Chicago Stadium Beats Lawsuit Over Response to Homophobic Chant

Chicago Park District and operators of Chicago’s Soldier Field escaped a lawsuit brought by a group of gay men claiming the venue and its security violated state human rights law when they allegedly failed to address homophobic chants during a 2019 soccer game.

The plaintiffs failed to show a similarly situated individual who was treated more favorably than them, dooming their claims that Soccer Field and its security violated the Illinois Human Rights Act, Judge Lindsay C. Jenkins of the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois said in a Dec. 31 order granting summary judgment for the ...