{"id":497948,"date":"2026-01-07T03:06:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T03:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/497948\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T03:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T03:06:10","slug":"chicago-suburb-hosting-ben-johnson-look-a-like-contest-nbc-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/497948\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago suburb hosting Ben Johnson look-a-like contest \u2013 NBC Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve ever been told you bear a resemblance to Chicago Bears Coach Ben Johnson, this may be your week to shine. <\/p>\n<p>The Village of Bedford Park is hosting a &#8220;Coach Johnson Look-A-Like Contest&#8221; from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Wintrust Sports Complex, located at 5499 West 65th Street. <\/p>\n<p>Prizes will be given for the first, second and third place winners. <\/p>\n<p>The contestant who looks most like Johnson will win a $1,000 Visa gift card that can be used for post-season tickets, round trip ground transportation to or from a game, and free car washes for a year from Gas N Wash. <\/p>\n<p>The second-place winner will get a $500 Visa gift card and free pizza for a year from Moretti&#8217;s. Third place gets a $300 Visa gift card. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Fans of all ages are welcome, and encouraged to get creative,&#8221; said a flyer on the <a href=\"https:\/\/villageofbedfordpark.com\/news_detail_T2_R17.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Village of Bedford Park website. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>An undetermined number of door and raffle prizes will also be available, according to the Village of Bedford Park.<\/p>\n<p>The event will also have a complimentary food buffet from Moretti&#8217;s and free parking. Alcoholic beverages will be available for purchase. <\/p>\n<p>The Village of Bedford Park advises those interested in attending the competition to plan to arrive early. <\/p>\n<p>More information is available <a href=\"https:\/\/villageofbedfordpark.com\/news_detail_T2_R17.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you&#8217;ve ever been told you bear a resemblance to Chicago Bears Coach Ben Johnson, this may be&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":497949,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[37461,960,5386,1818],"class_list":{"0":"post-497948","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-bedford-park","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-illinois"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115851610183837079","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=497948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/497949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=497948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=497948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=497948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}