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But Soldier Field isn't going anywhere. It's still going to be there due to its landmark status.
Adam Hoge: If not home to horses, Arlington Park should be home to Bears
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He's 12 so old timer is relative
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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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They/Them Potato Head will continue on
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I'm thinking @Deep Dish Pizza is a @Master Debater alt. Both are apparently posting drunk today, and both are making similar points.
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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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that actually sounds good. they would not use it
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Conviction Stadium, home of Illinois Governors' Field, which is the home of your Chicago Duds.
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ANd kick backs lots and lots of kickbacks.. half the budget will go for bribes
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That's been removed.
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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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Welp...oops?
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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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If on water, they could legally add a casino to suck in more money from the community!
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Also not just the Chicago community but every community on the lake coast, it could be huge with all this funding.
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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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Maybe just do a little demo and set Soldier Field afloat into Lake Michigan. That way everyone AND @Deep Dish Pizza can be happy.