芝加哥选民将表决永久大型节庆场地咨询问题：地点、成本与资金来源均未定
伊利诺伊州库克县芝加哥市选民11月3日将就一项咨询性问题投票，问题只有一句话：芝加哥是否应当建设一处永久性的节日与户外活动场地，用于举办大型活动。
这项投票不具约束力，无论结果如何都不强制市政府采取行动。问题的特殊之处在于，它没有说明场地选址、建设成本、资金来源，也没有说明市政府是否拥有并运营该场地、还是交给承包商管理，也没有列出哪些活动将迁入。
市议会今年7月的一次特别会议最终确定了11月的三项咨询问题，其中包括这一项；议员 Nicole Lee 于5月提出该决议，另有五名议员联署。
提出问题的背景是市民对公园长期封闭的不满：格兰特公园每年因 Lollapalooza 音乐节而封闭，搭建和清理时间还会延长封闭期；小村庄地区的团体则反对在道格拉斯公园举办 Riot Fest。据今年5月的一份报告，Lollapalooza 音乐节向芝加哥公园区支付了1028万美元租金，并产生了约726万美元的娱乐税收入。
支持者认为永久场地可以缓解公园压力，反对者则认为，没有价格的赞成票不能被事后解读为花钱的授权。
（来源：Ballotpedia）
Chicago Voters to Weigh In on Permanent Festival Venue Question With No Site, Cost or Funding Source Named
Voters in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, will decide an advisory question on November 3 consisting of a single sentence: should Chicago develop a permanent festival and outdoor event space for large-scale events?
The vote is nonbinding and compels no city action either way. The question does not name a location, a cost or a funding source; it does not say whether the city would own and operate the venue or hand it to a contractor, nor which events would move there.
The City Council finalized its three November questions at a special meeting in July. Alderman Nicole Lee introduced the resolution in May with five co-sponsors.
The question grows out of frustration over long park closures: Grant Park closes each year for Lollapalooza, with setup and teardown extending the closure, and groups in Little Village oppose Riot Fest in Douglass Park. A May report found Lollapalooza paid $10.28 million in rent to the Chicago Park District and generated about $7.26 million in amusement tax revenue.
Supporters say a permanent venue could relieve pressure on parks; opponents say a yes vote with no price attached should not later be read as authorization to spend.
(Source: Ballotpedia)
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图片来源：图：芝加哥格兰特公园的白金汉喷泉。Ken Lund 摄，CC BY-SA 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Buckingham Fountain in Grant Park, Chicago. By Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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