CHICAGO | One Central

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The numbers were a little fuzzy but the Bears were asking for somewhere between $1-2.4 billion for the whole new stadium and infrastructure south of Soldier Field depending on which option was done (not counting the money the Bears and NFL would contribute which is about$2.5B). I think $300 million to $1.2 billion would have been for infrastructure. Now the park district wants to spend $630 million to renovate Soldier Field and improve infrastructure plus there is the possibility of spending $1.6 billion on this One Central related stuff. It seems the city/state would have been better off spending the money on the Bears stadium plan than this. It seems like spending around $1 billion and getting a new domed stadium and improved infrastructure for the Bears would have been a better value than spending $630 million for a renovated Soldier Field and improved infrastructure without the Bears and a domed stadium.