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Post by Kamera on Sept 29, 2021 9:51:14 GMT -6
This would be the best decision they have made in decades. Bears have a bottom 5 stadium in the NFL with one of the strongest fan bases. Their hands are tied at Soldier Field. Moving to Arlington Heights makes attending games extremely difficult for anyone coming from the city or south suburbs. Does Arlington Heights have the infrastructure in place for a 70k+ stadium? South suburbs, I can see being difficult. For city folks, just take the UP-NW. If Metra increases the amount of trains, they'll make so much $$. edit: what scoots said |
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Post by fancypants on Sept 29, 2021 9:53:32 GMT -6
This would be the best decision they have made in decades. Bears have a bottom 5 stadium in the NFL with one of the strongest fan bases. Their hands are tied at Soldier Field. Moving to Arlington Heights makes attending games extremely difficult for anyone coming from the city or south suburbs. Does Arlington Heights have the infrastructure in place for a 70k+ stadium? One of the main reasons for moving the stadium is due to how difficult it is to get to Soldier Field. It is a gridlock on gamedays because there is only one way in and out. The site in Arlington is surrounded by highway with a ton of room for parking. Metra stops right in front of the stadium and will definitely have non-stop train options from the city. Comparing the net time people would spend getting to AH vs Soldier Field I think AH would win. |
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Post by scoots on Sept 29, 2021 10:05:14 GMT -6
It does piss me off that the Bears absolutely botched the Soldier Field renovation and can walk away with zero accountability (and a relatively small amount of money paid to the city). The city tried to go all "bright side" with their response to the Arlington Heights move, but I don't think having the Chicago Fire as the primary tenant is a great future for that stadium.
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Post by Pale Hose on Sept 29, 2021 10:13:58 GMT -6
Driving from the city out west using 90 is a nightmare. I can't imagine what a Bears game would be like.
The train works but it eliminates the option for tailgating. Also, most people would need to catch it downtown, and most people don't live downtown. Factoring the time it takes for people to get to Union station, and then back after the game, I don't think it would be faster than getting to Soldier Field currently.
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Post by mookie on Sept 29, 2021 10:14:57 GMT -6
I'm assuming this new stadium should pull in some big concerts too, so that is a win for me to not have to get to Soldier Field for those.
That corridor from 53 to the park is going to be just a massive logjam on game days. They're building up a new shopping center type thing just west of the stadium site too, so that is going to add to the mess. But yeah, there's already tons of space for parking.
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Post by concertgoer on Sept 29, 2021 10:17:24 GMT -6
i'm not a Bears fan so I don't have a stake in this, but it would be awesome to have future Super Bowls and Final Fours in the Chicagoland area.
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Post by fancypants on Sept 29, 2021 10:18:32 GMT -6
Driving out west on 90 is a nightmare during rush hour. Not Sunday mornings.
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Post by Pale Hose on Sept 29, 2021 10:44:29 GMT -6
Driving out west on 90 is a nightmare during rush hour. Not Sunday mornings. It's lighter on Sundays but there's still traffic from people going to O'Hare. |
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Post by claypoolfan on Sept 30, 2021 15:28:33 GMT -6
Well at least this SB halftime show is gonna fuckin slap
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Post by Tweet on Sept 30, 2021 15:36:33 GMT -6
……..none of those people have songs that will get past the censors
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Post by wanny on Sept 30, 2021 19:38:08 GMT -6
Rams getting a super bowl in their home stadium with that half time show. Lit
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Post by Tweet on Oct 3, 2021 10:23:26 GMT -6
Urban Meyer appears to be having a bad time
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Post by Tweet on Oct 3, 2021 13:32:39 GMT -6
Well it was fun to see the bears good for 3 quarters before that just happened to David Montgomery
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Post by munkivelli on Oct 3, 2021 20:36:07 GMT -6
Well it was fun to see the bears good for 3 quarters before that just happened to David Montgomery reminder that you were playing the Lions for those 3 quarters. |
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Post by clouddead on Oct 6, 2021 11:26:21 GMT -6
Justin Fields is the starter going forward
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Post by Tweet on Oct 6, 2021 11:43:13 GMT -6
The future is here!
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Post by clouddead on Oct 11, 2021 18:41:02 GMT -6
Countdown to Gruden getting fired
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Post by Tweet on Oct 11, 2021 18:52:39 GMT -6
Not that anything about this is funny, however, I find the fact that this all came from the Washington Football Team investigation somewhat amusing
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Post by Tweet on Oct 11, 2021 19:14:42 GMT -6
Countdown to Gruden getting fired Boy that didn’t take anytime at all |
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Post by airportman on Oct 12, 2021 8:22:35 GMT -6
Countdown to Gruden getting fired "Mr. Slate, you can't fire me! I quit!" |
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Post by scoots on Oct 13, 2021 16:43:28 GMT -6
ESPN writers had access to the Gruden emails months ago did nothing with them after consulting with the NFL. Also speculation that the emails were leaked only after Goodell had asked Davis to suspend Gruden this past weekend or at least just not have him coach and Gruden coached anyway.
There is zero chance there's not a shitload of other people implicated in the documents the league had access to through the Washington/Snyder investigation. There were something like 600k documents and this was just a small glimpse. It'd be nice if there were some decent sports journalists around to poke the story a bit more.
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Post by Tweet on Oct 13, 2021 21:49:12 GMT -6
Hearing this guy saying Mr. Editor in my head has been making me chuckle a lot
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Post by airportman on Oct 15, 2021 6:59:02 GMT -6
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Post by lollaman44 on Oct 15, 2021 7:19:54 GMT -6
the national media is finally starting to pick it up. seems like it's taken forever for those outlets in the nfl's pocket to start paying attention. |
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Post by Tweet on Oct 15, 2021 8:35:22 GMT -6
They will get the Jaguars as a result |
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Post by Tweet on Oct 24, 2021 16:14:58 GMT -6
Put Matt Nagy in jail
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Post by scoots on Oct 24, 2021 16:56:59 GMT -6
Not so fun fact: previous times the Bears gave up 35 points in the first half were both during the Trestman era and were in back to back games. With a bye week in between. He wasn't fired until the end of the year.
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Post by Javo on Oct 24, 2021 17:41:23 GMT -6
This game was extremely painful to watch  |
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Post by Javo on Oct 25, 2021 10:28:45 GMT -6
Matt Nagy tests positive for Covid.
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Post by Tweet on Oct 25, 2021 10:32:36 GMT -6
Leave him in Florida
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