Dick Allen

5200 attendance. JR may soon be asking Phoenix and AZ officials for new home so he can compete.

Not expecting much. Just hope they are watchable for most of the summer. Pedro has got to go.

If you build JR a new park, he will promise to run the White Sox more like he runs the Bulls.

Just wait and see.

“There’s just not a lot of money to be made with investments like this … I’ve always looked at the ownership of a baseball franchise as a public trust, maybe even a charitable thing, I’m serious about that. I never did forgive Walter O’Malley for moving the Dodgers from Brooklyn to Los Angeles.”

In Springfield for phase one. Ballpark, infrastructure, hotel and bars and restaurants. Reinsdorf, who met with lawmakers during a visit to Springfield this week, says that the total cost of the first phase of the ballpark project in the South Loop could hit $4 billion, and that the Sox would seek public funding to complete the project, according to the interview.

JR said the team will be worth more moving out of state.How does moving from one rental to another increase the teams worth if you don’t own anything? The ask is $4 billion. JR doesn’t just want the state to build him a ballpark, he needs them to build him a hotel and bars and restaurants which will all be rent free and he will be in charge of the cash registers. Hopefully, after that, others will want to fill the rest of the 78 up.

It was never Jerry’s or Kenny’s or Rick’s fault the Sox sucked. It was all on Bridgeport. So get this built as fast as you can. They can’t be good until they move. Don’t waste a year.

I think that’s a good bet, although you won’t be in the clear until a week or so is left in the season.

Chris Kamka who came up with interesting nuggets on the White Sox broadcasts, went to Marquee.

But it’s not the whole project. It’s Jerry’s buildings. He wants to be Ricketts with the hotel and bars, but Ricketts for some reason had to pay for his own.

No it’s not. It’s phase one. Ballpark, infrastructure, hotel, and some restaurants and bars. It’s what JR and reliable need to get others on board.

No one has mentioned other than a new neighborhood, how this investment winds up a smart financial undertaking. You lose out on a lot of taxes as they go to pay down JR's park and hotel and other things, and when does that actually become a money maker? The current park cost 1/10th of what this one will and they still owe $50 million. So if they do the exact same thing, the Sox will need to move from the 78 to be able to compete with the Royals before these debts are close to paid off. It's a nice location, probably the best available in the city. It looks like it could be a nice park. But JR either wants or needs too much for it to happen.

JR said $4 billion, but what's a couple more billion. Reinsdorf, who met with lawmakers during a visit to Springfield this week, says that the total cost of the first phase of the ballpark project in the South Loop could hit $4 billion, and that the Sox would seek public funding to complete the project, according to the interview.

It's funny , GRF is a 2.5 miles away and that is like 1000 miles. These other areas aren't exactly across the street and on game days, Clark St. is going to be a mess.

Not many tourists stay in the Loop or Pilsen. Ever been in the Loop on a weekend? It's a ghost town.

Don't blame her.

Listen to Stoney, they are stacked.

The new guy sounds pretty good. To me he sounds like Stefan Holt on channel 5,

Funny thing is if the capacity is 35k, one of the things JR bitched about was not drawing 3 million, You can't draw 3 million with a 35k capacity. In fact if you sold out every game, you wouldn't draw what the White Sox drew in 2006 which is what he was primarily bitching about.

LMAO the 78 has been vacant for around 50 years. People have wanted to build on it, but it costs money, and the people who loan others money didn't think it was such a great idea. I hope they build the thing, I really do. I just don't think JR and Related should get billions more than the TIFs in place.

C'mon man. JR claims he wants to start this year and open in 2028. Must be someting in his current lease for that last season or 2 he doesn't like.

Closer to hotter areas. Right by an expressway, right by a Metra stop.....transit upgrades are part of their plan including taking a riverboat to and from the Loop.

Its just the first inning of the first spring training game, but I'm getting flashbacks.

Better defense will appeal to pitchers. Scoring 2 runs a game probably won't.