Great Blues, Jazz and Sports in Chicago

Chicago is a great American city and as one is full of great artistic venues and major cultural attractions. It is the largest city in the state of Illinois and also the third largest city in the country. It also has an intriguing and often controversial history that contributes to its dynamic and artistically charged atmosphere. A great number of tourists visit the city every year and they come from all over the country as well as from the rest of the world. Many of the guests staying in one of the luxury hotels Chicago are there for business, while the greatest number of them are there to enjoy a cultural or sporting event. Chicago is well known for its music and art scene, as well for the major sporting franchises that are based there. The streets are full of great jazz and blues bars and some of them have national reputations. It is possible to find great music any night of the week in the Windy City and the clubs are always full of both regulars and tourists who visit Chicago for this reason alone.

For the sports oriented tourist, there are plenty of events to see. The Chicago Cubs and the White Sox are the two baseball teams of the city with the Cubs being part of the National League and the White Sox belonging to the American League. Chicago holds the distinction of being the only city in the United States that has two baseball teams and has maintained them since the beginnings of the American Team, which originated in 1900. They are also known for both their basketball and football teams, with the Bulls being a formidable force on the basketball court and the Bears creating fear and respect on NFL fields across the country. They were also the original home of the Cardinals football team, which is the oldest American football team to have been in continual play. The Cardinals moved to St. Louis in 1960 before arriving in Arizona, where they remain today, in 1988.

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Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 Travel

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