"Farrington called the free access requirement "a fabricated issue," and noted the Art Institute and Harris Theater both charge admission, and park district programming at Daley Bicentennial Plaza, the field house the museum would replace, is paid for, in part, by user fees."

"Reilly rejected that argument, reiterating on several occasions that the museum's proposal could not pass muster with Montgomery Ward's criteria for Grant Park."

Legal issues at fore of museum debate