‘A game-changer’: Chicago City Council members, residents react to return of Democratic convention

The LED screen outside the United Center was already spreading the news on Tuesday: the Democratic National Convention will be held there next year. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)

O’Dell Boyd lived in Chicago when the city last hosted a Democratic National Convention in 1996. Now, she is “excited to show off our city” when it returns next year.

The South Loop resident said Chicago’s “amazing lakefront” and landscaping make the city “the best all-around” place to host the convention.