Everytime I'm thinking of moving back them Crook and city taxes give me a quick reality check. hope you appeal that or at the very least get rid of your PMI if you have one.
Chicago Mayor Announces Plans To Renovate Soldier Field Into A Dome (EDIT: Bears Announce Plans For Domed Lakefront Stadium)
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beenz
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I have around 50% equity in my house, so I'm not paying PMI.
I did successfully appeal my tax increase, but I won't see how much less it will be til around august.
I think it'll be fine if the renders are adhered to, at the least. Friends of the Park probably strong armed that public use. I see Christkindlmarket, Taste of Chicago, 5 fields, ice rink.
I think it is a fair trade for renovating the entire current SF site into public use, and the Bears get the south lot done over with the stadium. This is the only reason why I'm OK with the envisioned proposal as we (the public) will get a boon for events and enjoyable space - if they stick to the envisioned proposal.
To have bad news on the other side of benefitting publicly, Reinsdorf wants to only put up a max of 10% for the new Sox stadium on Roosevelt and no public tradeoff for the surrounding area as a village. He considers his own investments locally as a way of "putting up" money.
beenz
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I think it'll be fine if the renders are adhered to, at the least. Friends of the Park probably strong armed that public use. I see Christkindlmarket, Taste of Chicago, 5 fields, ice rink.
I think it is a fair trade for renovating the entire current SF site into public use, and the Bears get the south lot done over with the stadium. This is the only reason why I'm OK with the envisioned proposal as we (the public) will get a boon for events and enjoyable space - if they stick to the envisioned proposal.
To have bad news on the other side of benefitting publicly, Reinsdorf wants to only put up a max of 10% for the new Sox stadium on Roosevelt and no public tradeoff for the surrounding area as a village. He considers his own investments locally as a way of "putting up" money.
reinsdorf has an even less chance of getting a stadium than the bears do. I mean the bears could get one in AH. but this shyt isn't happening on the lakefront. it will get caught up in so many legal issues, it'll make your head spin.
beenz
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did anyone see the very beginning of the press conference? the bears brought out a paster and thanked god for kevin warren and brandon johnson while simultaneously praying for the bears to get a new stadium and win a superbowl. it was fukking laughable. and I'd be insulted if I was religious.
I'm of the type to not want the Bears playing outside the city because the people can benefit from this, as opposed to letting the area ghost more or less outside football season in AH. I say that since, well, what else is there to do in AH? The village would just be a substantially worse Wrigleyville and you're like 40mi out from anything cultural.
If this does get too tangled in legal mumbo jumbo, the only other spot I can think of is where the old Tribune stuff is next to Cabrini, where the casino is projected. You got Metra, highway, 3 trains, 4 buses, and whatever else over that large ass site. No public use mandate since it isn't lakefront.
the next guy
Superstar
this is how you know it's chicago
What?They paid 200 mil for that
That’s one hell of a bluff
YOURE ALREADY SPENDING
5 BILLION BUT WANNA
GET CHEAP FOR A COUPLE OF
HUNDRED MILLION.
THE BEARS WAY...
WHO THE fukk WANTS
TO A GO TO A CONCERT
ON THE LAKE FRONT IN A DOME?
beenz
Rap Guerilla
serious as a heart attack. fleeced us for $200M for the existing renovations and now we still on the hook for $600 cuz so little has been paid over the years.
Are you serious?
beenz
Rap Guerilla
I'm of the type to not want the Bears playing outside the city because the people can benefit from this, as opposed to letting the area ghost more or less outside football season in AH. I say that since, well, what else is there to do in AH? The village would just be a substantially worse Wrigleyville and you're like 40mi out from anything cultural.
If this does get too tangled in legal mumbo jumbo, the only other spot I can think of is where the old Tribune stuff is next to Cabrini, where the casino is projected. You got Metra, highway, 3 trains, 4 buses, and whatever else over that large ass site. No public use mandate since it isn't lakefront.
I dunno, that area doesn't appear large enough to house a football stadium. if the bears are insistent on having a stadium on the lakefront, they could go way south and build one on like 83rd street. there's about nothing out there. but that's a bit of a hike from the museum campus and not nearly as prestigious.
not to mention egregiously bad taxes already
GnauzBookOfRhymes
Superstar
not to mention egregiously bad taxes already
Chicago's population loss is disproportionately working class and poor people.
It is a prime destination for people with money and education.
That being said there is no appetite for this in Chicago or Springfield.