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Wow - that's a pretty high threshold for closing the roof IMO.

MLB likes to have roofs closed during the postseason. If this were a regular season game, they probably have the roof open - the temperature was mild and it looks like a chance of light showers in the area. Crazy that this hasn't happened before....but I bet 70% of Brewers games are played with the roof open.

Yeah, I don't know how that would all work. So, the Bears would pay for it but the city/state would own it? That negates the property tax issue, but why would the Bears want to still be tenants after paying to have the stadium built?

I know that's just someone's AI creation, but wow! The possibilities at that site look amazing. Looking at the comments on IG, it looks like it's 90% positive. Someone here might be triggered by this, though. Brace yourselves for another meltdown.

It was probably easier for those Sox fans to get tickets to the ALDS games in Cleveland than in Chicago.

Thursday: Today:

I didn't notice that. They seemed to have a lot of good things to say about this team. But nothing beats Bozo Berman from the 2005 ALDS for blatantly rooting against the White Sox on a playoff broadcast. Ohhh noooo!!!! Everybody's safe!😭😭😭

‘Flying off the shelf’: Sports apparel stores scramble to keep up with demand for White Sox merchandise https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/03/white-sox-sports-merchandise/

Loved hearing the "LETS GO WHITE SOX" from the crowd!

It's amazing that something like 25 years ago, they set the MLB record for consecutive sellouts and in fact retired the number "455". And this is a team that has made the playoffs 9 times now since 2013. But, as you said, other than Ramirez, as soon as a star player reaches free agency, they bolt for a big market team. The same it true for most other small market teams. I was in Pittsburgh a couple of months ago and was checking out the great Hall of Fame markers they have along the riverwalk just outside the stadium. It occurred to me when I was there that we've entered an era where there's hardly going to be any new HoFers from small market teams. Just about anyone on a HoF trajectory is going to end up at one of the top 12 or 15 franchises in their prime years. That's kind of sad....and it's bad for the game.

They don’t want to privately fund the ballpark because that would be very arrogant of them. Soaking the taxpayers for $600M to pay for a stadium shows that Royals ownership cares about the fans.

Other Division Series games today: Braves at Dodgers - 3:00 Yankees at Rays - 5:30 Padres at Brewers- 7:30 Rays, Padres, and Brewers have never won the World Series.

Because throwing tantrums is easier than having a rational difference of opinion that is rooted in reality?

Interesting to see how that fits. I wonder how it compares to the Michael Reese site, which the Bears already said is too narrow for what they want. At any rate, I wouldn't put too much stock in what Kaplan is saying about this....his wording in that clip above sounds pretty vague.

Bears’ Illinois stadium talks shift toward public ownership model https://www.chicagobusiness.com/news/ccb-bears-stadium-public-ownership-20261002/

Would a Bears stadium even fit on the site? 35th St and 37th St. bisect the entire property. And if it could fit, do the Bears really want to shoehorn a 70,000 seat domed stadium plus an entertainment district on that site when they have 326 acres of uninterrupted land that they already own in Arlington Heights? I think they'll want a new Sox park done by 2033 so that they can host the 100th anniversary All Star Game there. But, I don't see it being ready much sooner than that - maybe a year ahead of that. At any rate, the Bears bought Arlington Park in early 2023. Why in the world would they want to wait a full 10 years after that before they can even START building a new stadium at 35th St? As far as the Amtrak facility goes, unless the city gets some sort of stop work injunction issued, I think they're going to want to get shovels in the ground ASAP....probably before opening day next year. They have the federal money and the federal exemption. They don't want to wait around until something halts their project.

The Cubs lost 101 in 2012 and drew 2.88M. The next year, they lost 96 games and drew 2.64M. They haven't drawn fewer than 2.64M people since 1997. The Rockies and Angels also draw well even when they're bad. On the other hand, since 1994, the only times the Sox have drawn more than 2.5M were 2006-2008.....and they needed a 163rd game to just get barely over 2.5M in '08. This fan base can't afford to engage in gatekeeping.

A couple of posters need to jump in with a "Thanks" and "Love" reaction!

The Bears could still end up in Hammond, but it sure sounds like they really want to get a deal done with IL to build in Arlington Heights. All these ultimatums and deadlines and they still haven't signed on the dotted line with Indiana despite $1B in Hoosier taxpayer money sitting on the table. Also interesting that this is twice now in the last few months that Goodell is getting involved and talking to IL officials. Kevin Warren was brought on 3 1/2 years ago and there's still no stadium deal. If he was the one secretly meeting with Chicago officials in the spring and thus allowing the mayor to derail the spring session legislative push, then he should be fired.

It’s almost as if some Sox fans want us to perpetually be a small fanbase, low attendance, small revenue stream franchise. If you’re not from the South Side (specifically south of Cermak) or S/SW suburbs, if you haven’t been a lifelong fan, you’re lesser of a fan. By this insular logic, we’d have the smallest market size by far in MLB.

Roger Goodell and Bears minority owner Pat Ryan met with Illinois lawmakers, including the Governor, today to discuss the Bears stadium plans. https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/01/chicago-bears-stadium-pritzker/ https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics-policy/ccb-bears-stadium-goodell-ryan-pritzker-20261001/

South Side of Brooklyn, Highland Park, and Scottsdale.

Yeah, but he's not from Winnetka. Jerry knows the South Side and he has my complete trust.

Yeah, I was just joking about how the mood of this board wildly swings with each losing streak and hot streak.