Chicago Bears
It’s a sad day for baseball, folks. A very sad day … Welcome to today’s three thoughts that make up Vol. 1,074 of The Daily Dirt 1. Over the years, I’ve told the story many times to friends, about the day I had lunch with Pete Rose. The mid-1980s meeting, shortly before Rose would set…
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Despite being ignored by the Illinois General Assembly during the recently completed legislative session, the Chicago Bears are not letting up on their quest to get public funding for a new stadium. The nearly $5 billion proposal to build a lakefront stadium complex along Lake Michigan calls for $2 billion in public money from the…
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The Chicago Bears laid out a $3.2 billion plan for a new domed stadium on Chicago’s lakefront on Wednesday afternoon, painting pictures of future Super Bowls and other major public events while pinning their hopes on yet-to-be-had conversations with the governor and lawmakers. The Bears – accompanied by Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson at a Wednesday…
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Opposition is building in Illinois to using public tax dollars to build sports stadiums. Both the Chicago Bears and Chicago White Sox have recently floated the idea of building new stadiums. The Bears purchased property in Arlington Heights for a possible stadium complex site, and now the White Sox are considering a move to the…
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