Should Illinois Sell the Cell?

[Dick Allen]

The State of Illinois should sell it. The Sox shouldn't offer to buy it, unless a third party gets involved to buy it. The article made mention that the Sox paid $2.7 million in 2009, so I am guessing thats the rent. Whether its dynamic (per seat sold) or not, I don't know. When its time for a new staduim, they should keep it in the city and probably just put it where the old one was. When they build the new one, they should have moved it north to the South Loop when land values weren't through the roof. I did like the concept of a new stadium being built on Northerly Island though that somebody posted a little while ago.

 

Never on Northernly Island. The public transportation there and driving there would be a nightmare. Its OK for the Bears when you have 10 dates. If you wanted to make it an 81 day event, you season ticket base would dwindle because its just not worth the trouble.

 

There is still a parcel on the south side of Roosevelt Rd. by Clark that could be used. The north side of that now has a Target and a ICON theater. That could have been ideal. It would have been easily accessable for the after work crowd, open to the skyline. A couple of blocks from the Redine, greenl ine and orange line.

 

I just don't see unless its the White Sox and the state is almost giving it away, who would want to buy it. The Sox have all the say so in the property, and its not like that area is ever really going to be a hot area for re development if the Sox ever leave.

[SkokieSox]

Is Reinsdorf's group even interested, or are we talking Chinese ownership like the toll roads?

 

The building is already 20 years old. It may have another 20 before people start b****ing about a new park.

 

Wait wait, the Chinese were going to buy our toll roads?