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CHICAGO AUTO SHOW BY THE NUMBERS
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10,340,000
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Total pounds of freight (est.).
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8,340,000
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Pounds of freight unloaded & spotted the first night (16 hours).
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533,333
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Number of square cubits on the show floor. What’s a cubit? Ask Noah!
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133,333
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Square yards of carpet to cover the floor of the Chicago Auto Show, enough to carpet 571 average American homes.
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1700
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Dedicated professional carpenters. decorators, teamsters, riggers, electricians, cleaners, porters, crate handlers, stage hands and official contractor personnel.
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1300
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Hoist motors for the trusses.
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1,097
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Tractor trailers total.
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400
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Trucks unloaded in the first 16 hours of the targeted freight move in.
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158
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Forklifts total.
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68
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Three-man crews to handle the first nights freight.
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50
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Boom lifts.
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40
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Scissors lifts.
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Number of semi-trailers of landscaping materials used in the Jeep Trail-Rated course. |
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26
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Number of Chicago-based Boeing Corp. 747s you could park on the show floor.
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24
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Sears Towers on the floor! (If you popped the top off the building, of course.)
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13
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Miles of truss lighting
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7
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Days to set up until the first day of media preview.
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6
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Number of exhibits worked around the clock for 3 days to be set for the first day of '06 show's media preview.
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1
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Ranking of Chicago as North America’s biggest auto show.
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CHICAGO AUTOMOBILE TRADE ASSOCIATION
Founded in 1904, the Chicago Automobile Trade Association (CATA) is the nation's oldest and largest metropolitan dealer organization.
 The CATA is comprised of more than 700 franchised new car dealers and allied members, employing 56,000 people in the metropolitan area.
CATA dealerships contribute to the state, county and city tax base with gross receipts of $16.5 billion in new car sales alone; $26 billion in new, used, parts and service. The extended impact of tax base contribution through CATA dealership employees make this group one of the largest tax constituencies in the city and state.
The CATA's mission is to promote and maintain honesty and dependability; employ truth and accuracy in dealer advertising; strive to constantly improve business methods and ethics; and maintain fair competition to serve both dealer and customer.
While the Chicago Auto Show was first staged in 1901, the CATA has produced the world famous Chicago Auto Show since 1935.
The 2008 Chicago Auto Show will be the 100th edition, giving the Chicago Auto Show the distinction of being the first auto show to reach 100 editions.
Manufacturers from around the world consider the Chicago Auto Show as North America's most significant consumer exposition.
The auto show's annual First Look for Charity black-tie preview raised more than $2.6 million last year for 16 area charities, making it one of the city's largest single-day fundraising events.
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