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Originally Posted by Steely Dan
because Soldier Field sits on public land and belongs to the park district, the bears (nor any other private entity) will ever be able to own the stadium outright. no matter how much the city tries to sweeten the deal, the franchise itself will never be anything more than a tenant at SF, and the bears don't want to be mere tenants anymore.
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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That's almost the exact same scenario that kept football out of LA for 25 years. The city owns the Coliseum (USC leases it for $1.5 million a year nearabout and most of that money goes to maintaining Exposition Park).
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.