The stage in Illinois State College’s Braden Auditorium would be the setting for the stay broadcast of a gubernatorial debate between Democratic Governor JB Pritzker and Republican challenger Darren Bailey at 7 p.m. Thursday, October 6.
The talk can be hosted by Nexstar Media Group and introduced by AARP and Illinois State College. The occasion can be televised stay on Nexstar associates all through the state together with Central Illinois’ WMBD-TV, radio broadcast on NPR associates WGLT and WCBU, and can be lined by La Voz, the Spanish-language part of the Chicago Solar-Occasions.
Because the occasion can be a stay broadcast, in-person viewers dimension can be restricted, with most tickets distributed by means of the candidates’ respective campaigns.
Plans are underway for student-focused occasions to coincide with the stay broadcast that night, together with a debate watch occasion and panel dialogue. Extra particulars on these occasions can be shared as they’re finalized.