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Wrong day for a jog up the steps

The gates had opened. The crowd was moving toward the stages. But walking along Pennsylvania Avenue, a group of out-of-towners was wondering what the fuss was about. They'd come to see the Rocky statue by the Art Museum steps.

The gates had opened. The crowd was moving toward the stages. But walking along Pennsylvania Avenue, a group of out-of-towners was wondering what the fuss was about. The men had come to see the Rocky statue by the Art Museum steps.

They're members of the Nueva Generacion Domino Club and the La Familia Domino League from around Chicago.

Not a great day to jog up the steps, they learned. But the Made in America line-up caught their interest. For a moment.

"Kanye West?" repeated Bruce Garcia, 37, of Elgin, Ill. "How much is it?"

The reaction was swift to the $89.50 one-day ticket price.

"Too much," said Alfredo Garcia, 60, also of Elgin.  "5. $10 max."*