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Originally Posted by 2PRUROCKS!
As a thought experiment let's say the Bears selected the South Works area to build a stadium. How would folks feel about it? It would be within the Chicago city limits and sate of IL but all the same drawbacks that folks have expressed about Hammond are the same if not worse (far away and difficult to get to for majority of wealthy fan base in north, NW, and western suburbs or portions of the city, former industrial site with with possible environmental remediation issues, few attractions or desirable developments nearby, poor transit access). If folks here are honest I bet those who are so outraged by the Hammond site would be ok with a South Works site. I think what really bothers most people is the phycological factor of the stadium being outside of Chicago and then outside of the State. I get it... I want the Bears to stay in Chicago but I don't really care about the state lines. As long as they are in the metropolitan area its seems about the same to me. I actually like the Hammond option better than AH. I go to AH weekly and drive past the old racetrack area. That entire area is just a bland suburb that has no visual connection to the city. The Hammond site is directly on the city's border with views of the Lake and skyline and a weird combination of postindustrial mystique and natural beauty with Wolf Lake and other natural areas nearby. I just think the Hammond site has more potential to still intergrate with the city than AH.
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Well, as some have pointed out earlier in this thread - Putting the Bears in Hammond moves them further away from the parts of the metro that may have gone to games at Soldier Field. I guess it's possible they pick up new fans in some of the Southern parts of the metro, but how many of those people also were willing to go to Soldier Field? I promise you folks in the Northern/NW metro areas aren't going to have any desire to drive all the way to NW Indiana to see a Bears game in person.
Secondly, people are more pissed about the game the Bears are playing. Personally, I could give a fuck where the Bears go because either way, they are leaving the city, and I don't go to their games. What I am more pissed about is this childish tactic the Bears are playing to try to suck as much public money out of taxpayers as possible.
This is why I'm glad Pritzker (along with other lawmakers in Springfield) seem to have a good ear to the ground and recognizes most taxpayers feel this way.
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