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Sports can be a tool for urban regeneration, but the problem is not all sports are created equal. Land in a downtown should be intensely used, given the high land values and extensive infrastructure that supports downtowns. That's why arenas are the best fit for a city. Not only are basketball and hockey played on a smaller playing field that makes the buildings themselves fairly compact, but they also have long, intense schedules that guarantee the building is well-used throughout the year. That creates so much potential for businesses and amenities to grow up around an arena - it's criminal how we've allowed the area around the UC to languish.
2nd best is perhaps baseball - a bigger playing field and fewer games, but still quite a bit (~81 home games/year). Medium potential for surrounding development, which is still quite a bit of potential - see Wrigleyville. Also, baseball was born in cities so the dimensions of the playing field are flexible and not fully set in stone - that makes baseball stadiums uniquely able to fit into different urban sites without needing to wipe out their surroundings. 3rd best probably soccer, the playing field size is comparable to football but the attendance at games is not the same as NFL, so the stands can be smaller or more vertical and they don't need to curve so a soccer stadium plays nicely in a rectangular street grid. There's also little to no tailgate culture, so parking lots aren't a must-have. So much of soccer culture is influenced by Euro and Latin countries where it's simply not realistic to drive to a game. And the current MLS season gives teams ~17 home games per season. Of course, football is the least urban-friendly. Stadiums are large, purpose-built and hard to adapt for other uses, and they are an odd shape that swallows up land. Fans, especially for professional games, demand the ability to drive to a large open-air parking lot to tailgate. And of course, only 8 home games per year. |
The Chicago Urban League, Business Leadership Council, and Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce gave their endorsement to One Central. The Tribune has an article on it, along with a new economic opportunity study. They plan to submit their zoning app either this month or next
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They're very erect, like starched canvas in gale force winds.
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Really nothing new until we see what's submitted in they application. I don't care how far-fetched it may be, getting zoning approval is key, then any developer could step in...
https://www.chicagotribune.com/busin...81484#nws=true Massive One Central development plans call for concert venue, retail and restaurants near Soldier Field By LAUREN ZUMBACH CHICAGO TRIBUNE | OCT 18, 2021 AT 11:24 AM The developer behind the proposed $20 billion One Central development revealed details for the project’s first phase: a transit center surrounded by roughly 1.4 million square feet of retail, dining and entertainment space on a 35-acre site above the train tracks near Soldier Field. The full plans for One Central, unveiled in 2019, include up to 22.3 million square feet of buildings with as many as 9,050 residential units and 9.45 million square feet of offices. The project still needs city and state approval to proceed, and Landmark president Bob Dunn has said he expects to submit a zoning application by late October or early November. Quote:
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The South Loop definitely isn't underserved lol. But this seems very ambitious. Looks lovely tho, wonder what they're going to do about soldier field/the bears. Could this get the Bears to stay with a new/renovated stadium on those empty parking lots or elsewhere?
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Chances of this actually happening?
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how is all this possible yet the Lucas Museum was not?
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This whole project is such a boondoggle
There are so many more worthy areas to be getting developed than this. Plus, I doubt that it will go anywhere |
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I understand that Museum Campus isn't reliant on the Bears by any means, but it just feels like the original pitch for this project had the Bears as a supporting pillar for the development. I mean, a new transport hub, pedestrian bridge, and entertainment district WITHOUT the Bears would feel kind of strange, seeing as how all those things would make sense if the Bears were staying long term at Soldier Field. And I don't know about you, but the Fire don't have nearly the same draw to justify a development this big. If something does happen, it certainly won't be as big and grand as the renderings have suggested. I suppose capping the tracks with some sort of infill would be awesome to see, along with another connection to the Lakefront. But again, all that is costly, and without a money-maker like the Bears nearby it's hard to justify. |
if lori somehow gets the bears to stay, I say this project is likely to come to fruition.
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With One Central though, the whole plan is to cap the tracks and build on private land. Considering this isn't actually in the park itself and also on some private land...yeah they aren't similar situations. |
We should all be praying that this does not happen as envisioned because that would mean the State of Illinois is blowing $6.5 billion on infrastructure the city doesn't even remotely need. That would be almost as irresponsible as not reforming our pension programs.
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Developer Reveals Updated First Phase Plans For One Central Project
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