Is the Chicago Midway privatisation deal dead or merely in suspended animation?

A number of television 'celebrities' such as Simon (X-Factor) Cowell are counted amongst those that claim have chosen to be cryogenically frozen after death in anticipation of the cure for whatever killed them being discovered in centuries to come. Which begs the question of how long the lease deal for Chicago's Midway airport will lie suspended after it was abandoned on 20-Apr-2009, as a direct result of a failure by the preferred consortium to raise sufficient funding in tough credit conditions? It might not take centuries, but a quick return to negotiation looks unlikely.