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Probably the usual spring training optimism, but we will see how many games he plays.

I called this one.

No, you know the rules and still pull crap like that, and then play stupid. It's insulting.

US v Canada in the mens as well. This is going to be fun.

I know Jerry is mad now.

NICTD is opening up a southern spur that is supposed to be really close.

I mean I get all of this too. I do think that each of these entities is acting in their own financial best interests, even if they narrow the focus to short of a time period instead of looking longer term.

Pretty sure the NFL puts up loan money to teams for stadiums.

To be fair, the state COULD have made a lease extension through the termination of the payments a part of the deal. They did not. They also could have chosen a payment schedule that paid more up front, instead of the back. They also did not. That is really poor financial due dilligence.

So what's up with Colson?

It wasn't when Cole was drafted.

Always looking to start something. Thread is fine, and you have to drag this BS in. We see you.

OK who trained ChatGPT on rayrays posts?

What a great finish to the Gold medal hockey match

The Bears are a for profit business. Why in the hell wouldn't they shop for the best deal?

Give it another year or two, most of those guys will be selling real estate.

Billions of dollars.

I definitely won't call it 100% after reading up with some people I know on this side of the state line, but I am going to say they feel around 80/20 right now.

The tax dollars being applied to debt payments are a tax on ticket and hotel sales right now. No idea what happens if the team leaves.

-The Chicago White Sox game day experience is documented as one of the worst in baseball. That isn't just one rando's opinion on a message board, but the opinion of pretty much anyone who partakes baseball on a multi-team level, as the Sox routinely rank in the bottom 3 or 4 in MLB in these categories. -If you have any kind of crowd at Sox Park, they do restrict access to the lower level, so no, you can't just "walk around" the whole park unless the circumstances are right, or you pay for a more expensive ticket. Also I yearn for the day when the Sox game is important enough to stay in your seat for, versus paying that kind of money to wander around the ballpark. -The whole line about "fans who want to continue drinking... can just get in their car" is a wild statement in a day and age of OWI laws. The whole idea is to NOT have to drive drunk. -We have been over the remediation stuff a million times, so I am not sure why it keeps coming up, but all of this stuff has been known, literally since this site shutdown. I have no idea why you treat it like some kind of earth shattering occurrence, but within a city like Chicago, there are so many Superfund and Brownfield sites, it would make your head spin. Remediation of these sites isn't an abnormal thing, and environmentally it is a really good thing that it is happening, as it keeps that crap from leaching into the water table, Chicago River, and everything else around the site. Everyone knew it would be expensive and extensive, and STILL people have made plans to build there, so it obviously isn't a deal breaker to everyone. -Its the same thing with traffic patterns. We keep getting told how horrible it will be, but again, they know what they are up against on this site. Plus there are more things that can be done with public transit to access the site, as many major transportation hubs are much closer to here than 35th and Shields. There is no reason that public transit can take on the lions share of what is basically a local fan base. They do this at Wrigley Field with zero parking literally 81 times a year. The New York teams handle this as well. Ever notice there isn't a single parking garage around Madison Square Garden? There will be WAY more parking here than any NYC based stadium. This has all been factored in.

Like I said at the beginning, Indiana will sacrifice pretty much anything to win this

And no amount of sad little laugh reacts to substitute for lack of substance changes that. There are plenty of pros and cons to be discussed for all projects, but some of this just wanders in the personal and bizarre.

And on 219 day. That's hilarious. Welp, hopefully the Chicago pols answer for it.