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In a weird sort of way I think the size of it is actually the thing working most against it. If it were a smaller area, there wouldn't be the grandioseness of each set of plans that comes up for this site. It's kind of like the old post office. Instead of just coming up with something, everyone is coming up with this insanely big plans, which by their nature are the hardest to get to the finish line. It was the same with Block 37 for decades as well. I think in a lot of ways a ballpark and village might be one of the easiest things to get over the finish line compared to something more complex plans of the last couple of decades. Hell I have walked past this site a million times when i worked in this area and thought how great it would have been as a ballpark vs a casino, or a highrise, or even an empty lot.

The reality is a large portion of what we consider downtown Chicago is built on fill, much of it from the Chicago fire and various destruction of undesirable neighborhoods in the 19th century. It hasn't stopped massive skyscrapers from going up on these places along areas like LSD and Michigan Ave.

I promise you if randos on a sports message board are thinking of this, this has been studied and understood for decades by all of the different people who have tried to revitalize this site since the 1960s. If it was completely unbuildable, or if it was so expensive/difficult that it wasn't economically feasible, no one would be talking about doing something there anymore.

Pretty sure after the changes in the stadium, the current one maxes out around 39k before SRO.

And for WAY bigger projects than a ballpark at different times.

It's four miles, and Texas just literally built one right across the street from the old one, who had also built one just down the road from the original one. It happens. Personally I would expect them to use the same ballpark authority structure which already exists in Chicago, but the city to get a much better deal than they did last time.

The next step is obviously this deal falling apart because it was reported on too early.

Didn't it come out that he wasn't meeting on his own behalf, but for TLR's group looking to put an expansion team there?

Hey Twiiter, what is trending?

This land has been empty since before most of us were born. Put another way, this land had been available for almost 20 years the LAST time the White built a new stadium.

There are a decent amount of parking garages in the area for the Financial district too. Lots of people have their monthly parking down there because it is cheaper than the actual Loop.

Fair chance that happens before any new park could open. My fear is that Jerry dictates who he wants to sell to before his death and it is someone just like him.

I am sure it would happen. The CBOE is the terminus. There is nothing stopping another stop for a ballpark. The electric line is blocks away too.

Baltimore could do better. Elias just chooses not to.

Mile-ish walk

Here's a crazy thought, a guy who gets twice the money probably should put up better results. Jesus man, I don't even know what you are arguing anymore.

Putting more weight into the actions of 29 teams isn't more significant than the actions of 1 stupid team who can't develop pitching? Flawless logic there. And yes, if any other organization though Fedde was worth a s%*#, he gets way more than 2/15. That's literally the way the open market works.

Public transportation would be incredible there. Be a lot less need to drive from the burbs.

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So because the Sox spent money on Vera, Rodriguez is going to be a star starting pitcher in Toronto. Makes perfect sense.

Mmmm my favorite, Name Salad.

Hahahaha what?

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If anyone else thought he was going to be a decent starter, he gets 9 figures at a minimum. This is Eric Fedde money. This is 7th inning reliever money. As desperate for pitch as MLB is, the market has definitely spoken.