Emanuel Adds on to “Sweet Heart Deal” with Clear Channel Marie Dennis January 9, 2015 News, Rebel Pundit The Chicago Sun Times reported that Clear Channel was given a contract worth $10.5 million by the Emanuel administration to take over luggage cart management and sell ads on the carts. “This is a supplement to the five-year master agreement approved by the City Council in 2013,” mayoral spokesman Andres Orellana wrote in an email to the Chicago Sun-Times. “This … adds luggage cart management services for [O’Hare] to the agreement, as was originally contemplated in the Airport Advertising RFP [request for proposals]. Under the Clear Channel agreement, the city receives 21% of luggage cart gross revenues and, for the first time ever, 71% of any advertising revenue.” The original 5-year deal of a guarantee of $8.6 million per year, was criticized as turning Chicago into a “sleazy Midwest replica of Las Vegas.” There was also allegations of Emanuel gave the original deal to Clear Channel in exchange for dropping its threat to block another deal. His spokesperson denied those allegations. Leave a Reply Cancel ReplyYour email address will not be published.CommentName* Email* Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Currently you have JavaScript disabled. In order to post comments, please make sure JavaScript and Cookies are enabled, and reload the page. Click here for instructions on how to enable JavaScript in your browser. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email.