Ladies and gentlemen start your engines. Construction of the temporary grandstands for Chicago's NASCAR street race is underway in Grant Park.
A month from now race cars will be zooming down Columbus drive in front of Buckingham fountain as the first ever NASCAR street race takes over the streets of downtown.It will be the first time in NASCAR's 75 year history they have run a race on city streets rather than a track. As such, they have to build places for spectators to sit.
But those spectators will also need places to eat and sleep at night, which is expected to provide a huge financial boost to the city; an estimated $113 million in economic impact. The NASCAR organization is also hoping the race will provide a big boost to the sport. They are investing about $50 million into this inaugural street race, and they say Chicago is the perfect place to host.
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