Just about anywhere would be a cooler venue than Indianapolis.
ChiTown- what’s the buzz in Chicago about this plan so far? Is there enough there to win over the locals?
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Just about anywhere would be a cooler venue than Indianapolis.
ChiTown- what’s the buzz in Chicago about this plan so far? Is there enough there to win over the locals?
You know how much ball players make, where they vacation, their houses and condos, the locker rooms weren’t fit for their house staff. Completely blew my mind. If Chicago weather was more like DE, we’d still be there, fantastic city
I wouldn’t be surprised if they started rotating it here in a few years. Big Ten has thought about both Vegas and LA since the West Coast schools were announced to be joining.
Lol, the B1G championship in Vegas? Ten years, no more than that.
Let’s hope Populous sets the new standard for college football with their renovation of Beaver Stadium. Here is what their main rival is doing for the Bears, albiet for 4 times the budget. I just hope Beaver Stadium turns out better than aTm which was very well-received by pretty much everyone.
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Can you believe the Bears still owe $600 million on the previous update. Almost sounds like the deal at Cal.
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Bears again expand stadium search, including outside Illinois
The Bears are exploring locations for a new stadium outside Chicago and even outside Illinois after multiple plans have hit stumbling blocks over concerns about the cost to taxpayers.
www.espn.com
I think in part it is to sell it to the non-sports people. And to say/show this space has daily uses, not just on football Sunday. Anyone up for a manicure to match the starting qb ?
Meanwhile, no one seems to mind that just 22 years ago, the taxpayers payed $432 million, $761 million adjusted for inflation, for that rape of a renovation of Soldier Field. Don’t get me wrong, I love me some sports, but it’s amazing what us taxpayers will acquiesce to.
Was just there post-Thanksgiving and just love Chicago - amazing architecture, clean public spaces downtown (stayed off Michigan Ave. near the lake), great shops, outstanding restaurants (both high end and casual variety) and almost zero scaffolding (compared to NYC). I can't imagine Chicago without the Bears playing downtown. That said, there were probably 250 cops in about a six block radius the whole time.
Chicago is a fabulous city. One of my favorites to visit for the reasons you mention.
Big sports are tough. Count me in the camp that believes there’s questionable ROI long term for using public funds for stadium projects.
I love Chicago. The Art Institute, best museum in the United States, the pearl of an unreal Museum Row. Great place to take kids.
GREAT live music venues. I saw tons of Shows my 6 years in chicago
I grew up in the Northern "Burbs of Chicago in Northbrook - Chicago was and still mostly is a great town. As noted Museums are great, Art, Field Museum, Museum of Science and Industry as well as Adler Planetarium but like Philly getting to the downtown from outside can be a challenge so a stadium in Arlington makes sense especially after they ruined the old Soldier Field. Some areas of the downtown have gotten a little more sketchy but overall mostly safe. The Ricketts family has tried to ruin the Cubs but Wrigley is still Wrigley. Bears are trying to hold up Arlington and Cook County for a bigger tax break - it's interesting out there that Cook County covers a huge area including many of the Suburbs around Chicago as well as the City unlike Philly which is just Philly County.
I’m a big fan of Chicago for the reasons that you mentioned. New York City is a toilet by comparison.
All my advisors (masters and PhD) were from the University of Chicago. Chicago was (is? Not sure if it’s still true) the epicenter of American algebra.All this, and MATHS.
I know you’re just joking and I actually laughed but I do have great math genes. The teachers of my teachers, some really great names there, some real phenomenal mathematicians. Oh my lord, they could be fast.You say that like it's a good thing.
I love accountants, engineers, mathematicians, etc. The more numbers that you folks crunch, the less I have to. Three of my best friends since middle school are accountants. Lived with two of them during college. I enjoyed never having to figure out my portion of a bill, gas money, bar tab, etc.
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I used to ride my bicycle through Glencoe to go to the beach - nice are and town.
I married an accountant. But I do our taxes.
May need another update @ChiTownLionPSU . If this happens they should have to rename the team. Hope residents of Indiana vote their clown governor out too.
Chicago. NW Indiana. I've even read about a possible proposal from the Quad Cities area. The team needs to change its name to the Upper Midwest Bears. That way, regardless of where they land, the location will fit.
Maybe any state which begins with an "I" will do. Boise will be next with a proposal.
Maybe any state which begins with an "I" will do. Boise will be next with a proposal.