48 minutes ago, Tnetennba said:

useful doing a lot of heavy lifting

Fair.

5 hours ago, 77 Hitmen said:

Interesting item from the article that the CFL commissioned a poll on the Amtrak move and Railyards development. It’s hard to tell how accurate this poll is, but FWIW, about 85% of respondents on Soxtalk were in favor of the Railyards proposal IIRC.

The poll showed 60% in favor of the Amtrak maintenance facility and 70% in favor of the potential Railyards mixed-used development anchored by a stadium. But the poll also showed only 11% of the respondents had “heard a lot” about Amtrak’s proposed facility and less half “have heard anything at all,”

The last stat definitely checks out.

3 hours ago, southsider2k5 said:

The next time you engage in a serious discussion, it will be the first. Every post you have made on this topic has been vengeful at best, lies and fantasy at worst. If you added nothing to this thread it would be a massive improvement over your previous posts. Now run along, the adults are talking.

You failed to add any substance to this discussion. Zero. You tracked my posts with vengeance and anger despite the fact that nothing was addressed to you. What for? An addiction to one-upmanship? I have at times encountered know-it-alls who get mouthy and challenge others for sport. I ignore them, especially the anonymous keyboard warriors. Waste of time.

5 hours ago, tray said:

You failed to add any substance to this discussion. Zero. You tracked my posts with vengeance and anger despite the fact that nothing was addressed to you. What for? An addiction to one-upmanship? I have at times encountered know-it-alls who get mouthy and challenge others for sport. I ignore them, especially the anonymous keyboard warriors. Waste of time.

You have spent the entire thread making up lies. Of course your lies weren't addressed to me, but I am sure going to challenge them. Everyone else can handle this, even the ones who don't think the Railyards are ideal. You are the entire problem here. Continue your lies, and you will be continually challenged on them. Stay mad.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears-stadium/2026/11/12/michael-reese-hospital-developers-10-billion-stadium-bears

16 hours ago, southsider2k5 said:

The last stat definitely checks out.

Probably most noteworthy is that poll results show 70% were in favor of the proposed Railyards development anchored by a Sox stadium. A significant number of Chicagoland residents want this.

Yeah, the fact that many aren’t even aware of the Amtrak Bridgeport issue is totally believable.

Lee talks about potential litigation again in the Crain’s article. Unless Amtrak and the FRA failed to follow proper regulations, I just don’t see what standing the city would have to sue since this is being done on railroad property

The next city hall meeting will be Nov 18. Are they going to have a productive discussion or is this just another opportunity for an angry mob to shout down Amtrak and union officials when they try to speak?

Edited Thursday at 10:54 PM1 day by 77 Hitmen

What happened to the focus group that was suppose to talk about the new stadium. Has that group met? I unfortunately was not invited. Has anybody on this site been invited? If the focus group has happened, what actually was discussed there?

35 minutes ago, WBWSF said:

What happened to the focus group that was suppose to talk about the new stadium. Has that group met? I unfortunately was not invited. Has anybody on this site been invited? If the focus group has happened, what actually was discussed there?

They postponed it once they realized they forgot to invite you. Make sure to check your email.

23 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

They postponed it once they realized they forgot to invite you. Make sure to check your email.

I would really like to go. I would love to see what plans there are for the stadium. If they took questions from the audience I would point out that hopefully they won't ruin the design of the new stadium like they did with the present one. If they build the new stadium with another miserable upper deck they're going to have attendance problems again.

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There's some support, Tray.

Just follow the money trail of that oddly-named company that sounds quite harmless...of Wall Street investment banks and Ivy League endowments.

Nobody wants their names publicly associated.

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Edited yesterday at 12:14 AM1 day by caulfield12

Jfc

1 hour ago, WBWSF said:

I would really like to go. I would love to see what plans there are for the stadium. If they took questions from the audience I would point out that hopefully they won't ruin the design of the new stadium like they did with the present one. If they build the new stadium with another miserable upper deck they're going to have attendance problems again.

Everyone is well aware of the design flaws of the current ballpark. They are NOT going to cram 3 luxury levels between the lower and upper decks again.

Ishbia and his dad have been to every MLB ballpark and keep a spreadsheet of which features work and which do not. That should at least give some comfort to all except our resident rage-aholic.

That being said, I’m eager to hear afterwards how these focus group sessions went.

2 hours ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

They postponed it once they realized they forgot to invite you. Make sure to check your email.

Must be lost in Outlook.

17 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

Must be lost in Outlook.

My company got FUCKED by this. How much money was lost today?

Edited yesterday at 12:57 AM1 day by WhiteSox2023

29 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

My company got FUCKED by this. How much money was lost today?

I was with two of my friends today and we all work for vastly different companies (empower, wheels, FEMA) and all three of us at about the same time got the same text from our companies lol

21 hours ago, Lip Man 1 said:

https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears-stadium/2026/11/12/michael-reese-hospital-developers-10-billion-stadium-bears

I hope they find a way to stay in the city. This could be that way.

5 hours ago, AntMan26 said:

I hope they find a way to stay in the city. This could be that way.

It's not bad, but I think they want this built ASAP, and for that to happen, it's Arlington Heights or Indiana, and it won't be Indiana even though that is probably where their best deal is. You can't be the pride and joy of Illinois and play in Indiana. And they aren't getting rid of the song.

38 minutes ago, Dick Allen said:

It's not bad, but I think they want this built ASAP, and for that to happen, it's Arlington Heights or Indiana, and it won't be Indiana even though that is probably where their best deal is. You can't be the pride and joy of Illinois and play in Indiana. And they aren't getting rid of the song.

I can't emphasize enough how little the physical address of a team matters. New York teams aren't in New York City, or state. Dallas is in Arlington. San Francisco is in Santa Clara like 50 miles from SF. The Patriots are a half hour out of Boston. Miami isn't in Miami, unless you count Miami Gardens.

2 hours ago, southsider2k5 said:

I can't emphasize enough how little the physical address of a team matters. New York teams aren't in New York City, or state. Dallas is in Arlington. San Francisco is in Santa Clara like 50 miles from SF. The Patriots are a half hour out of Boston. Miami isn't in Miami, unless you count Miami Gardens.

Chiefs moving across state lines to Wyandotte County KS.

On the podcast Guff shared some info on how the stadium focus group went and revealed that they displayed some new renderings during those meetings. Video should begin at their discussion of the stadium info.

1 hour ago, Sleepy Harold said:

On the podcast Guff shared some info on how the stadium focus group went and revealed that they displayed some new renderings during those meetings. Video should begin at their discussion of the stadium info.

Does anybody have the new renderings of the new stadium?

12 minutes ago, WBWSF said:

Does anybody have the new renderings of the new stadium?

It's a generic concept at this stage.

2 hours ago, Sleepy Harold said:

On the podcast Guff shared some info on how the stadium focus group went and revealed that they displayed some new renderings during those meetings. Video should begin at their discussion of the stadium info.

The host thinks there will be shovels in the ground in 2027. I don’t know how that’s possible if Amtrak won’t be ready to move until 2028.

Otherwise, good update. It sounds like the session(s) went very well. I’d love to hear someone who actually attended give an overview of the session they attended.

11 minutes ago, 77 Hitmen said:

The host thinks there will be shovels in the ground in 2027. I don’t know how that’s possible if Amtrak won’t be ready to move until 2028.

Otherwise, good update. It sounds like the session(s) went very well. I’d love to hear someone who actually attended give an overview of the session they attended.

I would think that somebody who there at the focus group would have said something about it by now.