@chicagobars One counterpoint to this total City payments. A lot of the money was spent on improvements on roads and sidewalks of Grant Park. Needed repairs facilitated but NASCAR, but with a benefit outside of just the race.
@mckinneykelsey That's what I don't get in this. You have infinite time and all your creative capacity and the best thing you can think of is 'let's put or old show back on, but with none of the parts that made it actually work?'