I was told the sheep fill the stadium no matter how good or bad they are. Where are all the people from Iowa for opening day next Monday?

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I'm guessing they will sell out.

Regardless, you need to stop with this stupid strawman. Are you really suggesting- whether they sell out Monday or not- that they would do better in Rosemont. It's idiotic.

However much you wish they were in Rosemont with a HUGE parking lot for your own convenience on the three occasions you go each year, I'm sure you can understand that the Cubs sell lots of Wrigley Field shirts and caps. Do you really think they will be selling Stephens Field shirts and caps? And if they do, that anyone will be buying them? There are people that go to Wrigely Field because of the park rather than because of the 100 loss team that plays there. Whether you want to admit that FACT or not.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

Not enough to make up for lost revenue from parking and Sky Boxes.

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Really? You've worked all the spreadsheets, huh?

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

Well you obviously have. Lets see the results.

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No. I use common sense. If moving was going to make more money for the owners, they'd be gone.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

Didn't you just state yesterday the owner of the Cubs is an idiot?

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Nope.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

Wrigley is unique. 1 of 2 in American Sports. There is crazy amount of money in that. Rosemont is nonsensical for a variety of reasons.

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Team Cutler.

Hmmmm, I was told all Cubs fans blindly trust and are OK with Theo, "The Plan", and the Cubs direction.

Quite an endorsement.

It looks like you've recovered from the suicidal thoughts you had when you last argued with me and you want to do it even more!

Have Cub fans really turned on Theo already? How many Cub fans disapprove of the job he is doing? It seems like right now it's rpb and jimmypasta.

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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!

There was along drawn out discussion yesterday about how Ricketts is in over his head and doesn't have the money needed to compete. An argument advanced by you. If he was a "smart" owner he would not have leveraged all his money into buying the team and have nothing left to pay for players.

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That was Todd Ricketts. And while Tom may not have been smart enough for that specific plan, JORR never said he was a complete idiot on the level of his useless brother. Tom's problem is being too small a fish in too big a pond, really. Doesn't belong in Chicago. Doesn't belong in the majors.

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So you don't think the Bears could have had a more profitable situation then the abortion of a remodeled stadium they are currently in?

Or the fact Uncle Jerry did a shitty job with the ball park design at the cell and got the state to spend millions on changing a bunch of stuff?

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No. I'm done.

You've turned on Theo, or you are done arguing with it? Either way, you do a poor job communicating that on this message board.

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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!

I have no issues with Theo. I'm done arguing.

Cool. I recommend you not reopen the discussion then. That's the best way to be done with 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!

Why Rosemont?

Because they want the Cubs?

I mean, supposing the Cubs HAD to move. Would Rosemont be the best choice?

Obviously Schaumburg is the best choice...no matter the question.

Rosemont is pretty good. close to o'hare, ample hotels, direct access to several expressways and public transportation from the city, close enough to the traditional fanbase location that it wouldn't be a deterrent to get to.

I wonder if this thread is going to look foolish when the opening day sellout is announced?

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

I bought my tickets. If I choose to show up, thats my business.

Opening day 59 Degrees, rain and thunderstorm. rainout

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

I wonder what the results would look like. Parking and sky boxes require a lot of capital, will only be used 81 times per year and depreciate immediately. T shirts take almost nothing and can be sold for huge markup 365 days of the year.

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

Id prefer something even closer to the traditional location.

Wait so Conn's thoughts aren't valid cause he hasn't read the spreadsheets but your stubbornness about the Cubs staying in Wrigley based just off what you consider common sense is perfectly justified?

That doesn't seem to follow common sense.

This whole Cubs thing is cute.

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-- source

Conns' thoughts are bad because there is no basis for them. He's pulling them out of the air.

My thoughts are superior because the Cubs have been owned by some hard bottom line businessmen who certainly have had the wherewithal to move the team if they believed what Conns believes. But maybe Conns is just smarter than the billionaires that actually have to make the decision.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

Four dumbshit sentences.

Save those kind of posts for Darkside.

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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!

Explain the "new" Soldier Field and how that is not an abortion? Really rich people had that built.

Those really smart rich people in Sacramento have done wonders to the Kings.

Sam Zell was really rich and ran the tribune into the ground.

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