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09-29-2021, 12:40 PM | #91 | |
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I'm not sure what's going on with Nagy there, but it's sure ugly.
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09-29-2021, 01:17 PM | #92 |
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I think this is a brilliant move for the Bears.
It's a 326 acre site in Chicago. It's massive. Already serviced by rail and two major four lanes. Isn't the Truman Sports Complex only 220 acres? Think about that. They are going to bulldoze all of that shit. New stadium, you know it will have retail and other entertainment options to generate revenue, and then the parking. Chicago is going to be an awesome tailgating team. From a business stand point its a no brainer. When CBS, Fox, or ESPN come to town they are still going to shoot scenes from about the city, just like they do in KC. It will be great. If that franchise is worth 4 billion today, It will be worth twice that once this thing is built out. |
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09-29-2021, 01:20 PM | #93 | |
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Outside of more space and brand new, I'm not seeing it as a location upgrade. |
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09-29-2021, 01:29 PM | #94 | |
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They Bears pay rent to play there. They have limited luxury box income in addition to limited seating. All this is due to them not being able to alter the exterior of old solider field. They also don't have acres of parking to charge people through the nose for. It's the NFL dude, people will travel for it. And all those people from outside of downtown, will appreciate not having to go into the heart of the city. MetLife stadium is in the middle of a swamp, you have to take like two different trains to get to the stadium from Times Square. The 49ers new stadium isn't anywhere near San Francisco. |
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09-29-2021, 01:29 PM | #95 |
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Football stadiums suburb locations are the best because of the space needed. Baseball and sports arena the downtown core is better because of the amount of dates they have.
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09-29-2021, 01:33 PM | #96 |
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09-29-2021, 01:33 PM | #97 | |
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09-29-2021, 01:39 PM | #98 | |
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It’s a fantastic location but the stadium sucks. Chicago would be smart to completely raze it & build a new stadium there. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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09-29-2021, 01:43 PM | #99 | |
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I pretty much moved as far away from Chicago as I could and still get to work. I hate Chicago. I hate the thought of Chicago. For me, going to any sort of event or attraction there is always a giant pain in the ass, serving to reinforce all the reasons I fled that ****ing sewer in the first place. I wish they'd be able to break ground on the new stadium tomorrow and have it ready for next season. |
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09-29-2021, 01:50 PM | #100 | |
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In my experience, people don't commute from the city to the burbs then back. Its like fish flowing against the stream, traffic bears that out. People commute into the city for work and entertainment then back to the burbs, not vice versa. But like was mentioned earlier, the NFL is the kind of beast that can pull that off. |
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09-29-2021, 01:54 PM | #101 |
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I always thought Chicago was great when I was there, but I was younger, didn't care about the politics, and even then knew to stay away from the South Side. Downtown had a lot of great bars/clubs/stripclubs etc. Even the northern suburbs have a lot of great nightlife, Highland Park or whatever where all the rich people live have some great bars. And the Metra train is actually widespread and pretty easy to use.
Never got the chance to see a game at Soldier Field, did see a Cubs/Mets game at Wrigley though, even that was pretty fun. |
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09-29-2021, 01:58 PM | #102 |
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Go to a game there when it's zero degrees outside and then walk over a mile to your car and tell me its a fantastic location.
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09-29-2021, 02:06 PM | #103 | |
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If the City would actually work with the Bears on a new stadium on the lakefront I think that would be an option, but they won't. Look at the mayors comments, she thinks she has the upper hand. She doesn't. The Bears will gladly leave the City of Chicago and pay them 86 million to get out of their lease in 2026. |
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09-29-2021, 02:16 PM | #104 |
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I do not have thoughts on the bears leaving, in fact i don't give a single shit about the bears unless we play them. Much like Cincinnati they haven't been really relevant since the trent green era of football.
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09-29-2021, 02:22 PM | #105 | |
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Most big city mayors are bad, but Beetlejuice has got to be the worst. The Bears will be gone and that piece of crap eyesore will sit empty except for concerts and random soccer games. |
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