Who holds the blame for the events in Chicago?

[jimrtex]

* There are many other large venues in Chicagoland suitable for a rally with 10,000 people.

Why would the campaign pick the Pavilion, and once they did and saw signs of trouble why not switch to a different location well in advance of the event?

Bulls were playing at United Center.

Rosemont Horizon (Allstate Arena) had a Wolves match on Saturday. It it had been available, it might have been a better location.

Sears Centre is 25 miles from Chicago and barely even in Cook County.

The UIUC Pavilion is adjacent to an expressway, and only peripheral to the campus. The only university events it appears to host are basketball games for UIUC. Is south of the expressway a No Go area?

[jimrtex]

* There are many other large venues in Chicagoland suitable for a rally with 10,000 people.

Why would the campaign pick the Pavilion, and once they did and saw signs of trouble why not switch to a different location well in advance of the event?

Bulls were playing at United Center.

Rosemont Horizon (Allstate Arena) had a Wolves match on Saturday. It it had been available, it might have been a better location.

Sears Centre is 25 miles from Chicago and barely even in Cook County.

The UIUC Pavilion is adjacent to an expressway, and only peripheral to the campus. The only university events it appears to host are basketball games for UIUC. Is south of the expressway a No Go area?

The Pavilion is adjacent to an expressway but it's right by one of the most notorious traffic bottlenecks in the Chicago expressway system. The Circle Interchange is so well known that UIC was once called UI Circle Campus.

The Allstate Arena would have been my first choice if I were advising the campaign. It's adjacent to O'Hare for the candidate's convenience, it's easy to reach from both the city and suburbs, it's easy to police. It's about twice the capacity of the Pavilion (18.5K to 9.5K) but I suspect that Trump could fill it.

The campus proper is adjacent to the Circle Interchange. The university was renamed when the Circle Campus and Medical Center were merged into a single institution. Mayor Daley (senior) is given primary credit for creation of the campus, and also selecting the site. This picture of a model (from 1963) gives particular emphasis to the location.



The Circle Campus was renamed the East Campus, while the Medical Center was renamed the West Campus.

The Pavilion is on the extreme edge of the campus, and has its own parking garage - likely so it can be used for non-academic events. Dreamers probably anticipated UIC replacing Northwestern in the Big 10.

Was the Rosemont Horizon available? They have hockey matches (Wolves) tonight and tomorrow. Do they have permanent ice and cover it, or would they have to prepare for the matches? Articles about the McCormick Event's Center (DePaul's new arena) suggest there are parking problems at Rosemont Horizon. This might have been a rationalization - and having an arena closer to campus makes sense.