2 hours ago2 hr 21 hours ago, southsider2k5 said:I would be kind of shocked if the teardown, clearing and especially environmental remediation of the Railyards site takes only a few months and they can start construction right away in 2029. Don't get me wrong, I would be incredibly excited, but it just feels like as long as that has been in existence and used for the thing it was used for, that it will take a decent amount of work to safely prep the site, before they can get into the dirt and work.Yeah, I don’t see how construction of a new stadium begins before 2030…and 2030 sounds very ambitious to me. Not only do they need to do site remediation, but they need to close a purchase deal with BNSF and have a new Metra maintenance yard built. The active train tracks likely will need to be shifted to the west on the site a bit to make room for a stadium. I still think it’ll be a win for them if this is ready by 2033. I’d imagine Jerry wants to live long enough to see a new stadium, so it’s not just the possible 2033 ASG that is an arbitrary deadline, but this is going to take some time.
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