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Sox looking at building in South Loop

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40 minutes ago, NO!!MARY!!! said:

Exactly! That’s one of several factors the whole “I hate the old, aging owner who won’t live forever so much I want my (so-called) favorite team to move and be gone forever! And they can bring in a new team!” Fantasists never consider.

No one actually wants this.  Find a single post where this is actually said.

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    I would tell him: if it's publicly funded, then it's owned by the city of Chicago, it's going to have a retractable roof, and the city will use it however it wants for the 284 days a year that the Sox

  • Nardiwashere
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    Sox fans are a weird bunch.  Practically my whole life, people bitched about the current stadium.  Now, they are planning to build a ballpark that looks like it would be one of the premier sports

  • I had to do a double take. I expected it to be an old article from the first time the site was considered.  I thought the land was spoken for, but a new modern stadium at Clark & Roosevelt wo

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On 9/27/2024 at 7:42 AM, southsider2k5 said:

No one actually wants this.  Find a single post where this is actually said.

go beyond the insular walls of a message board, and you get a LOT of "just go to nashville already" comments.

1 hour ago, ewokpelts said:

go beyond the insular walls of a message board, and you get a LOT of "just go to nashville already" comments.

Feel like I've even seen a post or two here say it, but maybe not. 

1 hour ago, PaleAleSox said:

Feel like I've even seen a post or two here say it, but maybe not. 

Tons of people here have said it.  Don't be gaslighted.

2 hours ago, PaleAleSox said:

Feel like I've even seen a post or two here say it, but maybe not. 

I've definitely said this before. I don't actually want them to leave but whatever this thing the Sox have become is intolerable. 

I just don't watch much baseball anymore.

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The last that I heard is that the Bears and White Sox are working together trying to get funding. Also heard that if the White Sox get their new stadium the present stadium will be converted into a soccer stadium for the Chicago Red Stars team. 

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33 minutes ago, WBWSF said:

The last that I heard is that the Bears and White Sox are working together trying to get funding. Also heard that if the White Sox get their new stadium the present stadium will be converted into a soccer stadium for the Chicago Red Stars team. 

As always anything is possible but every comment I've seen published from politicians say categorically it's going to be a difficult sell ESPECIALLY if JR refuses to spend any of his own money. 

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Stole these from Scott Merkin just to show the 78 would be a spectacular site for baseball FB_IMG_1728500881656.jpgFB_IMG_1728500878113.jpg

looks like most of the skyline would be completely obstructed visually once the stadium is built , just based off that photo (could just be the angle)

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6 minutes ago, joejoesox said:

looks like most of the skyline would be completely obstructed visually once the stadium is built , just based off that photo (could just be the angle)

Well sure, that happens when you take a picture from the perspective of the home plate ump. The view will be different from the seats 100 feet higher...

26 minutes ago, joejoesox said:

looks like most of the skyline would be completely obstructed visually once the stadium is built , just based off that photo (could just be the angle)

Leave the outfield as is and make the rest of the seating 12 decks.

33 minutes ago, joejoesox said:

looks like most of the skyline would be completely obstructed visually once the stadium is built , just based off that photo (could just be the angle)

The backdrop is for the advertising and the upper deck to admire 😉

44 minutes ago, Kyyle23 said:

The backdrop is for the advertising and the upper deck to admire 😉

Could they improve the view by dropping the field below the ground?

11 minutes ago, Balta1701 said:

Could they improve the view by dropping the field below the ground?

Probably, but CHSN’s obscenely large score overlay will still just block the view of the backdrop.  🤣

Just keep saying no to public funding, and they could build a little at a time to try to impress. Say no enough, they finish it off.

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3 hours ago, joejoesox said:

looks like most of the skyline would be completely obstructed visually once the stadium is built , just based off that photo (could just be the angle)

If you make the stadium where to enter at the top of the 100 level like the rest of baseball it would be fine.

2 hours ago, Balta1701 said:

Could they improve the view by dropping the field below the ground?

Due to the proximity of the river, I would doubt it.

1 hour ago, Dick Allen said:

Due to the proximity of the river, I would doubt it.

Why would this matter? Most of the loop is built below the river. 

On 9/27/2024 at 7:42 AM, southsider2k5 said:

No one actually wants this.  Find a single post where this is actually said.

Speaking of new teams the Blackhawks just welcomed the new Utah Hockey Club. They don't even have a team name yet. 

7 hours ago, Iwritecode said:

Well sure, that happens when you take a picture from the perspective of the home plate ump. The view will be different from the seats 100 feet higher...

Just bring some lawn chairs and play ball. 

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14 hours ago, Dick Allen said:

Due to the proximity of the river, I would doubt it.

The entire City of Chicago's skyscrapers all have foundations LONG below street level, even places like The Sears Tower, which is half a block from the same river.  If you don't remember, go back and look up the great Chicago Flood in the late 90s.  It's the same thing they did in NYC too with all of their skyscrapers including both versions of the WTC.  They dig out a massive hole, reinforce it with concrete and rebar, and then start building up.  A place like Sears or WTC is probably 50 to 60 feet in a hole before they start building.  This ballpark would be amateur hour compared to places like that.

On 10/7/2024 at 7:09 PM, WBWSF said:

The last that I heard is that the Bears and White Sox are working together trying to get funding. Also heard that if the White Sox get their new stadium the present stadium will be converted into a soccer stadium for the Chicago Red Stars team. 

This was part of the original announcement.

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