Welcome to the Reader‘s morning briefing for Thursday, March 23, 2017.
Former museum executives propose bringing American Sports Museum to Chicago
Two former Chicago executives want to bring an American Sports Museum to Chicago. The men behind the effort are Marc Lapides, formerly chief marketing officer at the Adler Planetarium, and Roger Germann, a former executive vice president at the Shedd Aquarium, according to the Tribune. They’re hoping to build a 100,000-square-foot museum that’s close to downtown and easily accessible by public transportation. A $50 million fund-raising campaign for the project is under way. “Sports is something that really connects us all,” Lapides told the Tribune. “This is a museum that will welcome everybody.” [Tribune]
Correction: The photo caption above has been amended to correctly reflect Luis Gomez’s status. He is an undocumented immigrant, not a “Dreamer.”
