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Chicago’s festive Christkindlmarket may be in jeopardy after Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration placed space requirements on the event this year, a move that organizers say has created long lines to enter and severely restricts the number of people who can visit the German-themed food and retail booths on Daley Plaza.

A holiday tradition for 29 years, the event was launched and organized by a subsidiary of the German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest Inc. to promote trade between Germany and the United States. The market, which opened last week, runs through Dec. 24, also including sites in Wrigleyville and Aurora .

But new space restrictions put in place by the city limiting the number of festivalgoers seeking their iconic

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