The Lollapalooza train just keeps a chuggin??even when there may not be any track much further ahead. Case in point; the website went live today and said they?ll start selling two-day passes to the event in Chicago?s Grant Park on April 7. However in today?s Chicago Tribune Greg Kot reports:
City officials could not be reached for comment Thursday, but they had said Wednesday that announcing such a major lakefront festival was “premature.” The next Park District meeting that might address a permit for such an event is scheduled for April 13. (full story)
If there?s one thing Chicagoans know really well it?s that our city officials and civil servant types really don?t like to be pressured into anything.
I’ll be honest and admit that I’m exciterd by the prospect of this whole thing working out and I’ll also probably shell out the $35 for the two-day pass, but I’m also gonna make damn sure those tickets are fully refundable before plonkin? down my hard-earned cash.