Our little trick leaving Wrigley Field was to walk a few blocks north to the Irving Park/Sheridan train stop, get on going southbound, and enjoy our choice of seats while the train pulls up to the masses at Addison.
Chicago Bears bought Arlington Heights track only to build next to Soldier Field?
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Our little trick leaving Wrigley Field was to walk a few blocks north to the Irving Park/Sheridan train stop, get on going southbound, and enjoy our choice of seats while the train pulls up to the masses at Addison.
I’m kind of bummed the horse track is closing. I liked that place.
Wish a stadium could be built south of McCormick, where the old hospital (I think) was located. Would still be a nightmare getting in and out.
Wish a stadium could be built south of McCormick, where the old hospital (I think) was located. Would still be a nightmare getting in and out.
The Cardinals will be out in Glendale by themselves after this season since the city kicked the Coyotes out.
Was it some kind of children's hospital? I think that might be gone now. But the one I'm thinking of came down in like the 80s?
So what they’re essentially doing is what The Packers are doing with the TitleTown District.
Royals tailgating would become a thing of the past. I think the hope would be that it becomes more of a destination/immersive urban setting, albeit more difficult to get to. I think the proposed location would keep it from being in the heart of downtown, out skirts of the East/NE edge of downtown, so traffic may not become nearly as bad of an issue.
I'm just remembering when KCATA used to have free (or very very cheap) bus to Kauffmann Stadium and HyVee offered 5$ tickets. Then Royals had to go and get good and win a championship.
I was surprised for a purpose built area at how badly that place clears out after a game. It was a **** show, at least for those in the shopping area adjacent. So much for the burbs being easier access.
You mean the three headed qb monster of Bob Avellini, Mike Phipps and Vince Evans.
That's my thinking too. It's one thing when a stadium leaves a city and is in just some part of town. But that real estate has to be incredibly valuable. It would also be a difference in economic impact if it was in a smaller market, but I would think gameday economic impacts aren't that significant in the big picture in a city the size of Chicago. Plus there is probably still a fair amount of Bears spillover visitors making a weekend trip out of a game. While I love the idea of the downtown stadium, and I much prefer that type of experience. However, for larger cities with expensive real estate I have to think it's not always the best bet to have an NFL stadium taking up all that real estate.
Jesus.... there's another person who remembers Mike Phipps.
I still play the 7-8-15 line at the roulette table.
Pays out about as often as those 3 did
Seriously doubt they will tear down a recently renovated stadium to sell off the land to developers, especially park land along the lake.
Chicago should have become a 2 NFL franchise city decades ago.
The market for two teams in terms of ticket sales is drastically higher than LA.
Bears should have stayed downtown and an expansion or relocated teams should have moved to west suburbs in a new stadium before the Olympic bid got serious. Landing the spaceship on Soldier Field, not getting a second team, and not building a new indoor stadium (for Bears or 2nd team) has been a super dumb strategy. Not as dumb as privatizing parking meters for 75 years for only 2 years worth of the revenue, but still pretty dumb.
I'm not a big Bears/NFL fan the way I am Bulls/NBA/Cubs/MLB so I never went to a Bears game in 14 years living there because tickets are laughably overpriced for a team that hasn't had an offense for 30+ years straight. A second NFL team would actually help the Bears suck less.
For whatever reason Cubs/Sox/Hawks/Bulls tickets would land in my lap via friends and never a freebie or cheap Bears ticket.
I moved to LA in 2015. Tickets at Wrigley for the 2016 NLCS were starting around $1500, not the WS, just NLCS. Tickets for the same series at Dodger Stadium started at $111. That's how drastically higher sports ticket demand is in Chicago than LA. It was cheaper for a Cubs fan to buy a ticket, plane ticket and nice hotel in LA than go to the game in Wrigley.
The market for two teams in terms of ticket sales is drastically higher than LA.
Bears should have stayed downtown and an expansion or relocated teams should have moved to west suburbs in a new stadium before the Olympic bid got serious. Landing the spaceship on Soldier Field, not getting a second team, and not building a new indoor stadium (for Bears or 2nd team) has been a super dumb strategy. Not as dumb as privatizing parking meters for 75 years for only 2 years worth of the revenue, but still pretty dumb.
I'm not a big Bears/NFL fan the way I am Bulls/NBA/Cubs/MLB so I never went to a Bears game in 14 years living there because tickets are laughably overpriced for a team that hasn't had an offense for 30+ years straight. A second NFL team would actually help the Bears suck less.
For whatever reason Cubs/Sox/Hawks/Bulls tickets would land in my lap via friends and never a freebie or cheap Bears ticket.
I moved to LA in 2015. Tickets at Wrigley for the 2016 NLCS were starting around $1500, not the WS, just NLCS. Tickets for the same series at Dodger Stadium started at $111. That's how drastically higher sports ticket demand is in Chicago than LA. It was cheaper for a Cubs fan to buy a ticket, plane ticket and nice hotel in LA than go to the game in Wrigley.
I became a Bears fan during the Vince Evans, Walter Payton, Noah Jackson, Alan Page era.
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So are they planning on building a retractable roof? I know that makes the most sense to host other events, including a super bowl. As a fan though, that would kind of suck. I love watching games played in the elements. Home games for the Bears, Packers, Bills, Steelers, Ravens, Browns, ect in the winter are fun to watch when the weather sucks (easy to say when I'm watching from my couch).
