WEBVTT 00:02.066 --> 00:03.966 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:47.5% PARIS, BACK TO YOU. 00:04.266 --> 00:09.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% >> AMANDA, THANK YOU. 00:06.233 --> 00:11.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% CHICAGO'S LOOSENING THE PANDEMIC 00:08.000 --> 00:11.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% RESTRICTIONS JUST A BIT MORE. 00:09.166 --> 00:14.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THE MAYOR MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT 00:11.033 --> 00:16.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% AT NAVY PIER. 00:11.800 --> 00:17.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% THE CITY WILL ENTER PHASE 4 00:14.833 --> 00:20.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% REGULATIONS THAT COULD HAVE AN 00:16.100 --> 00:20.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% IMPACT ON RESTAURANTS AND BARS 00:17.633 --> 00:24.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% AND THEATERS AND PLACES OF 00:20.566 --> 00:27.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20% WORSHIP. 00:20.900 --> 00:29.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% BRANDIS FRIEDMAN AND QUINN MYERS 00:24.766 --> 00:33.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% SPENT THE DAY REPORTING AROUND 00:27.366 --> 00:35.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% NAVY PIER AS IT BEGINS A PHASED 00:29.566 --> 00:37.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% REOPENING STARTING TOMORROW. 00:33.966 --> 00:39.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% BRANDIS, SPELL IT OUT WHAT DOES 00:35.533 --> 00:40.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% THIS ALL MEAN? 00:37.333 --> 00:42.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% >> SO IMMEDIATELY IT MEANS 00:39.600 --> 00:44.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% INCREASED CAPACITY ACROSS A 00:40.633 --> 00:45.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% NUMBER OF INDUSTRIES IN CHICAGO 00:42.133 --> 00:46.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% AND WE'LL BREAK THOSE DOWN IN A 00:44.933 --> 00:49.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:10% BIT. 00:45.200 --> 00:50.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% BUT THE COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC 00:46.933 --> 00:51.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% HEALTH Dr. ALLISON ARWADY SAYS 00:49.266 --> 00:52.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% THE REASON WE ARE HERE IS 00:50.233 --> 00:56.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% BECAUSE THE CASE NUMBERS AND 00:51.766 --> 00:58.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% POSITIVITY RATES AND 00:52.900 --> 00:58.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% HOSPITALIZATIONS AND ICU 00:56.366 --> 01:00.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% ADMISSIONS HAVE FALLEN OR 00:58.400 --> 01:02.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5% STABILIZED. 00:58.966 --> 01:03.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> SEEING THOSE NUMBERS GO DOWN 01:00.566 --> 01:06.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% OR BE STABLE IS THE TICKET TO 01:02.933 --> 01:07.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:25% REOPENING. 01:03.300 --> 01:09.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% THIS IS HAPPENING, MAKE NO 01:06.100 --> 01:12.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% MISTAKE, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE 01:07.333 --> 01:13.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% GETTING VACCINATED. 01:09.900 --> 01:14.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> SO HERE IS WHAT THE LOOSENED 01:12.266 --> 01:17.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% RESTRICTIONS MEAN. 01:13.066 --> 01:19.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% RESTAURANTS AND BARS CAN 01:14.933 --> 01:20.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% INCREASE INDOOR CAPACITY TO 50% 01:17.866 --> 01:22.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% OR 100 PEOPLE. 01:19.533 --> 01:25.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% WHICHEVER IS SMALLER. 01:20.666 --> 01:27.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% LARGE INDOOR THEATERS AND VENUES 01:22.733 --> 01:29.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% INCLUDING THE UNITED CENTER CAN 01:25.466 --> 01:32.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% OPEN AT 25% CAPACITY. 01:27.466 --> 01:35.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% FESTIVALS AND OUTDOOR EVENTS 01:29.766 --> 01:37.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% LIKE NEIGHBORHOOD FOOD FESTIVALS 01:32.066 --> 01:37.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% CAN OPERATE AT 15 PEOPLE PER 01:35.366 --> 01:38.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% 1,000 SCARE FEET. 01:37.466 --> 01:40.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15% AND -- 01:37.766 --> 01:42.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% SQUARE FEET. 01:38.166 --> 01:45.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% AND GUESTS WHO ARE VACCINATED 01:40.600 --> 01:46.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% WILL NOT BE COUNTED TOWARDS 01:42.733 --> 01:48.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% CAPACITY LIMITS LIKE WEDDINGS. 01:45.600 --> 01:49.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% Dr. ALLISON ARWADY EMPHASIZES 01:46.533 --> 01:51.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THE NEED TO GET VACCINATED AND 01:48.266 --> 01:52.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO DO THE SAME 01:49.466 --> 01:55.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% FOR THE CITY TO KEEP TURNING 01:51.600 --> 01:58.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% THAT DIAL REOPENING. 01:52.833 --> 02:00.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% WHILE THE CITY'S POSITIVITY RATE 01:55.433 --> 02:01.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% IS LOWER AT 4.7% SHE AND THE 01:58.866 --> 02:03.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% MAYOR WARN WE ARE NOT OUT OF THE 02:00.766 --> 02:05.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15% WOODS. 02:01.100 --> 02:07.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> WHAT WE'VE SEEN ACROSS THE 02:03.433 --> 02:09.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% COUNTRY AND PLACES IS THIS 02:05.966 --> 02:11.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% ENTHUSIASM TO REOPEN. 02:07.000 --> 02:15.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% WE SAW THAT A LOT LAST SUMMER. 02:09.400 --> 02:17.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% AND PEOPLE WENT TO VERY HIGH 02:11.966 --> 02:17.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% CAPACITY LEVELS ONLY TO HAVE TO 02:15.400 --> 02:19.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% SHUT EVERYTHING BACK DOWN VERY 02:17.566 --> 02:21.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20% QUICKLY. 02:17.900 --> 02:24.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% WE ARE IN A DIFFERENT PLACE THAN 02:19.200 --> 02:26.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% WE WERE LAST SUMMER BECAUSE WE 02:21.133 --> 02:27.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% HAVE THE VACCINE. 02:24.700 --> 02:29.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> NOW, THE MAYOR AND HEALTH 02:26.066 --> 02:31.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% COMMISSIONER SAY IF THESE 02:27.566 --> 02:33.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% FALLING CASES AND STABILIZING 02:29.866 --> 02:34.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% RATES CAN HOLD STEADY FOR TWO 02:31.366 --> 02:36.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% WEEKS THE CITY COULD JOIN THE 02:33.033 --> 02:38.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% STATE OF ILLINOIS IN ENTERING 02:34.800 --> 02:38.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% THAT BRIDGE PHASE WHERE 02:36.800 --> 02:39.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% RESTRICTIONS ARE LOOSENED 02:38.166 --> 02:42.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20% FURTHER. 02:38.500 --> 02:43.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THAT WOULD BE A WELCOME CHANGE 02:39.900 --> 02:45.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% FOR TOURISM BUSINESSES LIKE 02:42.066 --> 02:47.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% STEVE'S SEGWAY NEAR THE 02:43.766 --> 02:49.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% LAKEFRONT THE OWNER HAS BEEN IN 02:45.633 --> 02:51.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% BUSINESS 14 YEARS AND HE AND HIS 02:47.800 --> 02:52.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% TOUR GUIDES TAKE PRIDE IN BEING 02:49.666 --> 02:54.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5% THE BEST. 02:51.100 --> 02:56.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% MANY ARE PART OF THE GIG ECONOMY 02:52.833 --> 02:58.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% AND THEY WERE ABLE TO KEEP 02:54.666 --> 03:01.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% WORKING DURING THE PANDEMIC BUT 02:56.700 --> 03:05.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% HE FELT LIKE HE IS HEMORRHAGING 02:58.833 --> 03:05.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% MONEY WITH RARE SEGWAY TOURS HE 03:01.366 --> 03:10.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% LOST 90-95% OF HIS BUSINESS. 03:05.000 --> 03:13.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% >> A GHOST TOWN. 03:05.733 --> 03:16.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% PART OF A SCI-FI MOVIE IS HOW MY 03:10.866 --> 03:19.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% TOUR GUIDES DESCRIBED BEING ON 03:13.600 --> 03:19.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% CAMPUS AT TIMES TODAY. 03:16.766 --> 03:22.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> SO, HE IS HOPEFUL TO SEE THAT 03:19.133 --> 03:24.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% RETURN. 03:19.866 --> 03:26.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% MEANWHILE, THE CITY ARCHITECTURE 03:22.266 --> 03:28.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% CENTER IS REQUIRING MASKS ON 03:24.066 --> 03:30.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% OUTDOOR WALKING AND BOAT TOURS 03:26.133 --> 03:31.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% DESPITE THE CDC'S GUIDANCE FOLKS 03:28.000 --> 03:33.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% OUTSIDE AND VACCINATED DON'T 03:30.033 --> 03:35.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% NEED THEIR MASKS. 03:31.166 --> 03:37.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% BUT THE CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE 03:33.466 --> 03:40.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% CENTER SAYS THEY ARE OPERATING 03:35.233 --> 03:43.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% AS A REDUCED CAPACITY AND 03:37.433 --> 03:45.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% NOTICING A RETURN IN INTEREST. 03:40.866 --> 03:46.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% THEY HAVE RECEIVED CALLS FROM 03:43.100 --> 03:48.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% PEOPLE LOOKING TO MAKEUP 03:45.700 --> 03:50.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% RESERVATIONS AND WALK-UP 03:46.766 --> 03:51.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% BUSINESS IS STEADY. 03:48.400 --> 03:53.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% LYNN OSMOND EXPLAINS THAT 03:50.433 --> 03:54.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% ARCHITECTURE IS THE BACKBONE OF 03:51.933 --> 03:56.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% CHICAGO'S TOURISM. 03:53.200 --> 03:58.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> IT REALLY SIGNALS THE REBIRTH 03:54.866 --> 04:00.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% OF WHAT IS GOING ON AFTER THE 03:56.600 --> 04:03.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% GREAT FIRE AND NOW THE REBIRTH 03:58.966 --> 04:06.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% AS WE LOOK POST PANDEMIC AND 04:00.733 --> 04:07.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% IT'S FUN TO SEE BUILDINGS LIKE 04:03.700 --> 04:09.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THE ST. REGENT GIST OPENING UP. 04:06.000 --> 04:13.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% ON THE RIVER CRUISE THERE ARE 04:07.533 --> 04:16.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% LOTS OF BUILDINGS THAT CREPT UP 04:09.666 --> 04:18.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% OVER THE PANDEMIC YEAR. 04:13.133 --> 04:18.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> OSMOND IS THE VICE-CHAIR OF 04:16.000 --> 04:21.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% CHOOSE CHICAGO THE CITY'S 04:18.033 --> 04:23.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% TOURISM INFORMATION CENTER. 04:18.900 --> 04:26.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% AND THE CAC AVERAGED MORE THAN 04:21.400 --> 04:28.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% 80% SOLD CAPACITY OF ITS TOURS 04:23.766 --> 04:31.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% IN APRIL, HOTELS ARE AT 50% 04:26.400 --> 04:33.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% CAPACITY ON WEEKENDS AND SURVEY 04:28.200 --> 04:33.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% OF CONSUMERS SAYS 32% OF THOSE 04:31.200 --> 04:34.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% SURVEYED ARE READY TO TRAVEL 04:33.166 --> 04:36.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15% AGAIN. 04:33.466 --> 04:38.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% STILL A LITTLE BIT OF ROOM TO 04:34.566 --> 04:40.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% GROW FOR A COUPLE INDUSTRIES. 04:36.766 --> 04:42.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% PARIS, WHEN WE COME BACK, AS WE