The Chicago Bears move one step closer to moving to the suburbs (UPD: now pushing for a lakefront city-owned dome?)
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MMC
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BKIslandersFan
F*** off
No Fun Shogun
34-38-61-10-13-15
Much ado about nothing. None of the towns by themselves are big enough to give the Bears a meaningful financial package. There's no state money as downstate legislators have easy political points shooting anything like this down while no Chicago legislators would ever support helping the Bears leave. Cook County money's not forthcoming, as that is dominated by Chicago as well, so that strikes out other Cook municipalities. All that leaves is for them to try to fish for money from other counties, and basically all of them have heavy NIMBY components to oppose a massive Sunday headache to areas already pretty traffic-jammed.
Bears shot their shot and were left astonished that the parties that be didn't want to play ball despite it being readily obvious to everyone their plans were all dead.
Bears shot their shot and were left astonished that the parties that be didn't want to play ball despite it being readily obvious to everyone their plans were all dead.
IU Hawks fan
They call me IU
CC Hills was brought to the team by the Cook County Commissioner.
Another Chicago suburb makes a stadium pitch to the Bears
The Bears are continuing to look at building a new stadium in the Chicagoland area to replace Soldier Field.
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No Fun Shogun
34-38-61-10-13-15
Bears now offering $2 billion to build a municipally-owned domed stadium south of Soldier Field?
That’s a pretty big shift from begging for money after already buying suburban land.
Specifics and renderings yet to be unveiled.
That’s a pretty big shift from begging for money after already buying suburban land.
Specifics and renderings yet to be unveiled.
Fish on The Sand
Untouchable
If the Bears build a domed stadium they should be contracted out of the league.
@Fish on The Sand
It is a smart move......
You build a dome stadium and Chicago instantly enters the mix for hosting a Super Bowl and the NCAA Final Four.
No Fun Shogun
34-38-61-10-13-15
As someone that’s pushing forty, screw it. Make all northern stadiums domed. Retractable, sure, if possible, but I almost froze my feet off at Soldier once. Gimme creature comforts.
KevFu
Registered User
Non-sense... an ridiculously cold, snowy, for foggy game is absolutely awesome and fun...
.... to watch on TV. (No chance I'm the sucker attending!)
Multiple people who attended that Subzero Kansas City Chiefs playoff game have had amputations or face likely amputations from frostbite
tarheelhockey
Offside Review Specialist
All due respect to Chicago, great city and I enjoy visiting there.
But you can have my Super Bowl tickets for free if it means Chicago in mid-February.
6 years ago I went to a Super Bowl in Minneapolis and it was fine until the game ended
GindyDraws
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IU Hawks fan
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Wouldn't that be full circle? I remember all the talks of going to Gary in the 90s before they finally got the Soldier Field reno deal done.
Only the NW Suburbs make sense if they leave the city. Team data shows ~60% of season ticket holders are up this way.
I'm sure they'll get 1 as a reward for building it, but that'll be it. The Super Bowl belongs where it's warm. It's as much about pampering corporate partners with outdoor parties and golf as it is about the game.
That said, I'm sure they'll enter the Final Four rotation and can hopefully steal the Big Ten Championship game from Indy.
No Fun Shogun
34-38-61-10-13-15
Building a domed stadium in a Northern city basically results in hosting a Super Bowl by default. Detroit, Minneapolis, and Indy all got one, so safe bet here, too, if one gets built.
Fat chance at any more than just the one, though.
Fat chance at any more than just the one, though.
BKIslandersFan
F*** off
NFL will give ONE SB to cold weather teams who builds a dome, and that’s it. They are not going back to Minneapolis I don’t believe.
Yukon Joe
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OK, so I've only been to Chicago once, 24 years ago. I certainly did not see a football game while I was there.
But I remember driving by Soldier Field and thinking "what a fantastic spot for a football stadium!" Right there by the lake, right beside the Interstate, right beside downtown.
Not sure why the Bears would ever want to leave. But of course as a non-local there could easily be things I'm missing.
But I remember driving by Soldier Field and thinking "what a fantastic spot for a football stadium!" Right there by the lake, right beside the Interstate, right beside downtown.
Not sure why the Bears would ever want to leave. But of course as a non-local there could easily be things I'm missing.
IU Hawks fan
They call me IU
Oh, it's so bad. Essentially, due to it being on the other side of Lake Shore Drive (which is a US Highway with stoplights, not an Interstate) as well as the Metra Electric tracks, it feels like it's 'on an island'.
For pedestrians, there's only 2 entry points to cross Lake Shore Drive & the tracks:
- Roosevelt tunnel (circled at the top). Almost everyone taking public transportation enters here, after taking the 'L' to Roosevelt. It's a 20-minute walk from Roosevelt Station (top left) to the north end of the stadium. Quite the hassle compared to the 2 baseball parks, which have stations right on their corners.
- 18th St. Bridge (circled at the bottom), features a crisscrossing bridge leading into a tunnel. It's a half mile just from the start of the bridge to the stadium.
So basically, it sucks to drive there and sucks to take the train there. And then it's an awful venue once you're inside.
George Halas wanted NOTHING to do with the original Soldier Field and was content at Wrigley. His hand was forced when Monday Night Football became a thing in 1970.
The renovations made in 2002 made a bad stadium worse.
I had a lot of fun at snow games in the past. Now as someone over 40 with kids and wife who can't stand cold I love football in a dome. I went to a Lions game in January 2023 and was like just liked being comfortable.
PCSPounder
Stadium Groupie
Chicago will likely get more than one SB because it’s Chicago… as long as the dome happens.
On the accessibility subject, I’m reminded of the 1994 World Cup and the taxi companies were all salivating over opportunities. That is until they found out that most fans staying anywhere near the loop were just walking to the stadium.
Heck, I went to a game there during the 1999 WWC and parked by Union Station and did just that. Of course, summer.
On the accessibility subject, I’m reminded of the 1994 World Cup and the taxi companies were all salivating over opportunities. That is until they found out that most fans staying anywhere near the loop were just walking to the stadium.
Heck, I went to a game there during the 1999 WWC and parked by Union Station and did just that. Of course, summer.
Haven’t been there in ages. Do they still have piss troughs in the bathroom instead of urinals?
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