What does Soldier Field lack in your opnion? What would make it nicer?
Convenient transportation, public or otherwise, getting in and out. It takes a long time to get in and out and generally a lot of walking. When lines at (east side) concession stands are long people have to walk through the lines to get out of their seats. Generally shitty service at concessions. The west side stands are cold, bland, and where often we sat with friends we had to go down two sets of stairs to get to the bathroom; which are dark and dank. Both sides corridors are much too small.
Now, I think a lot of people’s issue is with they took an old, run down stadium and put lipstick on that pig. In hindsight, I think they should have built a stadium. They couldn’t tear down Soldier Field because of its landmark status (I think I remember that correctly) so that in and of itself limited their options. The stadium’s size doesn’t matter to me, I don’t care about hosting Super Bowls; though the city of Chicago would likely disagree. But a larger stadium would equal louder crowd noise. A domed stadium or retractable roof would have been a nice option for the city though I do like playing and watching in the elements.
I think people get sentimental over the stadium being old and historical and it being on the lake. The interior spaces are worse than the (football) stadiums I’ve been in, Indy, Cincinnati and San Francisco. Security also seems to be less there, too, as fights are too common. And it is a God awful place to see a concert for all of the above reasons.