Chicago Mayor Announces Plans To Renovate Soldier Field Into A Dome (EDIT: Bears Announce Plans For Domed Lakefront Stadium)

[prime]

The majority of the fans who attend games don't live anywhere close to there, so for that reason soon, I could never see the bears moving anywhere south.

But the bears can build what ever they want with 1000 acres of land people could stay the weekend and do things before and after the bears game i believe they will eventually move to Arlington Heights but if the richton park train station was closer it would be hard to turn down 1000 acres of land

 

[Sir Richard Spirit]

Don’t ever put Justin above sweetness



Country club hills…. Boy them lily ass cacs gon be sick coming out there



Right, i literally audibly laughed in this office i was so tickled by that

I would say at least 90% of the residents of County Club Hills are black. Those are black families living in those subdivision.

 

[prime]

I would say at least 90% of the residents of County Club Hills are black. Those are black families living in those subdivision.

@DropTopDoc is saying those uppity cacs in the northern suburbs not coming to the southeast suburbs filled with PWT,black and Hispanic people

 

[DropTopDoc]

@DropTopDoc is saying those uppity cacs in the northern suburbs not coming to the southeast suburbs filled with PWT,black and Hispanic people

Exactly, i know what cc hills is, it’s like when them folks would come to Sox games and the pjs was across the way them white folks from out the way gon be sick pulling up to maj black cc

 

[GnauzBookOfRhymes]

Bears aren't going anywhere. Everything so far has been a stunt. Even the Arlington hills purchase.

 

[GoldenGlove]

The majority of the fans who attend games don't live anywhere close to there, so for that reason soon, I could never see the bears moving anywhere south.

It's the Bears. It really doesn't matter where they put it, people are going to pull up.

 

[GoldenGlove]

Honestly if the train station was close to the land richton park wants to sell richton park would’ve been a great choice it’s off the eway and it’s 1000 acres the bears could build a stadium,restaurants,hotels,shopping area,bears Hall of fame and family entertainment

The issue with the Southland is that the municipalities aren't that big and don't work together for the most part.

Arlington Heights has 76K residents
Waukegan has 88K residents
Naperville has 149K residents
Aurora has 179K residents

Richton Park has 12K residents and CCHills has 16K


If they were serious about bringing a billion dollar organization to the area, there should have been discussions among the entire area and how the surrounding towns would support and benefit them being out this way. Buy in from the entire area would be needed for that pitch, not some small ass village just swinging for the fences.

People talking about white fans from the North Burbs wouldn't come to the games out this way, like there aren't plenty of white people in the South West Burbs with money who would pull up in droves.

 

[FTBS]

Disappointed by the lack of memeworthy picks of Mayor Lightfoot

Its 2023 all teams should have domes. Nobody is playing rough and tumble 3yds and a cloud of dust anymore. Its all about the QB, throwing the ball, and a product people wanna watch. -10 windchill with a foot of snow aint really conducive to any of that.

 

[Sir Richard Spirit]

@DropTopDoc is saying those uppity cacs in the northern suburbs not coming to the southeast suburbs filled with PWT,black and Hispanic people

Exactly, i know what cc hills is, it’s like when them folks would come to Sox games and the pjs was across the way them white folks from out the way gon be sick pulling up to maj black cc

Ok my bad.. I 1000% think they would come as long as it lands on the border of Tinley lol

 

[Ku$h Parker]

Don’t ever put Justin above sweetness

Justin McMahon

 

[GnauzBookOfRhymes]

What's happening is how big deals are done anytime the City is involved. There is ALWAYS a fake soap opera but wayy behind the scenes both sides pretty much have some unstated agreement. The menu has already been decided, the soap opera represents the negotiations where each side tries to get their dessert (with the cherry on top).

This is what happened with the Bally's Casino (1.7Billion) and two huge developments that were announced in last cpl years (One Central - 20 Billion and Lincoln Yards - 6 Billion).

Lightfoot and the Bears didn't account for her losing reelection but the new mayor is definitely on board. Politically speaking he can't lose the Bears bc it would hurt his image with the business community, which is actually pretty good considering how far to the left he's been portrayed.

The Bears gambled by buying the Arlington Heights property bc they assumed it would pressure Lightfoot into making some huge concessions regarding Soldier Field upgrades etc. Remember this happened in 2021. They probably figured she would want an easy win on an issue that would be a nice feather in her cap for reelection and to generally bolster her popularity.

But honestly for all of her issues, one thing I respect about her is that as soon as she thinks you're trying to bully her she holds her ground. Sometimes for too long, but at least in the beginning she doesn't hold back. She clowned the fuk out of them, saying they should concentrate on beating the Packers first lmao.

She knew and EVERYONE in the state knows the bears don't want to leave the City. This is actually not the first time they threatened to leave to Arlington Heights. They tried it with Daley as well and he ignored them saying no one is going to cheer for the "Arlington Heights Bears" and said he would stop them from using "Chicago" in their name

The gamble is now hurting them bc our Assessor updated the valuation on the property to a figure that is close to the sales price. The property tax jumped from 2 million to 16 million (soap opera) , but then they appealed, negotiated, and now it's around $8 million.

 

[GoldenGlove]

The gamble is now hurting them bc our Assessor updated the valuation on the property to a figure that is close to the sales price. The property tax jumped from 2 million to 16 million (soap opera) , but then they appealed, negotiated, and now it's around $8 million.

You're talking about the Arlington Heights property???

 

[GnauzBookOfRhymes]

You're talking about the Arlington Heights property???

Yup.

 

[Notorious 1 E.Y.E.]

They can tear down old Mccormick build a whole new stadium on that property
Theres space to build a big enough stadium
Theyd have the regular lot
The Mccormick place lots
And the lotts off 31st
They can fix the old metra stop where Michael reese was

 

[J-MIL]

They can tear down old Mccormick build a whole new stadium on that property
Theres space to build a big enough stadium
Theyd have the regular lot
The Mccormick place lots
And the lotts off 31st
They can fix the old metra stop where Michael reese was

This is the best option

I never wanted them to move but the stadium is a piece of shyt