Adam Hoge: If not home to horses, Arlington Park should be home to Bears

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LOL...I know you old timers on here think your more important than anyone else is. Whoo look at me I'm a donator or a HOF on a comment site. Also love people who have to reply with cuss words to make a point or show how tough they are. Like being in high school all over again. Okay let me explain it to you. It's because of wanting something new and getting rid of the old. Everyone is a racist now if you don't believe in the liberal way. Get rid of history, like Soldier Field, like getting rid of things like the cancel folks want.
But Soldier Field isn't going anywhere. It's still going to be there due to its landmark status.
 

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LOL...I know you old timers on here think your more important than anyone else is. Whoo look at me I'm a donator or a HOF on a comment site. Also love people who have to reply with cuss words to make a point or show how tough they are. Like being in high school all over again. Okay let me explain it to you. It's because of wanting something new and getting rid of the old. Everyone is a racist now if you don't believe in the liberal way. Get rid of history, like Soldier Field, like getting rid of things like the cancel folks want.


You can be fore canceling Bears rent at Soldier Field and still be a total racist. It's literally 2021, there are racists of all kinds of walks of life. Your point is invalid IMO.
 

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If the Bears do this there will be some completely moronic name that gets put along with it.


Veolia Environmental Services Field

We should keep it simple.

Conviction Field
 

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I’m a moderate to be retired on May 1 and I can afford the tickets but then add in another hour drive time and it’s not as glamorous..I’m not sure anybody is going to sell their tickets at a loss.

So I think there are a couple of concurrent questions we are discussing.

Will an 80,000 seat stadium in Arlington heights have lower ticket prices on the budget end of the secondary market than a 60,000 seat Soldier Field?
Possibly. Significantly increased size puts downward pressure on price. Location puts downward pressure for people (like you) that think the location isn't glamorous. It is possible that a shiny new stadium overcomes those things, but ultimately this isn't even what I was intending to comment on.

Will an 80,000 SF football stadium have lower budget end secondary market ticket prices than a 60,000 SF stadium when holding all else constant? (What I was intending to say in my initial assertation)
Yes due to the most basic economic principles of supply and demand.

As far as people selling at a loss - mostly irrelevant. Enough speculators are out there that have no/minimal interest in going to the games that this line of thinking would be a minor speed bump if ticket prices even dipped that low, which is lower than I was attempting to insinuate that they would dip. I have no reason to believe that secondary market tickets would ever regularly be materially lower than direct tickets. If they were, it would necessarily be a short term issue that would correct itself if it ever dragged on (Bears would be forced to lower ticket prices because it wouldn't make any sense for people to buy prior to the secondary market).
 

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Nope.

In fact, it says the NFL should work with the incompetent owners, the incompetent State of Illinois and the incompetent City of Chicago to reach a solution...which I am sure will not be some sort of two or three decade long symphony of incompetence that goes literally nowhere.
ANd kick backs lots and lots of kickbacks.. half the budget will go for bribes
 

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That's been removed.
Yeah the renovation was such a disaster they lost it. They'll never move from the lakefront though. It looks too good on television and its part of the team's identity.
 

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Downers Grove, Lombard, Lisle are ideal locations.

1. Near Ohare
2. Close by to plenty of restautants but spread out.
3. can get there through I290 and I355.
4. plenty of metra stations
5. Plenty of hotels nearby

Literally in the middle where people from south suburbs and north suburbs can get there via multiple routes.
Arlington race course is closer to O'Hare, across the street from the I355 Palatine exit and 5 Min from 190 + 355. It's less than 20 min from the 294/190 junction. The location is fine and the amount of real-estate would allow ample parking and a proper stadium.
 

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We should just make a stadim that floats on a boat that can go anywhere on lake michigan and if we have a losing season we can just "accidently" sick the boat.

If on water, they could legally add a casino to suck in more money from the community!

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sucks for you...

It is 8 days a year for Bears games....

However creating a world class facility will allow so much more year round than what Soldier Field currently provides...
My time is very valuable to me. I love going to games at Soldier Field. Not a bad seat in the place. I'd have no qualms with them just playing there.
 

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