HR0065 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The Chicago Bulls basketball organization is moving its training facility, which it has inhabited since 1992, from north suburban Deerfield to the City of Chicago; and

WHEREAS, The new facility will be located across from the United Center, on Wood Street, between Madison and Monroe Streets; and

WHEREAS, Plans for the new facility, which will be funded entirely by the Chicago Bulls organization, are currently in the development stage; the project is scheduled for completion in time for the 2014-2015 season; and

WHEREAS, The lead architect on the project is the firm 360 Architects and the General Contractor used will be McHugh Construction; and

WHEREAS, McHugh Construction has a longstanding history of employing local Chicago workers; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge the Chicago Bulls basketball organization to hire local Chicago workers for the construction of its new downtown training facility; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the Chicago Bulls basketball organization.