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WHERE DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS ROAMED FOR OVER A CENTURY, A GENUINE ICON OF THIS GREAT CITY IS NOW OPEN TO ALL… With echoes of billiard balls, poker chips and clinking glasses frozen within its walls, this 1890’s Venetian Gothic landmark springs back to life as an incomparable historic downtown Chicago hotel—where the spirit of play reigns supreme. After all, this is the city where the can-and-will-do attitude of Ernie “Let’s Play Two!” Banks lives on, where the father of Chicago blues, Muddy Waters, shook all night long at the Checkerboard Lounge and Sir Duke tickled the ivories at The Blue Note. And this is the club whose members swam with five-time Olympic gold medalist Johnny Weissmuller—a.k.a. the original Hollywood Tarzan—and watched their fellow member Pudge Heffelfinger own so much end zone, he became football’s first pro. Today, Chicago Athletic Association is a historic monument to the big-shouldered, switch hitting spirit that defines our city. IT’S PERSONAL HERE, BECAUSE THE SOUL OF CHICAGO IS A KIND OF CLUB—AND AT OUR CLUB, EVERYONE IS WELCOME.Relevant People
Patrick Hatton
General Manager