Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority

{{Infobox company

| name = Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority

| logo = Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority logo.svg

| type = Municipal corporation

| location = Chicago, Illinois

| foundation = 1989

| industry = Expo center

| num_employees =

| homepage = {{URL|www.mpea.com}}

}}

The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, commonly known as MPEA or McPier,{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-met-illinois-legislature-20190529-story.html|title=State Senate votes to expand McPier's 1% tax boundaries to include 'cool new restaurants' in Wrigleyville, Logan Square and other areas|last=Petrella|first=Dan|website=chicagotribune.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-04|archive-date=2019-06-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604021423/https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-met-illinois-legislature-20190529-story.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170208/NEWS09/170209866/mccormick-place-economic-impact-report-released-from-mcpier|title=McPier says it's worth $1.7 billion a year to Illinois|date=2017-02-08|website=Crain's Chicago Business|language=en|access-date=2019-06-04}} is a corporation that owns Navy Pier and McCormick Place in Chicago. It also manages the city's collection of taxes for vehicles picking up passengers (including limousines, buses, airport shuttles, taxicabs and Uber/Lyft) for O'Hare International Airport and Midway International Airport.{{cite web| url=https://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/fin/supp_info/revenue/tax_list/mpea_airport_departuretax.html| title=City of Chicago MPEA Airport Departure Tax| accessdate=24 January 2018| publisher=City of Chicago| archive-date=24 January 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124070842/https://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/fin/supp_info/revenue/tax_list/mpea_airport_departuretax.html| url-status=live}}

MPEA was created by the Illinois General Assembly in 1989 by the "Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act".{{cite web| title=Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act| url=http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=829&ChapterID=15| website=Illinois General Assembly| accessdate=6 February 2015}} The authority's responsibilities in the McCormick Place campus include the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place hotel and the Marriott Marquis Chicago hotel.{{cite web|title=About MPEA|url=http://www.mpea.com/about/about.html|website=Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority|accessdate=6 February 2015|archive-date=6 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206232609/http://www.mpea.com/about/about.html|url-status=live}}

In 2011, the MPEA handed over operations of Navy Pier to the newly established Navy Pier Inc, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation and hired a world-wide venue management company, SMG, to run the operations of McCormick Place.

In 2017, MPEA completed the 10,387-seat Wintrust Arena adjacent to McCormick Place as well as an additional hotel tower. It became home to the men's and women's basketball teams of DePaul University as well as hosting other events.{{cite news| title=McPier greenlights tweaked—and pricier—DePaul arena design| url=http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20141125/BLOGS04/141129905/mcpier-greenlights-tweaked-and-pricier-depaul-arena-design|

last=Ecker| first=Danny| date=November 25, 2014| newspaper=Crain's Chicago Business| accessdate=1 March 2018|url-access=subscription }}