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That rumored Wintrust proposal came to mind, but with Wintrust Arena not far away, seems like a lot of confusion waiting to happen.

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Oh I know. I was a Columbia kid splitting a tiny loft apartment back then. Hardly in any position to buy before every inch of space exploded into $$$ condos.

April weather sucks ass, but I feel like the added cost of a retractable roof probably kills any hope of a new park happening. Along with the added footprint needed to support the structure. I'm no engineer, but it's hard to visualize a retractable roof stadium with an intimate park vibe inside and also space for any sort of fan plaza outside. There is only so much space available onsite.

I lived in the South Loop in the early 2000s. Printer's Row was the closest thing to nightlife outside of a few scattered spots. I'm still surprised by the volume of foot traffic now compared to then. It's really a night and day difference.

I meant throughout the South Loop, not just ballpark adjacent.

Depends. This is probably true for the older developments between Clark & State close to where the ballpark would be. Anecdotally, I know plenty of younger late 20s/early to mid 30s couples who have bought condos in the South Loop. Flo & Santos would be right around the corner. I'd image a few more spots would pop up close by too. Maybe the old Wabash Tap even reopens.

Cool, enjoy having no place to play all of those prospects while finishing 3rd because your pitching sucks…

If last year was wretched, what the hell is this year’s mess? They’ll be lucky to win 60 in 2024.

Correct.

Lee will rubber stamp whatever the mayors office wants. And it's not like The Rate brings in revenue that helps the neighborhood. Those empty parking lots are the largest undeveloped tracks of land in the ward, and seeing them put to better use is probably of great interest to more than just the Alderman's office.

Benetti to McKnight is definitely a step down in quality, but there are worse announcers out there. It’s not ideal IMO, but it could be much much worse. Imagine a Len Kasper Gordon Beckham pairing full time… ?? Connor McKnight might be a bland flavor of vanilla, but I’ll take him over the KC’s, LAA’s, TB’s of the announcing world.

That’s a hard no from me ?

Does the cage come with a muzzle?

One can only hope!

s%*#, I'm terrified to stand up in the upper deck now. Tall person vertigo is real up there!

Wouldn't surprise me if word got around amongst PBP people, and if anyone had other opportunities, they went in that direction. This has dragged on long enough that I have to imagine these finalists have had to do a song and dance to please JR.

Yet we are somehow overrating Cease...

They've spent more time "searching" for a new PBP person than they have their last 5 managers and the current GM combined. Wonder what hoops they are making them jump through for it to take so long.

But who is really going to give up higher end prospects for Santander?

He seemed to be putting it together before he kicked a cooler and broke his foot. The later might give them pause, but who knows.

They're so anxious to trade the vets to keep the kids, failing to recognize that their vets have a fraction of the trade value the prospects do. One good season and they're drunk on their own koolaid.

And there will be zero regression from anyone, especially the younger guys. And Kimbrell will totally make up for the loss of Bautista. It could happen................... hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah

Most of Steeterville and east Randolph sit on landfill. Last i checked the high-rises haven't fallen over yet.

Funny that the parcel north of Roosevelt and the parcel east of Clark were both completely viable. Ping Tom park and Chinatown Square to the south were both built on the same former rail yards.