More than 500 guests are expected to gather at the Obama Presidential Center for the celebration, which will include performances by Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen and Jennifer Hudson, among others.

Throngs of guests were due to converge on ⁠a ⁠lakefront park in Chicago on Thursday to dedicate the Obama ⁠Presidential Center, a sprawling campus of granite, nature and art designed as a hub of civic life and culture honoring the ​44th president of the United States.

Jackie Kostek is observing dignitaries arriving at 63rd Street and Stony Island Avenue, while Darius Johnson is watching people amass for a watch party on the Midway Plaisance for the grand opening ceremony for the Obama Presidential Center.

The Obama Presidential Center will open Thursday in Chicago with a long list of celebrities attending. Donald Trump was not invited to the opening.

Hollywood stars and late-night hosts joined the Obamas in Chicago to celebrate the new presidential center opening. Here's who went.

Today’s opening is expected to draw four former presidents, as well as Bruce Springsteen, Bono and Jennifer Hudson. Chicago has seen years of planning and legal fights.

Christina Aguilera, Stevie Wonder, Jennifer Hudson, John Legend, U2's Bono and the Edge, Eddie Vedder and Bruce Springsteen are among the musicians scheduled to take the stage celebrating the opening of the Obama Presidential Center’s Grand Opening Ceremony in Chicago's South Side.

The Obama Presidential Center is set to open today after nearly a decade in the works. The 19-acre campus includes a museum, public spaces, gardens, and exhibits that trace President Obama's journey