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southsideIrish
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Pretty sure there's also a water taxi stop at Ping Park or whatever that park is in Chinatown nearby. Or at least there used to be.
No Fun Shogun
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ChiHawks10
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Why? When it's beautiful and the weather is nice, the roof is open. When the weather sucks, the roof is closed. No rain delays. No rainouts. No going to see baseball outside when it's 35 degrees in April or October. Not to mention it brings in all kinds of revenue from concerts and festivals and such. There are really no negatives to it. Especially somewhere like Chicago.
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It's way more than that. Roofs are the most expensive thing about a stadium. You never really pay for it, it doesn't add the long term value that people think it does.
ChiHawks10
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Yeah, you're talking like an additional 300-500m for a retractable roof. I just think it makes sense somewhere like Chicago. If you're building a billion dollar+ stadium, wtf does it matter if you spend another 400m? 
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I would definitely appreciate it, I'll be in my 40s by the time this thing gets built 
Blackhawkswincup
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Yeah, you're talking like an additional 300-500m for a retractable roof. I just think it makes sense somewhere like Chicago. If you're building a billion dollar+ stadium, wtf does it matter if you spend another 400m?
Also increases options for concerts and other events to be held there in offseason
But still $300-500M would take a lot of concerts/etc to justify + Would go against venues like UC, Rosemont Horizon (Whatever that is called now) and others
DisgruntledHawkFan
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ChiHawks10
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Bruh, I have like 10 months left until 40.I would definitely appreciate it, I'll be in my 40s by the time this thing gets built
Only thing that allows me to do is play in the over 40 elite league for hockey.
And wake up more sore every day.
BRayne
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Best case scenario is that Jerry splits the funding with Related and they draw up a contract that includes the option of full stadium ownership for the purchaser when the kids sell the team after he dies.
Sarava
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You also would need to see what the Bears do first. If the Sox put a retractable roof on a new stadium, and the Bears build a giant dome in Arlington Heights - I would imagine most concerts would go to the Bears dome. Also upkeep and maintenance costs that would be pretty massive for a retractable roof.
I'm a little out of the loop with this south loop stadium thing...been busy at work this week. I hope Jerry doesn't think the Illinois taxpayers will pay for this again?
And I wonder how will parking and traffic might be for people like myself coming from the burbs.
Football (and to a certain degree hockey) to me is always better in the elements. I know the NFL will never do it but I rather see the Super Bowl played in the cold and not the warm.
ChiHawks10
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We're talking about a baseball stadium. Not a football stadium.
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South Loop would get more than a new White Sox stadium — think residences, a hotel, restaurants and more
A new Sox ballpark would be just one element in a multibillion development on a largely vacant tract of land known as “The 78.”
chicago.suntimes.com
Replace football with baseball and my point still stands. I like the element being part of the game.
Sarava
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No Fun Shogun
34-38-61-10-13-15
Eh, I’m going to hold my breath as we all know that Reinsdorf will throw a temper tantrum for public funding.
ChiHawks10
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Who likes watching baseball when it's 35 or 40 degrees, sleeting, snowing, raining, etc? Baseball is a warm weather sport. Always has been. Playing it in those conditions is a disadvantage to those teams, as well as miserable for the fans. I literally don't even think of attending a Sox game until mid May at the earliest, and I really don't wanna go to a game past mid September. IDK if I'd even want to go to a cold ass October night playoff game at this point.
They are and should continue to be part of the game. Maybe asterisks since the games are now vanilla.
Much easier to pass a football in generic conditions.
Ball doesn’t sting off the bat in generic conditions.
All because p***y fans don’t want to sit in imperfect weather.
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