Austin Berg

Stock cars set up in downtown Chicago before the July announcement that NASCAR will hold a race in the city each year for three years, starting in 2023.

Chicago must reform how it manages private use of public property

The worst example: the parking meter deal. The most recent: the Chicago Fire soccer facility. The practice of selling off public resources to private interests, for a certain time at a certain price, is called a “concession.”

By Ed Bachrach and Austin Berg