CHICAGO | The Bears are maybe moving somewhere (who the fuck knows)
A new thread for all discussion about the Bears' likely move out to the burbs and what now becomes of Soldier Field.
(my apologies, but in trying to move other posts from other threads to this one, the archaic forum software appears to have vaporized all of the older posts, so we'll have to start over, oh well). |
Then let me be the first to once again reiterate my thoughts on the Bears leaving: Bye Felicia.
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The bears will be in good company whenever they do end up leaving Soldier Field.
12 of the NFL's 32 teams (38%) currently play in a suburban municipality of their metro area's central city: New England Patriots New York Giants New York Jets Buffalo Bills Washington Commanders Miami Dolphins Dallas Cowboys Arizona Cardinals Las Vegas Raiders San Francisco 49ers Los Angeles Rams Los Angeles Chargers |
I look forward to a downsized and modernized Soldier Field targeted towards its best use: soccer games and concerts. Screw the NFL.
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I will reiterate my points regarding the Bears as follows:
-They deliver a shit product for their fans and until the fan base stops buying tickets/merch the owners have no reason to deliver otherwise. . . -Please leave the city and enjoy your new home in Arlington Heights, the handful of home games you play here in at Soldier Field every year won't be missed. . . -Go Pack! [/sorrynotsorry]. . . |
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I absolutely love going to Fire games at Soldier Field and I am not the only one as attendance has increased like 50% since they moved back to the City. Now if the Fire can get their act together, attendance will really skyrocket. They are on a nice win streak and have a shot at the playoffs. |
The juxtaposition of the Fire's recent move back into SF, and back into the center of the action of the city, against the bears' decision to punt themselves out into the relative obscurity of AH, is certainly interesting.
a changing of the guard? |
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On the AH front - I am really curious to see how the Bears roll that out (if that's the path they end up taking). There will most likely need to be infrastructure improvements nearby. The 53 exit there is not adequate for gameday traffic, or at least that's how it appears to me. Also - I feel like there's a dormant St Helen's level of NIMBYism that will explode once the Bears make a formal announcement of their move. I just can't imagine folks in AH/Palatine just being ok with a massive multi-billion dollar stadium dropped nearby. |
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i think the folks out that way are somewhat used to it by now. yeah, a bears gameday will be a much bigger deal, and some folks will certainly grumble about that (some folks will grumble about absolutely any and every thing), but i think the bears see the AH site as the path of least (suburban) resistance because the race track has already been there for so long (and it's freaking HUGE at 326 acres!) as a fan of the former race track, i'm actually way more bitter about the loss of the track than i am about the bears leaving the city. |
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AH isn't exactly obscure--it's a pretty large suburb that most Chicagoans are at least aware of, plus it's a short Metra ride from the city to a basically dedicated metra stop near the future stadium. Bridgeview (where the Fire played)--now that's obscure. Besides, the existence of an NFL team immediately elevates a place from obscure to familiar. Why do I know about the existence of Arlington, TX or East Rutherford, NJ or Green Bay, WI? |
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if AH wants to gift their tax dollars to the bears, fine. but not one single cent from the state/county. |
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100% on your other statements however. If moving to AH actually gets them to field a winning team, then I'm all for it. If not, then I won't cry either. The only reason I watch football on Sundays anymore is for my 2 fantasy leagues and my pick 'em league. The Bears are otherwise background noise. |
Seems like the Bears liked what the Rams did: moving out of a old, historic stadium downtown to a new stadium built on top of a racetrack out in the burbs.
Why exactly are the Bear looking to leave anyway? Soldier Field isn't terrible but seems to be a better football stadium (Fire) than a football stadium (Bears). |
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the new model of NFL team valuation inflation is to own your stadium and the land/entertainment district around it so that you can collect 100% of everything all for yourself, much as the Rams have done with SoFI stadium. |
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All the Bears need now is a billionaire who's willing to pay for everything (because Illinois sure won't) even though he'll only get richer in the long run. Ah sports. |
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Does this mean that after the Bears leave the city can look at giving Columbus a road diet?!? (please oh please).
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