Is “The 78” Dead? Or even more alive? Fire announce plans for SSS

[kba]

4 hours ago, 77 Hitmen said:

 

I assume you meant to type south part of the lot.  Looking at the rendering below, it doesn't appear to me that a Fire stadium would block much of the skyline view.  I don't imagine the soccer structure would be any taller than the top of the upper deck of the Sox stadium and most of that view is blocked by the scoreboard in LF with a Mets player on it. 

 

The Tribune says the soccer stadium will be 101 feet tall.  At modern ballparks, the top row of the upper deck is usually about 100 feet above the field. So assuming that the baseball park is built on the same grade as the soccer stadium, they shouldn't block each other. 

In the architectural drawings, it looks like they've already decided to sacrifice the left field view in favor of the double deck seating and the scoreboard  -- which almost certainly will be bigger in real life because it will be surrounded by ad panels (and hopefully topped by pinwheels if they have the good sense to put them atop the scoreboard where they belong.)

The main view will be behind center field toward the lakefront South Loop high rises.

 

[ron883]

 

 

Edited Saturday at 07:06 AM by ron883

[Lip Man 1]

Indiana voters are speaking:

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/01/indiana-taxpayers-bears-stadium/

[Melton1972]

Sounds like they are dumping on tax burden on the Region residents. As a former region rat myself, I understand their frustration.

[77 Hitmen]

Here's a new MLB ballpark rankings that just got posted.   One thing I like about this review is that he groups the ballparks into four categories: Cathedrals, Modern Hits, Safe & Basic, and Swing & Miss.   That seems like a much better way than to argue which park is 17th or 23rd, etc.  I don't think he's listing the ballparks in each category by best to worst in that group.   The other thing I like is the Google Earth 360 view of each stadium.

Sox fans who have a huge chip on their shoulder about Rate Field should probably stop at Tropicana Field and not watch the end of this video.  Cardinals fans might not like that he puts Busch in the Safe & Basic category, either.