Thousands of Chicago area students and teachers participated in the launch event at McCormick Place.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

Or I think of my thwarted search for a standard electrical outlet at McCormick Place.

FORBES: Unions Are Evil And Weird

There will be a pool spray at the top of the meeting at McCormick Place.

WHITEHOUSE: President's Schedule

In the old days, people using McCormick Place had their pockets picked from the moment they arrived.

ECONOMIST: The convention business

But exhibitors at McCormick Place still have to deal with five different unions and pay pretty stiff wages.

ECONOMIST: The convention business

My second immersion into union logic occurred in Chicago in the early 1990s, during a computer trade show at McCormick Place.

FORBES: Unions Are Evil And Weird

The press conference at McCormick place will be open press.

WHITEHOUSE: President's Schedule

In 1971, when I was getting started as a reporter, the Billy Graham Crusade was scheduled to come to Chicago's cavernous McCormick Place for a week-and-a-half of summer services.

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For other states less well-endowed, Chicago can offer hope of a different kind: not so much the example of its excellent restaurants or its vast convention centre, McCormick Place, but that of its Navy Pier.

ECONOMIST: To natural assets add art, learning and fun

In February, the North American Radiological Society, a frequent visitor to McCormick Place, fired a warning shot when it voted to alternate its future conventions between Chicago and Orlando, explaining that labour and hotels cost less in Florida.

ECONOMIST: The convention business

You may have seen one of his fountains -- a brash choreography of water and light -- if youve been to Epcot, the new Bellagio resort in Las Vegas, Chicagos McCormick Place or 90 additional locations throughout the U.S., the Middle East and Asia.

FORBES: Splash!