Monday September 4, 2023

City of Chicago Events and Traffic Restrictions



Wrigley Field Transportation Restrictions Map 2023 - click here

Soldier Field Transportation Restrictions Map 2023 - click here

Transportation Restrictions for Taste of Chicago Event Sept.8-10 - click here

Transportation Restrictions for Bally's Temporary Casino Effective Sept. 9 - click here

Transportation Restrictions for Riot Fest Event Sept 15-17 - click here

McCormick Place Events Calendar

Stay up to date on traffic and road closures by downloading and using the Chicago OEMC App: Chicago.gov/OEMC

News You Can Use

Credit Card Competition Act Pits Credit Card Issuers

You may have heard about The Credit Card Competition Act. The Act has the potential to affect businesses and consumers alike – but in different ways.

Consumers will see reward points go away. Retailers will likely pay less in Interchange rates as the fees charged to fund those rewards programs will go away.

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Thank you to Jim Luff, Corporate Communications Manager of Aurora Payments and ILLBA member for sharing this informative article.

Application Deadline: Thursday, September 21, 2023 !

An Opportunity Unlike Any Other For Operators

For the first time, one of the NLA's most valuable programs is coming to the Fall Show!

The NLA Scholarship Program, organized and funded by the NLA, is designed to enable new operators to attend the CD/NLA Show at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Orlando, FL in from October 22-25, 2023. These scholarships provide an unsurpassed business development opportunity for operators who have recently launched their companies and have never attended a CD/NLA event before.

Click here to learn more about the scholarship!

Questions about the scholarship experience? Reach out to board members Paula DeBiasi and James Jordan, former scholarship winners!

O'Hare, Midway Ready to Welcome Nearly 1.6 Million Passengers Over Busy Labor Day Travel Weekend

Strong Recovery Continues at O’Hare International Airport, With 7% Increase in Travelers Compared to Labor Day 2022

The Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA) is ready to welcome nearly 1.6 million travelers to O’Hare and Midway International Airports between Thursday, Aug. 31 and Tuesday, Sept. 5, based on projections from airline carriers. 

Compared to Labor Day weekend last year, O’Hare is expected to see a 7% increase in passengers. More than 245,000 travelers will make their way through O’Hare on Monday, Sept. 4, which airlines project will be the busiest day. At Midway, travel is about on par with 2022, with a modest 1% increase in passengers over last year. The busiest travel day will also be Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 4., when more than 57,000 passengers will make their way through the airport. 

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Abnormal Security: Microsoft Tops List Of Most Impersonated Brands In Phishing Exploits

A new study found that 4.31% of phishing attacks mimicked Microsoft, far ahead of the second most-spoofed brand PayPal.

A significant portion of social engineering attacks, such as phishing, involve cloaking a metaphorical wolf in sheep’s clothing. According to a new study by Abnormal Security, which looked at brand impersonation and credential phishing trends in the first half of 2023, Microsoft was the brand most abused as camouflage in phishing exploits.

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Millions More Workers Would Be Entitled To Overtime Pay Under A Proposed Biden Administration Rule

NEW YORK (AP) — The Biden administration proposed a new rule Wednesday that would make 3.6 million more U.S. workers eligible for overtime pay, the most generous such increase in decades.

The rule revives an Obama-era effort that faced pushback from business leaders and Republicans and was ultimately scuttled in court. Business groups Labor advocates and liberal lawmakers have pushed the Biden administration to take the fight back up, arguing that overtime protections have been sharply eroded over the decades by wage stagnation and inflation.

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