Don't they require that books have a physical location in Illinois?

The physical sports book itself isn't that big of an investment. It's like building a big chain bar. 20 big screen tvs and 100 comfortable chairs and you have yourself a physical book.

I think people go to the one at Rivers. I went there when my kid had an event in Rosemont. There were degens filling it up on a weekday night in the summer. It's a nice way to watch a game.

So one of the big revenue streams is going to be nailing drunk drivers. And politically I wonder if the current protected casino and entertainment venue owners in the nearby suburbs will sit idly by for the McCaskey family to cut in on their profits and government handouts.

Laurence Holmes is a fucking weirdo, a nerd in denial, and a wannabe. Not a very good radio host either.

I'm still hoping they fail. I'm hoping the environmentalists win, they find dead bodies on the property, or Papa Bear intervenes.

so, is it a revenue stream or is it government handouts?

I’m hoping that they will succeed and allow for the demolition of Soldier Field either for a new stadium or entertainment venue.

I don't think they can knock it down. Doesn't it have historic landmark status? Isn't it a WWII monument?

I don't think they can knock it down. Doesn't it have historic landmark status? Isn't it a WWII monument?

Hate to tell ya this "Amigo", but that is sort of the essence of how life works.

I thought they stripped landmark status during the last time they fixed it.

I thought they stripped landmark status during the last time they fixed it.

Would they need Rodgers' approval?

If I'm the Bears the first thing I do after it becomes official is ask the White Sox to join them in a retractable roof stadium on the property.

It's becoming clear that the concept of a bricks and mortar sportsbook is like canals that had one short moment before being replaced by railroads.

Probably. I'm not a gambler so the growth of online or brick and mortar has zero appeal to me anyways and if anything these partnerships make me less and less interested in sports in general.

Nobody cares about the shitheals that live in Arlington Heights

It's more fun to be a victim

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

You live in/near fucking Morris.

Maybe I’m being nieve, but I don’t really see the motivation for anyone to do a sweetheart deal with the Bears unless they’re looking to enter the N.F.L. club. Which cannot be discounted. New York and Los Angeles was money spent by wealthy owners on four teams in the two largest markets. Vegas, Atlanta and the new stadium in Nashville are for new or burgeoning markets. The league kick in Buffalo is simply following precedent for a relatively recent owner who showed loyalty to a ridiculously small market.

The Bears don’t fit any of those molds. Plus it makes no financial sense, especially since you’re talking about tearing down Solder Field and playing in Champaign for two or three years. It’s no longer the seventies or eighties, city residents don’t care like we used to and as long as team hq remains in the far out burbs, players aren’t going to be attracted to suburban life in the sticks.

I’m hoping that they will succeed and allow for the demolition of Soldier Field either for a new stadium or entertainment venue.

It's more fun to be a victim

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

You live in/near fucking Morris.

Obviously a loan will be available. The Bears are the collateral. Who wouldn't lend on that? It's the terms of the loan that may not be acceptable to the Bears.

That makes entirely too much sense. Because now the city, county and state have to open up their wallets. Hopefully they could keep the thieves from McPier out…unless they can tear down the white elephant that is the old McCormick Place for the new site.

I thought the landmark status was part of the reason why they had to incorporate the old stadium into the spaceship.

"if we had let this stand, I believe it would have lowered the standard of National Historic Landmarks throughout the country [...] If we want to keep the integrity of the program, let alone the landmarks, we really had no other recourse."

One question in this is why would Cook County pay to help the Bears move from one Cook County city to another Cook County city? This is not a Cook versus DuPage/Will/whatever situation.

Does anyone think the Dems running this state are going to want to spend money for the McCaskeys when Virginia donated to Jeanne Ives? The McCaskeys are not the Wirtzes or Reinsdorf, whom would have had all the politics done well before now. And the clock is ticking on that properly option. It is up in March.

Hate to tell ya this "Amigo", but that is sort of the essence of how life works.

Interesting. I thought he lived in Ford Heights.

I think that was the plan, but when they finished it, the Historical Preservation whatever people took one look at it and said fuck this place and they delisted it.

Edit: why don’t I look it up

That’s Warren’s problem to solve.

According to the Daily Herald, there is one more in consideration. Arlington Heights Mayor Tom Hayes confirmed to the paper that the Bears are assessing asking for a PILOT agreement, or Payments in Lieu of Taxes, which would allow the team to negotiate a property tax payment instead of paying taxes based on land value.

The tax option is used now for nonprofits, so setting a PILOT agreement up for the Bears would require at least state legislation but might require a constitutional amendment.

"As we have mentioned publicly, in order for this project to move forward, we will need to have property tax certainty and infrastructure support," Bears Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications Scott Hagel said. "We continue to do our due diligence on how that can be accomplished, but have made no asks at this point."

It's more fun to be a victim

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

The city/state money will likely be for infrastructure improvements and not the property.

Hate to tell ya this "Amigo", but that is sort of the essence of how life works.