>As are the other conventions, concerts, and gatherings that
>happen in Rosemont at the Allstate Arena and their convention
>center.

sure but the question was about how Chuy can justify using TIF money to fix the pension problem w/o ppl bitching the way they bitch about TIF money being used to fund the stadium. quite easily considering the TIF money used to shore up the pension problem has a pretty direct and obvious public benefit whereas using the money to fund that stadium has an obvious private benefit and a very indirect and stretched public benefit. IMO the public benefit of the pension use far outweighs that of the private use. so the proposed usage of TIF $ to fix the pensions can be easily justified, IMO.