The same number as the Chiefs will lose moving to Kansas. People that don't like the decision will say they are out, but 5 or 6 years later when the new stadium opens, they will still be there.
You can't constantly **** on fans and expect them to continue to show up. This wouldn't be moving to another area of a city. This is basically moving from KC to Topeka. I just don't get how this would be successful. I think sports in the US are hitting the breaking point in popularity. College sports is showing a complete breakdown in what has made it great. Baseball has been dropping for years. The NBA is starting to see a drop in popularity. Yeah the NFL is still king for US sports, but that doesn't mean it can just do whatever it wants.
I guess we’ll see, but those fans absolutely love the Bears. I can’t see them stopping liking the Bears because they moved to Hammond. They certainly aren’t going to become Green Bay fans. If anything, it opens the door for Reinsdorf to make what would be a savvy move in my opinion…and move the White Sox to Hammond as well. The Sox suffer from a serious little brother complex. They would benefit from a new stadium and giving the state of Indiana a reason to make them their team…while still keeping the current fanbase (again, no way a Sox fan becomes a Cub fan).
Not really. NW indiana is definitely Chicagoland. And the NFL doesn’t give two ***** if one of their franchises is getting a tax payer stadium out of the deal.
I don’t think that’s a fair comparison, because they’re still moving within the Chicago area.
Bank of America did a recent study that showed that credit and debit card spending in the zip code of an NFL stadium increases 75 plus percent on game day weekends compared to non-gameday weekends. Indiana cannot revitalize the lost manufacturing areas in the northwest without generating some revenue, they have to start somewhere. 9 gameday weekends a year probably isn't enough, which is why so many new stadiums are associated with large development zones now.
That's great, but there's been several studies showing that stadiums aren't great returns on the investment by the state and local areas. Indiana should just give all that money to the area to cleanup and revitalize instead of giving a subsidy to an NFL franchise that may bolt for another area in 20-25 years.
Perhaps but a ROI discussion doesn't get anyone elected.
You can be a villain even if what you’re doing is completely understandable. It’s not anywhere close to the worst thing an NFL team has done, but I think it’s fair to dislike what the bears are doing here.
Gary, Indiana was the saddest place in America I’ve ever been to. Understand this is in Hammond, but all of NW Indiana needs a boost.
