Chicago公布奥黑尔机场50吨巨石命名六强 公众投票至11月2日
位于伊利诺伊州库克县的芝加哥市，Chicago市长布兰登·约翰逊（Brandon Johnson）与Chicago航空局（CDA）10月16日公布奥黑尔国际机场50吨巨石命名比赛的六个入围名称，邀请公众投票选出最终名字，投票截止时间为11月2日（周一）下午5时（中部时间）。
这块巨石是在奥黑尔机场飞行区下方约30英尺深处挖掘出土的，发现地点位于南蓄洪池工地；该工程是为在建的新D、E两座航站楼让路的前期项目，属于机场扩建计划ORDNext的一部分。巨石约11.5英尺宽、7.5英尺高，经专业地质学家鉴定为白云岩，形成于距今约4亿年前，目前陈列在机场多式联运设施外供公众参观。
命名比赛于今年9月启动，共收到2,900多份投稿。入围的六个名称是「Sweet Stone Chicago」「No ORDinary Rock」「Chicago Rocks」「O'Rock」「Orchard Rock」和「Da Rock」。市府表示，得胜名称将在奥黑尔机场的社交媒体账号上公布，并用于该巨石在多式联运设施（10255 W Zemke Rd）外的展陈。航空局局长迈克尔·麦克默里（Michael McMurray）表示，市民以数千个创意名称回应征集，评审已把名单缩减至六强，现交由公众决定。约翰逊表示，这项活动让这块意外出土的巨石成为奥黑尔故事的一部分。
Chicago Reveals Six Finalists in Naming Contest for O'Hare Airport's 50-Ton Boulder
Chicago is a city in Cook County, Illinois. Mayor Brandon Johnson and the Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA) on October 16 announced the six finalists in the contest to name the 50-ton boulder unearthed beneath O'Hare International Airport's airfield. The public can vote online through 5 p.m. Central Time on Monday, November 2, 2026.
The boulder was discovered about 30 feet below the surface during excavation of the airport's South Detention Basin, an enabling project for the new Concourse D and Concourse E now under construction as part of the ORDNext expansion program. Measuring approximately 11.5 feet wide and 7.5 feet tall, it was identified by a professional geologist as dolostone dating to the Silurian period, about 400 million years ago. It is now displayed outside the airport's Multi-Modal Facility.
The naming contest launched in September and drew more than 2,900 submissions. The six finalists are Sweet Stone Chicago, No ORDinary Rock, Chicago Rocks, O'Rock, Orchard Rock and Da Rock. The winning name will be announced on O'Hare's social media channels and featured in the boulder exhibit outside the Multi-Modal Facility at 10255 W Zemke Rd. CDA Commissioner Michael McMurray said Chicagoans answered with thousands of creative names and that the list has now been narrowed to six for a public vote.
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