CHICAGO (WLS) -- Christkindlmarket organizers and vendors spoke out Friday about issues due to new capacity limits on the event.

One organizer said the market was told 12 hours before it opened last week that their capacity limit had been dramatically reduced.

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He said during the COVID pandemic, they were allowed to have nearly 3,500 on Daley Plaza. Now, they can have less than half of that.

"While we are working to address crowding issues at the Christkindlmarket, this level of restrictions poses an existential threat to the Christkindlmarket and the hundreds of artisans, performers, seasonal workers, and businesses who depend on the visitors it brings to downtown Chicago," organizers said in a news release.

One vendor said sale

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