I have many problems with the stadium plan, but

I have many problems with the stadium plan, but
by sprack (2024-04-25 15:04:58)
Edited on 2024-04-25 15:06:48

In reply to: I see the Bears announced a 5 billion dollar domed stadium. posted by 84david

the dome part isn’t one of them. College football ends in November and we have maybe one really cold game a year.

Pro football has two more months of that. The coldest game I’ve ever been to was a January Bears game in old Soldier Field. It was flipping brutal.

Now, I’ve gone to very few Bear games ever, so it won’t affect me, but if I was a Bear season ticket holder I’d be fully on board with it.

Worthless and weak! *

I am annoyed about what they did at Arlington Park which

is about a mile from our house. They could have let it get sold to the group who wanted to keep racing. Instead it will be vacant for years and possibly developed by idiots.

Who is going to get the revenue from the new stadium when the Bears are not playing? Do they split it? Do the Bears get it?

Will the Bears pay rent? Is the $2.3 billion contribution prepaid rent”

Who pays the cost overruns? It always costs more. 40 years of doing commercial real estate deals, including several big ones in the NW suburbs has taught me, it always costs more and it always takes longer.

The unions, the favored contractors and the politicians are all going to want some of the money. If inflation keeps up, it will be even worse. If they bring this in for less than $6 billion it will be a miracle. Maybe they have significant reserves for overruns, but I would be surprised.

I’m very annoyed by it. It was a great place *