The Lincoln Park Advisory Council stalled a resolution opposing the proposed location of a $31 million Olympic tennis complex in Lincoln Park Wednesday evening after the local alderman said the door was open for a site change.
The Chicago 2016 Olympic bid committee is willing to consider two alternative Lincoln Park sites, both of them north of the current site at the Waveland courts, Ald. Helen Shiller (46th) said at a fractious meeting of the advisory council.
The two other locations, both existing parking lots, "would have minimal impact on traffic, other park activities, the surrounding communities and green space," said Shiller, who favors the Olympics but opposes use of the Waveland court site.
She said she would push for a change if Chicago is selected as the host city on Oct. 2. Chicago Tribune's Kathy Bergen reports
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