I ke aumoe, e pahū ana kahi hōʻikeʻike ahi he 1.5 mile ka lōʻihi ma ke kahakai o ke kūlanakauhale a ma ke kahawai ʻo Chicago, e hōʻailona ana i ke komo ʻana o ke kūlanakauhale i ka mākeke i ka makahiki 2022.
"ʻO kēia ka hōʻikeʻike ahi nui loa ma ka mōʻaukala o ke kūlanakauhale, a ʻo kekahi o nā mea nui loa ma ka honua," ʻo John Murray, ka Luna Nui o Arena Partners, ke hana nei i ka hōʻikeʻike i ʻelua mau makahiki ma hope o ka hoʻōki ʻia ʻana e ka maʻi ahulau COVID. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ma kahi ʻōlelo.
E hoʻonohonoho ʻia ka hōʻike ma ke ʻano he "helu mele kūikawā" a e hōʻike ʻia i ka manawa like ma nā wahi hoʻokuʻu kūʻokoʻa ʻewalu ma ke kahawai ʻo Chicago, Lake Michigan, a me Navy Pier.
Ua ʻōlelo nā luna o ke kūlanakauhale ʻoiai ua hana ʻia ka hōʻikeʻike mōʻaukala i ka manawa i piʻi ai nā hihia COVID, ua paipai lākou i nā kamaʻāina e hoʻolauleʻa maluhia i ka lā hoʻomaha.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Meia Lori Lightfoot ma kahi ʻōlelo: "Hauʻoli loa wau i hiki iā mākou ke hoʻokipa i ka hōʻikeʻike ahi o ka Makahiki Hou a ke manaʻolana nei e hoʻomau i kēia kuʻuna i ka wā e hiki mai ana." Ke hoʻolaha nei nā hōʻikeʻike nānā waho i ka COVID-19, no laila e ʻoluʻolu ko mākou poʻe kamaʻāina a me nā malihini kipa i ke komo ʻana i nā pale maka a me ka mālama ʻana i ka mamao kaiaulu a i ʻole ke nānā maluhia ʻana ma ka home. Ke kakali nei au i kahi makahiki hou hauʻoli.
E hoʻolaha ola ʻia ka hōʻike ma ka papahana "Very Chicago New Year" a NBC 5 a e hoʻolaha ola ʻia hoʻi ma ka polokalamu NBC Chicago.
E hoʻokani ʻo NBC 5 Chicago i kahi hōʻike kūikawā i mālama ʻia e Cortney Hall lāua ʻo Matthew Rodrigues o "Chicago Today" i ka makahiki hou. ʻO ka pahuhopu o ka hoʻolālā e hoʻolauleʻa i kekahi o nā mea maikaʻi loa a ke kūlanakauhale e hāʻawi ai.
I mea e hoʻomaka ai i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka makahiki 2022, ua hana kekahi mau mea kaulana i nā hiʻohiʻona cameo, me nā kiʻi o ka Makahiki Hou ma Chicago ʻo Janet Davis lāua ʻo Mark Jangreco. ʻO ka hui hou ʻana o nā ipo i ka Makahiki Hou ma Chicago i alakaʻi ai i kēia mau hana hoʻohenehene i ʻike nui ʻia no nā makahiki he 20 i hala.
"Hauʻoli loa mākou e hoʻohui i kēia hui mele mai Chicago mai e hoʻomaka i ka makahiki hou a hāʻawi i ka poʻe hoʻolohe i ka papahana i hoʻonui ʻia o kēia makahiki," wahi a Kevin Cross, pelekikena o NBC Universal Studios Chicago.
Me ka ʻole o kekahi mau pāʻani hoihoi a me ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana me nā mea kaulana e like me Buddy Guy, Dan Aykroyd, Jim Belushi, Giuliana Rancic, a pēlā aku, ʻaʻole ia he makahiki hou. Eia kekahi, aia nā hōʻikeʻike na ka moʻolelo pōhaku ʻo Chicago a me nā Blues Brothers.
E hoʻolaha ʻia ka hōʻike ma NBC 5 i ka hola 11:08 PM ma ka Pōʻalima, Dekemaba 31, ma o NBBChicago.com a me nā polokalamu manuahi a NBC Chicago ma Roku, Amazon Fire TV a me Apple.