Pre-match: Fire vs FC Dallas: 9/14/19 Brimstone Cup; Mansueto In

firefan2001 · Sep 15, 2019

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This picture was taken at the 81st minute. There were a lot of empty seats, on both sides, for such a beautiful Saturday afternoon. And everything in the stores was fifty percent off.

I am sad to see the Stadium go. It looked nice today. A lot has changed in the year we have been gone. The trees in front are filling in nicely, and the landscaping looks great. There is now a Hampton Inn hotel on the site (!), and two gas stations on the east side of the parking lot.

Section 8, what is left of it, cheers on, but it is a shadow of its former self. Sector Latino is now behind the opposite goal, you could really hear them. Their old corner section is covered by something, I guess to keep people from sitting there?

My grandson used to love the ball toss at the beginning of the game. That is apparently gone. They did chuck a few T-Shirts at the half. Half time, well that was a kids team game of some sort, nothing like the crazy "entertainment" of old. I hear they did not even have a "meet the team" for the STH.

It is like the heart has been sucked out of the place. Sad, sad.

And I want to know what they are going to do with my memorial brick in front, when they move out.

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I wonder why they just haven't put back the seats in 101, instead of getting a trap to fill in the section? Probably would have cost the same.

Jiggly_333 · Sep 15, 2019

firefan2001 said: ↑

I wonder why they just haven't put back the seats in 101, instead of getting a trap to fill in the section? Probably would have cost the same.
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It's "The Hearth" now. Whatever that means.

https://www.chicago-fire.com/post/2019/03/09/introducing-hearth

firefan2001 · Sep 15, 2019

Jiggly_333 said: ↑

It's "The Hearth" now. Whatever that means.

https://www.chicago-fire.com/post/2019/03/09/introducing-hearth
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Wouldn't it make more sense to have more seats then?

xtomx · Sep 15, 2019

Jiggly_333 said: ↑

It's "The Hearth" now. Whatever that means.

https://www.chicago-fire.com/post/2019/03/09/introducing-hearth
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Was it ever actually used?

Jiggly_333 · Sep 16, 2019

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Was it ever actually used?
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According to Patrick Stanton, yes. I don't follow much of the charitable giving side of the club, so I trust him on this.