Jeff already had some fun with the news that Chicago would host the 2024 Democratic National Convention. The New York Times offers some more backstory on the decision, and explains one reason why Chicago beat out its closest competitor, Atlanta:
The issue of Georgia’s facilities, though, became a source of criticism. A number of union leaders who supported Chicago or New York argued that, given the importance of labor to the Democratic Party, its convention should not be held in a state that has often been hostile to labor, in a city with very few unionized hotels.