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Castro died at age 90. Jerry is about to turn 89.....and we're on the 8th Presidential administration since Jerry and Eddie bought the Sox. And yeah, this means absolutely nothing, but I'm just pointing that out.

I know I'm wasting my breath on this response, but the article says nothing about the unsuitability of the 78 parcel for construction and doesn't suggest that as the reason why U of I pulled out. That's not to say that we should fork over taxpayer money to billionaire Jerry for a new stadium, but that's not the question here.

Yes, JR wanted to build a stadium in Addison, but when that feel through, I thought it was Harold Washington that insisted that the Sox accept the current location of "The Rate" as the location for a new ballpark in order to get the city's support.

Illinois lawmaker proposes the "BEARS Act" which would require teams to have a winning record to get public funding. https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/illinois-lawmaker-proposes-bears-act-requiring-teams-to-have-winning-records-for-public-stadium-funding/#:~:text=The short version of the,years that you've played.

.....and may God have mercy on our souls.

Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States, has died at age 100. He lived longer than any other POTUS and also had the longest post-presidency (which would have been 44 years in a few weeks). And he certainly made the most of his life after leaving the White House. https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/jimmy-carter-death-news-12-29-24/index.html

I read about a month ago or so that the Fire might be joining in with plans for a soccer stadium at the 78 along with a Sox ballpark. So, this news isn't totally new. IIRC, with U of I pulling out of the site and moving their research center to the tech center being developed at the old US Steel South Shore site, the developer has said that there is now room for a soccer stadium at the site along with the other things they already have planned for there.

To be fair, you could call a vast majority of MLB and NFL stadiums "Taxpayer Field". Maybe some day people in every city and state will finally say no to taxpayer handouts to billionaire owners who just keep getting richer.

If the name is supposed to reflect the product on the field, Jerry's team is a far cry from being second rate. If we're lucky, the team will improve enough in 2025 or 2026 to be considered second rate, but that would require a huge improvement.

The closest thing Jerry will get to a new stadium short of paying for it himself.

At this rate, before too long there will be a player with enough money to build a new ballpark for Jerry Reinsdorf.

That's how I feel about it. Forget competing with the Dodgers, Jerry won't even compete with Cleveland, Minnesota, and Detroit.

If you're working for Jerry, it's not just snow that you'll be asked to shovel.

It's being reported in the press. It's not just some YouTube dude saying it. https://sports.yahoo.com/rays-stadium-drama-potential-relocation-184034221.html

Yep. Here are Cohen's plans for the area around Citi Field. https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/new-york-mets-owner-steve-cohen-announces-8b-plan-to-develop-area-around-citi-field-in-queens/4840197/ Also, the Yankees and Dodgers are the platinum franchises of MLB. Hard to compare them and their combined 35 World Series titles to the White Sox situation.

It'll have to be more than half. The Rays are committing $700M in private funding toward their new stadium. The Royals have proposed $1B in private funding toward a new downtown ballpark they want. Jerry's $200M offer, by comparison, is laughably low-ball. It's obvious that there's no way in hell that he gets $1B in public funding toward a new stadium that'll be used to enrich his estate (by significantly boosting the value of the franchise). If he or a future Sox owner (after he passes) commits to funding the entire cost of the ballpark itself, then yeah the state/city will likely cover the infrastructure costs at the site. Is there anything in between where a Sox owner commits to, say, $1B in private funding and the state agrees to cover the rest of the stadium cost plus infrastructure? I have no idea what would be acceptable.

You make it sound like these two options are mutually exclusive.

How would he know that there's no local owner who would buy the Sox and keep them in Chicago? Did he personally interview every last rich person and every last potential ownership group in the Chicagoland area and get an definite no from each and every one of them? Also, why wouldn't a non-local owner buy the Sox and keep them in Chicago?

Actually, the Royals are offering at least $1 billion of private financing toward their new stadium and the Rays are committing to pay $700M toward their new stadium. https://www.kshb.com/sports/royals-planned-stadium-move-all-about-money-heres-how-it-breaks-down https://stpeterising.com/home/13-billion-rays-stadium-preliminarily-approved-by-st-pete-city-council-final-vote-set-for-july

Ah, thanks for the clarification. That would be interesting if she ended up buying the controlling stake from JR.

Who or what is the Hodson group? Sorry if this was answered elsewhere in this thread and I missed it. I just don't know who they are.

Yep. As much as I hate JR, he'd just be doing what any other owner would do - sell to the highest bidder as long as that sale isn't blocked.

He didn't want Cuban and his deep pockets as a competing owner. That's different than selling a team to him. I find it hard to believe that he'd object to selling to Cuban if he was the highest bidder. I'm not saying that Cuban would buy this team, I'm just saying that this is Jerry Reinsdorf - he'll sell the team to the highest bidder no matter who it is.

Also, if I'm thinking of the correct empty tract of land at the west end of Rosemont, isn't that in the flight path of planes about to make a landing every few minutes at O'Hare?

Is there room on the site for both a Sox ballpark, a Bears domed stadium, AND the "entertainment district"-type development each team wants around their new stadium?