There’s been more spinning of where the team wants to locate — the former racetrack and its 326 acres off Northwest Highway or staying in Chicago — than in “Vertigo,” Alfred…
The Soldier Field South Lot on Dec. 5, 2023. A newly proposed stadium would be in the area of Waldron Drive, just south of the Bears’ current home at Soldier Field. The project would include open plazas, paths and landscaping, with access to the lakefront, and could include saving the Soldier Field colonnade in honor of veterans. Waukegan’s time to shine as home to a new Bears stadium is as dull as the paint job on a used Chevy Lumina.
The Bears’ early plans in the northwest suburb included an entertainment zone, with new revenue possibilities, surrounding a domed stadium. That was until assessments of the property didn’t match up with the team’s appraisals. Added to the scrimmage is a plan by the White Sox to put a new baseball stadium close to the lakefront, south of Chicago’s Loop. Sox Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf, who also owns the Chicago Bulls, traveled to Springfield earlier this year to meet with legislators to pitch the idea.They’re not decaying ruins. Soldier Field was revamped a few years back to the tune of $660 million.
According to The Associated Press, a survey conducted last year for the Global Sport Institute at Arizona State University in Tempe found pro sports teams were viewed as a necessary cultural component of communities by 60% of respondents. Yet fewer than half believed governments should provide public funds for stadiums.
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