Chicago Bears bought Arlington Heights track only to build next to Soldier Field?
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I have trouble imagining this happening. The Bears ownership is too incompetent to make it work.
I also heard the City of Chicago has yet to make any payments on the Soldier Field renovations that happened 2002-2003.
Couldn't be more pumped for them to move to Arlington-Heights but for the love of god I hope they don't put a dome up. Cold winter games are in the DNA of Chicago and the Bears.
It's absolutely going to be a Dome.
Way too much money on the table to have a building that isn't usable 6 months out of the year. Concerts, Final Fours, Wrestlemania, trade shows, corporate events, etc.
Way too much money on the table to have a building that isn't usable 6 months out of the year. Concerts, Final Fours, Wrestlemania, trade shows, corporate events, etc.
Especially if local governments are kicking in huge amounts of money. There needs to be a level of ROI you just can't get from an outdoor field.
Even strictly for football, its likely a chicago dome ends up in the rotation for big 10 championships and a super bowl. Much less likely for both for an outdoor venue.
Exactly right plus the entertainment district they want to build around it is going to need a steady stream of visitors to be viable.
Bingo, A Super Bowl, College FB Title Game and maybe even B1G Conf Championship Game. I know who probably doesn't want a brand new taj mahal dome in Chicago: City of Indianapolis.
Let's not forget the Bill Swarski Superfans Bowl, presented by Polish Sausage.
Winner gets a heart attack.
Indy is probably okay with it. Might be the best big event city in the country and their layout is way better than anything Chicago is going to put together. They've got the stadium, the basketball arena and a world class convention center all within half a mile, it's the perfect setup and they'll continue to be less expensive that Chicago.
They may lose a football game here or there but they will still be a destination for big events.
They were building another hotel across from the convention center. It might be done by now. It was a hole last summer.
Downtown Indy is good times, but it was also a little more "gritty" last time down.
