NFL NFL Stadiums Discussion
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Exe Gesis
Kylo was here
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The Bears not @ Soldier Field just doesn't seem right.
Exe Gesis
Kylo was here
Reckon it has to be a ruse. It's also like Packers not at Lambeau. Historic clubs with historic stadiums.
- May 3, 2015
- 3,514
- 7,719
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- Richmond
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- Cubs Blackhawks Fulham Ivanhoe FC
Historic but small and outdated.
They made a total hash of the last renovation
Chadwiko
The Captain!
- Sep 25, 2004
- 25,346
- 41,708
- AFL Club
- North Melbourne
- Other Teams
- Washington Commanders, Boston Celtics
If this happened at FedEx Field it would have been a national story. People love to shit on that stadium but ignore issues at other stadiums.
Dirty Bird
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IDC if they play at Soldier Field or not
But moving to the outskirts of NW Chicago (the 3rd largest metropolitan area in America) just seems idiotic.
It'd be like the QLD government building the new olympic stadium at Springfield.
Dirty Bird
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The more pressing issues for me are
1) Why did numerous people take ponchos to a fixed roof stadium. In a city that has rain 1 in 10 days a year, at an average of 1mm a day. This isnt Chicago dammit.
and
2) How the hell did he enter the stadium alive wearing red in Crips heartland territory.
Chadwiko
The Captain!
- Sep 25, 2004
- 25,346
- 41,708
- AFL Club
- North Melbourne
- Other Teams
- Washington Commanders, Boston Celtics
This was at Soldier Field, I believe.
- Jan 7, 2018
- 8,047
- 7,384
- AFL Club
- Western Bulldogs
Would be a shame, I love Chicago and the stadium is in the perfect place and the area is nice to walk around.
- Jan 7, 2018
- 8,047
- 7,384
- AFL Club
- Western Bulldogs
- May 3, 2015
- 3,514
- 7,719
- AFL Club
- Richmond
- Other Teams
- Cubs Blackhawks Fulham Ivanhoe FC
It’s location is fabulous as is the city and it’s love of sport is probably only rivaled by Melbourne of the cities I’ve visited.
The problem is it’s owned by the city and not the bears, it’s the smallest stadium in the NFL and user unfriendly in the freezing winters.
The Bears franchise aren’t making enough money to continue there unless radical and improbable changes are made to the existing deal and soldier field itself unfortunately
A11dAtP0w3R
Dumpster Fire Diver
- Oct 18, 2013
- 96,352
- 142,030
- AFL Club
- Melbourne
- Other Teams
- Carolina Panthers
Chadwiko
The Captain!
- Sep 25, 2004
- 25,346
- 41,708
- AFL Club
- North Melbourne
- Other Teams
- Washington Commanders, Boston Celtics
(Repeating myself) - it wasn't sewage at FedEx Field, for what it's worth.
That was a lie that spread like wildfire, and the truth was largely ignored.
A11dAtP0w3R
Dumpster Fire Diver
- Oct 18, 2013
- 96,352
- 142,030
- AFL Club
- Melbourne
- Other Teams
- Carolina Panthers
Fair enough.
Still, you're essentially comparing one shithole to another, (the Panthers stadium is another shithole fwiw) hardly anything to feel hard done by over. Plenty of Bears fans hate Soldier Field and say it's an outdated shithole.
Exe Gesis
Kylo was here
Exe Gesis
Kylo was here
Column: Super Bowls before the Super Bowl? Don't rule it out
If Buffalo and Kansas City both reach the AFC championship game, they'll head to Atlanta, of all places, to compete for a spot in the Super Bowl. The neutral site is just a one-off for now, the hasty solution to a crucial game being called off in the next-to-last week of the regular season...
www.yahoo.com
Now, one can't help but wonder if the NFL, in a never-ending quest to increase its wealth and raise an already towering profile, could use this as a test run for staging conference title games at predetermined sites — just like it does with the Super Bowl.
The owners are surely intrigued by the thought of two mini-Super Bowls before the Super Bowl.
Don't brush off this idea, which has been bandied about before — most notably by the late Lamar Hunt, longtime owner of the Chiefs, whose proposal in the 1990s was rebuffed by his fellow owners.
“He was a big-event guy. He loved big events,” remembered Bob Moore, the team's historian and former media relations director. “He thought a warm-weather, indoor location somewhere would be preferable" to decide which two teams went to the Super Bowl.
Not surprisingly, the players seem against the idea.
They believe the team that posts the best record in each conference deserves to play at home at least until the Super Bowl — with all the advantages that entails, from fan support to a familiar stadium surface to potentially inclement weather they're used to playing in.
“It's only right to reward the No. 1 seed from a long season to be able have home-field advantage through the playoffs,” Bills safety Micah Hyde said Friday.
But player sentiments are unlikely to carry a whole lot of weight.
This will come down to money, and whether the owners think they can make more of it with conference title games being held at neutral stadiums.
In all likelihood, they can.
“Obviously, the NFL is going to love that, because they’re able to pick and choose more stadiums to play in, revenue," Hyde said. “It would make sense for them.”
Big pitch on the refurb of Soldier Field
- you can swipe left on the post and watch the 6min video
- you can swipe left on the post and watch the 6min video
Exe Gesis
Kylo was here
Very impressive proposal, would be the best stadium in America. The transit station running under and into the stadium is genius.
- Feb 25, 2013
- 51,393
- 58,596
- AFL Club
- Brisbane Lions
If they're going to put any sort of roof over Soldier Field the Bears should fold
A11dAtP0w3R
Dumpster Fire Diver
- Oct 18, 2013
- 96,352
- 142,030
- AFL Club
- Melbourne
- Other Teams
- Carolina Panthers
Just move somewhere new, dont bastardise Soldier Field with a roof if you want one.
A11dAtP0w3R
Dumpster Fire Diver
- Oct 18, 2013
- 96,352
- 142,030
- AFL Club
- Melbourne
- Other Teams
- Carolina Panthers
I got admit it does look pretty good though having a look at the vids, cost would be astronomical however, likely more than what it would to build the new stadium in Arlington Heights, and you can bet your bottom dollar the McCaskey's wont be paying a cent for it, over to you city taxpayer.
How long would it really take to redevelop a site like that. They're surely be playing elsewhere for 5 years
- May 3, 2015
- 3,514
- 7,719
- AFL Club
- Richmond
- Other Teams
- Cubs Blackhawks Fulham Ivanhoe FC
It’s the cities pledge to the bears to stay, so no the Mc caskeys won’t have to pay, but also won’t own operate or profit from it either.
Chicagos crime rates are alarmingly high and sticking billions into soldier field while turning a blind eye on a high murder rate isn’t going to go down to well locally
