Tourism is Dead

And here's more proof:

• Navy Pier will close again rather than fight for the comparatively few visitors willing to venture onto the partially reopened lakeside destination amid the coronavirus pandemic.
  
  The human-made structure jutting into Lake Michigan and lined with restaurants, carnival rides and cultural destinations — many of them still closed — will shut down again Sept. 8 and stay shut until spring in order to save money and protect the attraction’s long-term financial health, pier officials announced Tuesday morning.
  
  “We are only seeing about 15 to 20% of the attendance that we would typically see this time of year, which is also typically our busiest time of the year,” said Marilynn Gardner, pier president and CEO. “We need to do this now to get to the other side of the pandemic.”
  
  Closing as the weather turns colder and visitorship typically decreases will help the pier limit its losses in a year when the not-for-profit entity was already projecting falling $20 million short of anticipated revenues.

Let's see if they trim any of the bloated six-figure salaries of the connected class rather than just laying off the hourly (and predominantly minority) workers.

But Well Done Groot! Along with....

• Macy's moving out 
• hundreds of conventions bailing out
• $1.6 billion (and counting) in lost hotel revenues
• concerts and shows that cannot be made up

....and other rumored shutdowns/lease-breaking on tap, you've completely doomed Chicago in record time.