[Chicago Tribune] Taxpayers would pick up half the tab for Bears’ lakefront stadium, sources say
April 24, 2024
[Chicago Tribune] Taxpayers would pick up half the tab for Bears’ lakefront stadium, sources say
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Article says $4.6 Billion for total development and $3.2 billion for stadium alone.
Hopefully this sinks the whole project
Yeah, suck my ass with this. No tax payer money should be used.
Should have known ownership and leadership were going to shoehorn this trash right before such a celebratory Thursday.
We still haven’t paid off the last Soldier Field renovation — we are still paying taxes on that. Unless the public is getting a share in ownership and profits, the McCaskey’s can fuck off.
>Sports economist J.C. Bradbury, voicing a common concern among economists, said whatever public money is earmarked for the stadium would be better spent on other public projects, or returned to taxpayers.
>“Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me,” Bradbury said. “The Bears aren’t going to leave one of the most iconic football markets in the country. Tell the Bears to pay for their own damn stadium, and if they don’t like it, to go jump in Lake Michigan.”
🗣️🔥
I don’t see why anyone is surprised. The second the words “publicly owned stadium” were included in the press release I figured this was obvious. Hardball over public money is HOW Lightfoot ran the Bears to Arlington Heights to begin with. The Bears are never building on the lakefront if they are footing the bill. If you want the Bears in the city, this is just what it’s going to be.
No thank you
But why do the White Sox have to be tied in with it? 🤔
Fuck these guys honestly. You want a new stadium? You pay for it. KC tried doing the same thing
The Bears and Sox can eat my ass. I don’t want to pay for their stadiums. Shit, the Cubs had to kiss ass just to PAY for their renovations.
If major johnson goes for this he can kiss his reelection bid good bye
As an “out of state Bears fan”, I am really excited about this.
I think this whole thing was to get Arlington to fall in line to be honest
I still think Arlington Heights is the move.
I thought it was odd that they would make an announcement the day before the draft when they will be the talk of the NFL and the city.. Now you know why.. they want the peeps to forget about this news
No Chicago….what is you doin’ baby?!
I dont want to pay taxes for this. Bears can move to another city for all I care
What can’t they use TV money?
Seems like the owner of the team should pay for it.
And next would be people that consume the product like people that go to games and people that watch the games on TV.
The public gets fucked. The billionaires get the money & the politicians get their “win”
Step 1: Bears announce this plan and how they require $2.3B in public funding
Step 2: Chicago says no
Step 3: Bears revert to Arlington Heights and say “you had the chance to keep us downtown and you said no”
Step 4: Profit?
What time is the press conference at
Put to a vote by the public. lol we all know the answer to this.
Now I see why they are announcing it tomorrow lol
And the truth shall set you free
Give tax money to billionaires to build the stadiums that we will pay the billionaires to watch their millionaires play ball. I love sports but the tax money to billionaires is a grift that should stop.
Put a damn sports book in there, you’ll rob the people of their money that way and you won’t need taxpayer funds. I mean the team really just got blessed with a potentially whole new insanely huge revenue source and they’re still asking for taxpayer money
Fuck this. The Bears can pay for their own stadium. I sure as shit don’t want my tax dollars going to this.
The driving of economic activity stuff I call BS on. They are the Chicago bears, they aren’t leaving to another city. It’s the suburbs or nothing.
But the revenue sharing / ongoing lease / upgraded events space are all valid reasons for public money.
Of course it’s a matter of how much they spend and what return they get.
29 comments
Article says $4.6 Billion for total development and $3.2 billion for stadium alone.
Hopefully this sinks the whole project
Yeah, suck my ass with this. No tax payer money should be used.
Should have known ownership and leadership were going to shoehorn this trash right before such a celebratory Thursday.
We still haven’t paid off the last Soldier Field renovation — we are still paying taxes on that. Unless the public is getting a share in ownership and profits, the McCaskey’s can fuck off.
>Sports economist J.C. Bradbury, voicing a common concern among economists, said whatever public money is earmarked for the stadium would be better spent on other public projects, or returned to taxpayers.
>“Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me,” Bradbury said. “The Bears aren’t going to leave one of the most iconic football markets in the country. Tell the Bears to pay for their own damn stadium, and if they don’t like it, to go jump in Lake Michigan.”
🗣️🔥
I don’t see why anyone is surprised. The second the words “publicly owned stadium” were included in the press release I figured this was obvious. Hardball over public money is HOW Lightfoot ran the Bears to Arlington Heights to begin with. The Bears are never building on the lakefront if they are footing the bill. If you want the Bears in the city, this is just what it’s going to be.
No thank you
But why do the White Sox have to be tied in with it? 🤔
Fuck these guys honestly. You want a new stadium? You pay for it. KC tried doing the same thing
The Bears and Sox can eat my ass. I don’t want to pay for their stadiums. Shit, the Cubs had to kiss ass just to PAY for their renovations.
If major johnson goes for this he can kiss his reelection bid good bye
As an “out of state Bears fan”, I am really excited about this.
I think this whole thing was to get Arlington to fall in line to be honest
I still think Arlington Heights is the move.
I thought it was odd that they would make an announcement the day before the draft when they will be the talk of the NFL and the city.. Now you know why.. they want the peeps to forget about this news
No Chicago….what is you doin’ baby?!
I dont want to pay taxes for this. Bears can move to another city for all I care
What can’t they use TV money?
Seems like the owner of the team should pay for it.
And next would be people that consume the product like people that go to games and people that watch the games on TV.
The public gets fucked. The billionaires get the money & the politicians get their “win”
Step 1: Bears announce this plan and how they require $2.3B in public funding
Step 2: Chicago says no
Step 3: Bears revert to Arlington Heights and say “you had the chance to keep us downtown and you said no”
Step 4: Profit?
What time is the press conference at
Put to a vote by the public. lol we all know the answer to this.
Now I see why they are announcing it tomorrow lol
And the truth shall set you free
Give tax money to billionaires to build the stadiums that we will pay the billionaires to watch their millionaires play ball. I love sports but the tax money to billionaires is a grift that should stop.
Put a damn sports book in there, you’ll rob the people of their money that way and you won’t need taxpayer funds. I mean the team really just got blessed with a potentially whole new insanely huge revenue source and they’re still asking for taxpayer money
Fuck this. The Bears can pay for their own stadium. I sure as shit don’t want my tax dollars going to this.
The driving of economic activity stuff I call BS on. They are the Chicago bears, they aren’t leaving to another city. It’s the suburbs or nothing.
But the revenue sharing / ongoing lease / upgraded events space are all valid reasons for public money.
Of course it’s a matter of how much they spend and what return they get.