OK great then they should buy it themselves.

Hate to tell ya this "Amigo", but that is sort of the essence of how life works.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

They don't want to own a stadium, they want to operate it while it's owned by some phony-baloney "stadium authority" so they can collect all the revenue but not pay taxes or pay for any major upkeep.

The Bears and the NFL would happily buy the site and parking. They'd make billions on it.

Chicago won’t sell it. If they ever got past that hurdle, they’d have the nerds at Friends of the Park suing them over every purposed renovation, no matter how small.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

I happen to like that our lakefront isn't for sale. That was the whole idea. I don't want anyone "making billions" on it.

But why complain that they don't own the stadium then?

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

I'm not really complaining. Very few NFL teams own their stadiums outright compared with the other three leagues. Rams, Dolphins, Patriots, and I think that's about it (and the Patriots are still riding off being gifted a giant parcel of crappy land in 1970). Owning a football stadium doesn't make much sense because there's not really much money in it.

Even if the Bears could buy Soldier Field from the city, whore out the name, keep all the beer money, and book 50 Beyonce concerts a year, they wouldn't, because it wouldn't make financial sense.

Are you stoned or pissed off, or both, when you create these postings?

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

The 76ers were making a ton of noise about finally getting out from under the Flyers and razing Philadelphia's Chinatown to put up their own new arena and surrounding retail. Then they came out yesterday to say "oops, never mind," and that they're going to stay partnered with the Flyers to build a new arena for both teams in the South Philadelphia Sports Parking Lot. The dynamics are a little different in Philly than they are here, but it's another recent example of an ambitious sports real estate project getting dialed way down.

"In an editorial late yesterday afternoon, the Philadelphia Inquirer called the last four years spent on the Market East arena plans “a giant waste of time and money for everyone.” That’s not quite true: It was clearly time and money well spent for the Sixers owners, who were able to use the threat of their own arena to get Comcast to the table to work out this new deal."

Pivoting back to Michael Reese?

Hate to tell ya this "Amigo", but that is sort of the essence of how life works.

Now you’re going to see public backlash. People are vehemently opposed to giving the Bears a single rat cent.

Hate to tell ya this "Amigo", but that is sort of the essence of how life works.

Kevin Warren might’ve done the old Slick Willy and triangulated his way to an outcome. A good outcome? Probably not.

$500m is nothing. If anything this signals to the Bears how far they are from being even remotely close. This building will cost $10b minimum, the McCaskey are in way over their skis.

Hate to tell ya this "Amigo", but that is sort of the essence of how life works.

there's not enough land there to do anything other than have football. It is transit friendly and could revive Bronzeville. Maybe this is why Warren was so confident? Politicians were waiting until after the election?

I still think AH is the best spot. The season ticket holders are north and west of the city.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

From Gov. Pritzker’s spokesperson…

Governor Pritzker’s position against public funding for a Bears stadium has not changed. The organization is welcome to explore other options.

I asked Rep. Buckner about the story yesterday and he said, “None of this is correct. The Governor’s folks and I were both disputing simultaneously.”

https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/14/pritzker-on-bears-story-nope/

One of the 37 states where it’s illegal to engage in Super Bowl boxes is Illinois, but if one lawmaker has his way, the fine people of the Prairie State will be able to safely invest their money in Super Bowl squares without fear of Johnny Law breaking down their front door and tearing their 18×24 piece of oak tag paper to smithereens.

Only hitch: It’s about the dumbest law anyone could come up with to govern Super Bowl squares. It’s turning the single most innocent form of gambling — and something that the AGA figures about 36.5 million Americans did last year — into a government money-making scheme.

The bill is called the Social Gaming Act, and was introduced by Rep. John M. Cabello. It would allow Super Bowl squares, but only at existing establishments that are already licensed for video gaming. It would charge board manufacturers a $5,000 licensing fee, distributors a $1,000 licensing fee, and gaming locations a $50 yearly fee. It would also cap the max payout at $1,199.

Obviously, this is made to be a cash grab for the state, which is fine, that’s what states do, but trying to corral Super Bowl squares into an income stream just seems … well, again, dumb.

So what? The Chicago Bears are one of the most famous sports teams in the world, playing in the third-largest city in America. And they're supposed to move 25 miles out to the suburbs to accommodate some suburbanites? What are they, DePaul basketball?

As for Michael Reese, it's not really transit-friendly and it's hard to see how a stadium that mostly sits empty will do much for Bronzeville, but the site is such a blight on the city at this point that maybe they'd throw some money at it just to make something happen there.

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

I told y'all it was coming. Gary Bears are going to be great!!!