Pre-match: New Fire Stadium-Yep, It's happening!

Discussion in 'Chicago Fire' started by xtomx, Jun 3, 2025.

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What are your feelings about the new stadium?

  1. Psyched!

    16 vote(s)
    61.5%
  2. Super Psyched!

    8 vote(s)
    30.8%
  3. I am over the f*cking Moon!

    11 vote(s)
    42.3%
  4. Boo! I wanted to stay to Soldier Field, I will miss the Football lines

    1 vote(s)
    3.8%
  5. Boo! I wanted to return to Bridgeview. It was our home

    3 vote(s)
    11.5%
  6. Boo! I TOTALLY thought the Lincoln Yards site was going to happen

    2 vote(s)
    7.7%
  7. Joe is coming through, once again!

    12 vote(s)
    46.2%
  8. I am beyond thrilled that it will be privately funded.

    14 vote(s)
    53.8%
  9. "Privately Funded? This sets a bad precedent!"- White Sox and Bears

    6 vote(s)
    23.1%
  10. Something STUPID will happen!

    9 vote(s)
    34.6%
  11. Can we sell the naming rights to Malört? That would be awesome!

    11 vote(s)
    42.3%
  12. Harold's Chicken Shack Stadium

    8 vote(s)
    30.8%
  13. Marshall Field's Field! (or Marshall's Field?)

    4 vote(s)
    15.4%
  14. MorningStar Horizon (well, it sounds nice and worked for Rosemont for a time)

    2 vote(s)
    7.7%
  15. It will be some silly corporate name (Stub Hub, Seat Geek, "Lower.com") nonsense

    4 vote(s)
    15.4%
  16. Solder Field (just to f*ck with people, but named after Lost Soldier Oil and Gas from Wyoming)

    1 vote(s)
    3.8%
  17. No, Raccoon Arena! (Yes, we can call an outdoor place an Arena)

    8 vote(s)
    30.8%
  18. It will open PRIOR to the new stadium for NYCFC (we are the City that Works, afterall!)

    9 vote(s)
    34.6%
  19. What, No Dome?!? Fail

    4 vote(s)
    15.4%
  20. Shaqiri sucks! He didn't run enough!

    8 vote(s)
    30.8%
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  1. In the end the site has a good chance of looking like none of the renderings.
     
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  2. xtomx

    xtomx Member+

    Chicago Fire
    Sep 6, 2001
    Northern Wisconsin, but not far from civilization
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    At least 100% chance.
     
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  3. harrylee773

    harrylee773 Member+

    Jul 28, 2004
    Chicago
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    It looks like maybe that little sliver along the river will be a bike path, hopefully connecting to the lakefront trail. It definitely will look nothing like these renderings, and it will be interesting to see if the Sox get a stadium there too (and the impact that has) but obvs this is all very nice to look at for now.
     
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  4. bunge

    bunge BigSoccer Supporter

    Oct 24, 2000
    1) It would be nice to see the riverwalk connect all the way down to the site.
    2) Even as a Sox fan worried they’ll get moved, I wouldn’t want to see two stadiums on the site if one was subsidized by the government and one was not.
     
  5. ArsenalMetro

    ArsenalMetro Member+

    United States
    Aug 5, 2008
    Chicago, IL
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
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  6. bunge

    bunge BigSoccer Supporter

    Oct 24, 2000
  7. Mac97

    Mac97 Member+

    Jul 15, 2014
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    I agree with you then that it won't happen.
     
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  8. xtomx

    xtomx Member+

    Chicago Fire
    Sep 6, 2001
    Northern Wisconsin, but not far from civilization
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Looks nice, but seems like too much money for the size of the stadium.

    It will be interesting to learn more as this develops.
     
  9. xtomx

    xtomx Member+

    Chicago Fire
    Sep 6, 2001
    Northern Wisconsin, but not far from civilization
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    And to think, all Andrew Hauptman gave us was the Latin Kings inspired logo.

    Thank you, Joe M.
     
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  10. One obvious thing no one has pointed out is the likely death of the current tailgate culture. Their stated desire is to create a 365 day a year (366 days in leap years) entertainment district much like Wrigleyville. There are no stadium parking lots, only garages. There will be no place Javier to "sell" tacos for free and I doubt any private lot will allow the type of tailgating we're used to.
     
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  11. schroncar

    schroncar Member+

    Chicago Fire
    Mar 2, 2007
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    No stadium parking, really?
     
  12. bunge

    bunge BigSoccer Supporter

    Oct 24, 2000
    It’s been a huge concern for many of us but we just don’t know yet. I have low hopes though.
     
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  13. bunge

    bunge BigSoccer Supporter

    Oct 24, 2000
    No lots, only garages. That makes tailgating a bit difficult.
     
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  14. Looks like stadium parking will be like the North Garage at SF.
     
  15. There's talk of stadium naming rights going for north of $10 million a season. Baldwin mentioned Fortune 500 companies are interested. This will allow Joe to recoup a nice chunk of his investment.
     
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  16. overlap_old_coach

    Chicago Fire
    United States
    May 2, 2022
    The ‘problem’ with tailgating is it’s free:cautious:

    The renderings show what looks like ‘rental tents’ for pregame hang, like is common across college campuses for NCAA football.
    upload_2025-6-17_8-34-11.jpeg

    Everything about the new digs appears to leave ‘jamming econo’ behind:(
     
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  17. schroncar

    schroncar Member+

    Chicago Fire
    Mar 2, 2007
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Or pay part of ongoing operating expenses.
     
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  18. schroncar

    schroncar Member+

    Chicago Fire
    Mar 2, 2007
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    If only off-site parking, does this mean no parking for any of the other businesses in the 78?
     
  19. HerthaBerwyn

    HerthaBerwyn Member+

    May 24, 2003
    Chicago
    I have no interest in packages with 'dining experiences' and parking. Since I moved to the burbs last fall (I know, I know) ill take the Skokie Swift.
     
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  20. bunge

    bunge BigSoccer Supporter

    Oct 24, 2000
    I think you're missing the "tailgaiting" part of parking. There may be parking. There does not appear to be any accommodations for tailgaiting.
     
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  21. schroncar

    schroncar Member+

    Chicago Fire
    Mar 2, 2007
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Agree tailgating will be hurt. Offering rental tents not quite the same experience.
    Just trying to make sure I understand what the development will be.
     
  22. HerthaBerwyn

    HerthaBerwyn Member+

    May 24, 2003
    Chicago
    Pilsen is just across the river. Ping Tom park is just south. There is still flat land just south of River City. Id wager there is a private flat place fairly close with whom discussions could be had.
     
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  23. schroncar

    schroncar Member+

    Chicago Fire
    Mar 2, 2007
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The new stadium will have a number of pluses and also a few minuses. Kinda like moving to a newer, bigger house. “Another bedroom, a dining room and a family room, but I will miss my breakfast nook.” And it will cost more.
    Good that these shortcomings are mentioned so every possible solution is considered but losses are inevitable.
     
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  24. It's a downright poor environment for downtown development. The office space market is depressed (see Lincoln Yards). Commercial development save hospitality & leisure is slumping. Any residential development will be challenged by repurposed office developments and community demands for affordable housing.

    The Wrigleyville entertainment district evolved the way it did due to a fragmented and constrained real estate market which was ripe for the Ricketts' strategy of playing the long game to muscle out the little guys. While The 78 is a clean canvas, Lincoln Yards (and on a parallel track the Bears in Arlington Heights) illustrate that creating a Rosemont or Wrigleyville is not done in one fell swoop. And whatever develops in and around The 78 will be much more bourgeois than proletarian.
     
  25. Mac97

    Mac97 Member+

    Jul 15, 2014
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    The red brick sits comfortably with a classic Chicago architectural look. There is also alot of glass there, which also points to Chicago's invention of the skyscraper, via steel I beam skeleton, allowing more glass and less masonry, ala the Monadnack, Marquette and Reliant buildings.

    Inadequate max seating (pushing higher ticket prices that exclude too many people), but damn good looking basic design.
     

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