Apparently the contractors forgot to put rebar in the concrete at Nissan Stadium, and now the entire thing is falling apart 23 years in. The state of Tennessee is thus giving the Titans nearly a billion and a quarter in taxpayer dollars to build a new fixed-roof dome that will maybe host a Super Bowl and Final Four.

Does this affect how much welfare the Bears will ask for to have their Bears Containment Zone? I mean, if the lowly Titans get that much, the Bears are entitled to more.

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Tax exempt muni bonds paid off through tourism taxes make perfect sense for places like Vegas and quickly becoming Vegas East (for the tourism, sans the gambling) Nashville.







The bridesmaid industrial complex keeps the bars along Broadway full and the adjacent AirBnB capacity booked from April through about September/October. Bookings fall off a cliff in October/November through the winter in Nashville. A shiny new enclosed stadium should attract out of town NFL and even college football fans (SEC championship game? Music City Bowl should get an upgrade in teams and time-slot) to Nashville during the off-season for bridesmaid tourism. Throw in some big name concert weekends and maybe a February music fest and then a March madness weekend or even Final Four and that connects back around to the drunk chicks from Iowa and Ohio in newly bought cowboy boot season.

Nashville is full of itself right now. It recognizes its status as an up and coming city, is confident that it can bear the costs of a new stadium, and desperate to maintain its status as an NFL city. I don't think any of those things apply to Arlington Heights.

How much do you think the Bears will pay to bribe the review board?

14 million?

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I'm thinking zero. Maybe a couple lunches. Can't just jack it up 6 times. It's a boarded up property at the moment. Did the Bears pay some exorbitant amount for it?

They paid the amount it was assessed.

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tickets to a pre-season game of their choice and an authographed #14 Nathan Peterman jersey.

five thousand bucks its all there pal

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Damn. Really? I took Dr. Ken Jr. I to a Seahawks game there a few years ago.

I didn't think it was a great stadium but I'm glad it didn't collapse.

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My Maserati does 186.

They will hire dolphin's law firm to take care of it.

Not a problem. No bribe needed.

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They will win an appeal. People win appeals on their own, without lawyers

Yeah, they should go with dolphin, not Caller Bob's recomendation on this.

I speak from experience, not from my garage.

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I never suggested they SHOULDN'T use their lawyers. Reading is FUNdamental.

They should tell Chicago to shove their taxes and move the stadium to Burnham where maybe they can find some relics from the Capone mob that had homes adjoining Burnham Woods golf course. I used to walk that course looking for golf balls and sell the balls I found to the golfers as a kid wondering if I would stumble across a body disposed of so to speak:). I did find some wooden shafted golf clubs but no heads or bodies amid the reeds adjoining the course.

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Oh, he might have went on livin'
But he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the Ranger
With the big iron on his hip

It sounds like the Bears never applied for vacancy status on the property and it’s being assessed at the market rate.

If only they had some brilliant attorney/team president well versed in stadium development who could’ve prepared for this issue.

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A fuckup, for sure, but it's still government at it's finest. Assessor think the Bears are running horse races? How 'bout a phone call? Yeah, I know, it's not govt's job to work with people. It's their job to file paperwork and then shrug their shoulders.

They used the tools at their disposal to hurt people who deserved it.

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How does vacancy status work? If the land was rezoned for residential, it would certainly generate more tax than the $3m previously being assessed (though probably not $18m, which is like $55k per acre).

Fuck the McCaskeys.

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Also, last I checked, we're in a housing crisis, not a "place for the Bears to play" crisis.

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Deserved it? Why aren't you happy they are leaving? They are even buying their own land for it.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Arlington Heights has a housing crisis?

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Chicago?

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“How do you get to be president and you’re stupid?” Donald J Trump - 4/10/25
When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king. The palace turns into a circus. - Turkish Proverb

Time for Brandon Johnson to swoop in with a move that will make him mayor for life

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Are you kidding? His move would be to tax the players 20% of each game check they receive for playing at Soldier Field.

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Brandon playing 3D chess

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.