Any thoughts on the Bears leaving Soldier Field?
 

It's been out there for a couple weeks now, but we haven't really talked about it.

I guess the team bought an old horse track or something in Arlington Heights and tried to be secretive about it. Local media caught wind and the response was, "It's good to keep our options open"

The mayor gave a pretty good response, "Maybe you should worry more about beating the Packers than getting out of your Soldier Field lease."

People have brought up a pretty good point. Soldier Field is iconic, but it's a tiny ass stadium, and its glory as a historic stadium kind of got shit on when they renovated it into a mutant spaceship years ago. Getting a nice big indoor place like the Vikings' new digs would allow them to host Final Fours and all that jazz, too.

And at the same time, the economics are pretty clear that tax payer-funded stadiums aren't good community investments at all. They don't stimulate shit for economic growth compared to the cost of building them.

If the Bears build themselves a stadium rather than extorting the city to do it for them, then I am all in favor of such a move. Professional sports teams should never be allowed to force cities to build their facilities for them.

"The Bears are locked into their Soldier Field lease until 2033. If they bail before then, the team will be on the hook to the Park District for $5 million a year for the remainder of the agreement."

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/6/...he%20agreement.

Shit happens when you don’t draft Mahomes.

Soldier Field is a dump... it seems to be in a nice area, but the actual stadium is terrible (the renovations they did about 20 years ago were an epic fail).

That's chump change.

Don't care.
Locals might care, but watching on TV, all football fields pretty much look the same and they aren't "part of the game." It's not like baseball with distinctive stadiums/fields like Fenway and Wrigley (which are both kind of dumps).

I laughed at the beating the packers bit. Well played.

Solider field is a dump

The Bears have sucked balls non-stop since 1986.

REX GROSSMAN. SUPER BOWL!!!!!! AAAAHHHHHH

I was at the Bears last home game at the original Soldier Field.

Playoff game CHI vs PHI...Hugh Douglas suplexed Jim Miller on his ass and was taken out of the game, Bears lost.

Crains and construction workers were all ready to go...once game was over they immediately started renovations once people cleared out of the stadium.

Ain't happening. It would be like the Chiefs moving to The Legends sans the iconic lake location, current public transportation option, and actual shit to do near the stadium.

If any team could surely use a stadium with a roof it's Chicago.

Chicago is a top 5 major American city and the Bears franchise is iconic. They absolutely deserve a shiny new billion dollar stadium.