Assessment Of Chicago’s NASCAR Street Race Continues
July 5, 2023 12:29PM CDT
Experts estimate the NASCAR Street Race resulted in more than a hundred-million dollars in economic impact for Chicago. Roughly a hundred thousand people attended the event this past weekend. NASCAR projected about 50-million was spent on construction, labor, and other race services to put on the race. Mayor Brandon Johnson says his economic team is weighing whether or not the event was a positive thing for the city.