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Originally Posted by twister244
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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there's been a massive race track facility there attracting tens of thousands or people every summer weekend for nearly a century (since 1927).
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.