, it's good, but I prefer French gastronomy," Delestrade said. Well, who wouldn't like French gastronomy? But in Chicago, one must indulge. And let's be honest — National Hot Dog Day is a holiday Chicago can celebrate any day.
