Lollapalooza’s new contract with Chicago could make this year’s fest the biggest ever, and give the city a bigger cut
who wanted more transparency over the process and assurances of park protections before the city was locked in for another decade.Past Lollapalooza agreements — including the 2012 contract, the 2016 expansion of the festival from three to four days, and the one-year extension in 2021 — were not shared with the public until they were signed.
“What I understand is that there is potential for over 400,000 people” to attend this weekend, Johnson said at press availability Wednesday. The collective attendance at Lollapalooza and the Taylor Swift, Beyonce and Ed Sheeran shows at Soldier Field “says an awful lot about the beauty of the city of Chicago,” he said. “The city of Chicago is well positioned to become better, stronger and safer.
Among the biggest changes in the new Lollapalooza contract is how the city will collect fees. C3 spokesperson Sandee Fenton told the Tribune that Lollapalooza paid $6.9 million in permit fees to the Park District in 2022. A breakdown of those fees was not immediately available from the Park District.
Hulu streamed Lollapalooza in 2022 and is the official streaming partner for this week’s festival, thanks to a deal inked between Walt Disney and Live Nation. The new contract tweaked some language about other mega-festivals, seemingly limiting Lolla’s dominance to Grant Park. The past contract limited all “substantially similar” festivals citywide.In the new contract, C3 and the Park District “will collaborate in good faith to avoid having a multi-day, multi-stage music Festival which is the same or substantially similar to” Lollapalooza in Grant Park “without the written consent of C3.
While the contract makes no mention of C3 providing any long-term infrastructure or drainage upgrades, the company did announce it would spend $100,000 to help fund the renovation of Grant Park’s tennis courts and add new pickleball courts where festival vehicles normally park.
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