Cobo has a huge location advantage over McCormick Place. Cobo is in the middle of downtown, with numerous hotels, bars, restaurants, etc. nearby. McCormick Place is nowhere near the desirable parts of Chicago. I went to a conference there about 15 years ago and it required a 30+ minute bus ride each way from the major hotels. This was a huge conference of nearly 10,000 people and everyone was so irritated that it has never been in Chicago again. Chicago is a great city to visit but the convention center sucks.
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