Chicago had a huge weekend in terms of foot traffic and the best hotel occupancy and revenue the city has ever seen last weekend thanks to a healthcare conference and Taylor Swift.
While leaders say weekend visitors have really ramped up, weekday downtown foot traffic may still be lagging from pre-pandemic levels.
"I've never been to Chicago before, but we were just sayin' it's probably my favorite U.S. city so far, and I'm not just saying that. We love it here," Scottish tourist Jess Faulds said.And weekends in the city have way out-performed pre-pandemic numbers, Choose Chicago CEO Lynn Osmond said. "Last week was not only our best weekend since the pandemic, it was the best weekend in Chicago history for hotel performance," said Michael Jacobson, president and CEO of the Illinois Hotel and Lodging Association.
In terms of foot traffic, Chicago Loop Alliance CEO Michael Edwards said the last few weekends have been up 20% compared to before the pandemic."State Street and the Loop in general has been extremely busy, a lot of it on the weekends, but the office worker seems to be coming back," Edwards said.
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