2002 Car Shows

2002 Chicago Auto Show Quick Facts

This is the 94th presentation of the Chicago Auto Show. It is the longest- running auto show in North America, first held in 1901.
2001 First Look For Charity Gala raised over $1.8 million.
More than 300 wait staff served 60,000 pieces of hors d'oeuvres and 2,850 bottles of champagne or other beverages for 10,000 people.
Public dates are Feb 8 - 17, 2002.
First-ever Friday public opening in 1999.
5th year in the South Building on one floor with 840,000 square feet (78,038 sq. meters) of exhibit space.
Three entrances directly to show floor.
The NFL could hold its 14 game Sunday NFL schedule in the room at the same time.
An 8-foot wide, 20-mile long roll of carpet will cover the entire exhibit floor-- enough to carpet 744 average homes.
It's almost a quarter mile from corner to corner of the exhibit hall-- long enough to lay the John Hancock Building on its side.
7.2 million pounds of freight, not counting vehicles, accounting for over 720 tractor-trailer loads that would stretch for over 8 miles if lined up.
More than 2 1/2 miles of truss lighting in 1998 with 2,900+ truss lights and 50 overhead motors.
The entire show takes only five days to set up with 65,000 labor hours represented by the extraordinary efforts of qualified personnel from Teamsters, riggers, carpenters, decorators and traffic directors.
These dedicated people operate 140 forklifts, two cranes, 12 45-foot booms and 10 scissor lifts.
110 maintenance people daily operate 110 vacuums to keep the show clean 50 people haul 7,000 plastic bags of non-food waste from the show floor daily.
Two shifts of 150 porters and polishers per shift representing over 21,600 personnel hours maintain the 1000+ vehicles on display.
Over 16,600 personnel hours are devoted to security and crowd control by show management to best serve show visitors.