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Main issue is the space but if they can make it work, i think thats fine for a majority of people
but soldier field has to go
but soldier field has to go
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A last gift of incompetence from Sweaty Teddy.
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I imagine that the Bears can still develop the Arlington Heights property and turn a profit on it.
I do like though that it seems like Warren is free to do things his way and isn't completely stuck with Philip's issues.
I do like though that it seems like Warren is free to do things his way and isn't completely stuck with Philip's issues.
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My buddy's cousin's pal's neighbor's friend's uncle who works for the city said he saw on facebook the deal was scrapped because Caleb Williams demanded to play in a dome built under lake michigan.
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Arlington Heights must've really been given the Bears hell if they're choosing to working the city of Chicago and Cook County.
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That is one butt fugly exterior of a NFL stadium, my gawd. The Bears took the shortcut route back in the day.
IF only they had the Rickett's mentality from the get go. Look at all the bullshit the Cubs had to go thru, yet they went ALL IN FROM DAY 1.
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I agree with working with Chicago but Arlington Heights is Cook County as well.
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The spaceship by the lake has been hated from day 1. They had to keep the columns so all they could come up with is putting a silver bowl on top.
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And another thing George has touched has turned to shit. How long will Kevin Warren stick around now?
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There will be hair and nails salons on each level so Caleb's PR team is now satisfied
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Tactic to soften up the AH city hardliners.
New stadium will be in Arlington Heights. Book it.
New stadium will be in Arlington Heights. Book it.
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It’s in the sticks!
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What was stupid was that they insisted they had to keep the columns to maintain the monument status or something...which they lost anyway because they hadn't actually done their full due diligence to wonder how all that stuff worked.
I cannot remember, but I think there was a recent proposal that suggested that they could keep the columns but in a park like manner? Maybe I am completely misremembering that. Either way, they need a clean sheet design, new stadium.
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That was my first thought as well. I thought the schools were working on a deal/agreement to lower the taxes.
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I think (hope) the Bears approach the new stadium the same way as JF1/1.1 pick, that is, do the better deal. Both locations are premium spots. If one deal becomes a materially better financial deal, do it. If the 1.1 pick can be traded for a king's ransom, trade it. If Fields can be traded for a #1, trade him. Once all offers are on the table, I think the decision(s) make themselves.
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Idk man. I was reading some AH city council minutes when the initial news broke. People of AH were PISSED off about a singular new apartment complex. I’m thinking a football stadium isn’t going to be welcomed. And seems AH agrees by not offering any tax incentives
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Reading that second article that I posted, one thing that really jumped out to me is that the team and Arlington Heights had not even started to negotiate all the infrastructure upgrades and changes that would be needed to put a stadium there. That is a somewhat amazing statement to me and also shows the failure that was Ted Philips. That is not a minor miss.