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Department of Aviation — O’Hare and Midway Airports

For filming at O’Hare or Midway Airports, please fill out and submit the Department of Aviation application at www.flychicago.com

Information about Airport filming regulations, restrictions, and more can be found online at www.flychicago.com/business/media/filming/pages/

Chicago Transit Authority: (CTA)

For filming on the “el” train and platforms as well as city buses, contact:

Almanique Scott
Filming Coordinator
Phone: 312.681.3527
Email: ascott2@transitchicago.com
Website: https://www.transitchicago.com/film/

Chicago Park District

For filming at Buckingham Fountain, City of Chicago beaches, parks, Lakefront Path, Grant Park, and the park surrounding the Museum Campus, contact:

Chicago Park District Permits
Phone: 312.763.6710
Email: MediaApp@ChicagoParkDistrict.com
Website: www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/permits-rentals/filming-photography

Illinois Film Office

For assistance with the Illinois location database, Production Resource Guide as well as to submit your location or business for production consideration, contact:

The Illinois Film Office
James R. Thompson Center
100 W. Randolph St., STE. 3-400
Chicago, IL 60601
Phone: 312.814.3600
Fax: 312.814.8874
Email: film@illinois.gov
TTY: 800.785.6055
Website: https://dceo.illinois.gov/whyillinois/film.html

Maggie Daley Park

337 E. Randolph St.
Chicago, Il 60601

Gage Wolt
Events and Marketing Manager
Email: gage.wolt@transwestern.com
Website: https://maggiedaleypark.com/permits-rentals/

McCormick Place

2301 S. Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60616

Colleen Skala​​​​
CSkala@mccormickplace.com
Director Event Management
Phone: 312.791.6165
Email: mcpgenlinfo@mcormickplace.com
Website: www.mccormickplace.com

Metra

For potential filming on Metra trains and select stations and train yards contact:

Elaine Teter
Director of Marketing
Metra
Phone: 312.322.6428
Email: eteter@metrarr.com
Website: https://metra.com/photographers-videographers

Millennium Park

201 E. Randolph St.
Chicago, Il 60601

For filming at all the venues in Millennium Park, contact:

Email: MPCCCEvents@transwestern.com
Website: www.millenniumpark.org

Navy Pier

For general filming inquiries:

Email: NavyPierPR@navypier.com l publicrelations@navypier.org
Website: navypier.org/media-and-pr/

For filming at Navy Pier and the Ferris Wheel:

Felicia Bolton, Director of Communications and Public Relations
Cell: 312.605.2944
Office: 312.595.5250
Email: fbolton@navypier.org
Website: www.navypier.com

Richard J. Daley Center

For filming in the Daley Center building and plaza:

Stephanie Kressaty, Special Events Coordinator
Email: stephanie.kressaty@transwestern.com

Riverwalk

For information about filming on the Riverwalk:

Cody J. Kamp, Transwestern
Phone: 312.499.3675
Email: cody.kamp@transwestern.com and chicagoriverwalk@cityofchicago.org
Website: www.chicago.gov/city/en/sites/chicagoriverwalk/home.html