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And they lost their edge and haven't been very good since...
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07-01-2021, 08:13 PM | #47 |
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They should leave it...
And going to Arlington Heights? Nice, and with multiple routes in would help with the congestion factor that downtown has. |
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07-01-2021, 08:31 PM | #48 |
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07-01-2021, 08:31 PM | #49 |
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Been there. Shitty stadium and even worse fans. **** them both.
Chicago is a crime-ridden shithole, can't blame them for wanting to get out of there. |
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07-01-2021, 08:45 PM | #50 |
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The Ginger Bears, even Giantsbane wouldn't claim to have sleep there.
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07-01-2021, 08:55 PM | #51 |
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I've been to numerous games at Soldier Field over the years. Other than being an abomination to look at from the outside, it's not that bad. Biggest problem is getting there and getting back. Parking sucks balls; there are no close lots except for VIP types. Of course, when I go, I almost always sit in my season ticketholder FIL's excellent seats, which are on the 40 yard line about three rows up in the upper level. The nosebleed seats are ghastly. The grade is steep as hell - you practically need a sherpa to guide you to the top. I had seats about halfway up once - I didn't move from the seat until the game was over. Even the young and fit were huffing and puffing going up that incline. I very much preferred general seating before the space ship renovation, even though the amenities sucked.
Personally I'd applaud the move to the Arlington Heights and a new, spacious stadium. God knows my FIL would love that, since he lives in a bordering suburb. But I'll believe it when I see it. IMO it's just posturing. I've only been to a handful of pro stadiums - obviously Arrowhead, Soldier Field, Lambeau and whatever the dome in St. Louis is called these days. Of the four, Lambeau is far and away the worst. It's like a glorified, ancient high school stadium; tiny, decrepit and featuring bench seats with assigned spots far too close together. I was there for a preseason game and talking to the people around me about it. They said that if I thought it was bad in August, try December, when everybody is wearing five layers of clothing. Ugh. You couldn't pay me to watch another game in that shithole. We are blessed to have Arrowhead. |
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07-01-2021, 09:43 PM | #52 |
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I didn't know the Bears played at Wrigley Field until 1971 when they moved into Soldier Field. I always knew Soldier Field had been around since the 1920s so I guess I just figured the Bears always played there. Interesting. The Chiefs have played in Arrowhead since 1972. The Bears went one season playing in a different stadium due to renovations at Soldier Field, so if the Chiefs have played every single season since 72 at Arrowhead, the Chiefs and Bears have both played the same number of seasons at their current stadium.
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07-01-2021, 09:47 PM | #53 |
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I'll never understand the monumentally atrocious decision to keep the colonnades and then go with modern architecture for the renovations. Dumbest looking stadium in the NFL.
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07-01-2021, 11:23 PM | #54 |
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07-01-2021, 11:30 PM | #55 |
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There's always Gary, IN...
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07-02-2021, 06:03 AM | #56 |
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07-02-2021, 06:12 AM | #57 |
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I moved from southern Indiana to NW IN, about an hour from Chicago. Had never been there in my life and never had any thoughts of going. In laws took me a couple times before we moved up here. River tour around downtown, Navy Pier, and museums. I’ve been there I think twice since moving here. Took kids to Shed Aquarium. The aquarium and that area there is fairly nice. Museum of science and industry was really neat.
But with that being said, we’ve been there enough for my lifetime. I hate driving thru there and all the damn toll roads to get there. Only time we go to Chicago now is to the airport! I went to Soldier Field for Mahomes first year of starting, preseason game. We got our ass kicked by Chase Daniel. I thought the stadium was ok I have a customer that has season tickets, I tried to get him to sell me tickets to Chiefs/Bears game the year we won the SB. He wouldn’t do it, he wanted to see Mahomes play! And Mahomes slaughtered them! I believe that was the game Mahomes counted to 10 on his fingers. |
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07-02-2021, 06:54 AM | #58 |
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Perhaps the mayor's time would be better spent on cleaning up the killing field that is her city
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07-02-2021, 07:18 AM | #59 |
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07-02-2021, 07:27 AM | #60 |
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I went to a Bears game at Wrigley Field.
Crazy how things have changed. Back in those days, baseball was king & football teams had to make do in baseball stadiums.
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