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Yep. The land is worth more than the stadium to a new owner.

It's worthless due to friends of park litigation against Lucas. They couldn't even build a free billion dollar museum on the parking lot.

A very small sliver is north of Lake Cook Road west of Buffalo Grove. The main part is Cook County and no way would Lake County pay for something they'd get 0 revenue from.

Which is why the best play is to buy the land and then sell to an extremely wealthy buyer who could finance the stadium. Why would a new ownership group want to buy whatever garbage the current owners build.

Im pretty sure Arlington Heights isnt in Lake County as its south of Lake Cook Road. Youd be asking Cook County to pay for another stadium or state tax payers when the state has no money. People are thinking they'll get a Sofi stadium, that was privately financed. The Bears have no plan as usual.

Nah its posturing. Buying the land is the easy part, building and paying for the stadium is where it will be difficult for the Bears.

Eh its going to add massive debt load. The best option would be to sell before they get into the fight to build the stadium. Asking for tax dollars from Illinois residents to build the stadium is going to be a war. The Bears ownership doesn't have the cash to build it and there will be a massive campaign against tax increases. I really doubt Arlington Heights will be able to raise that money alone.

Personally none, and every person I interact with has been vaccinated. Additionally my law firm has not received a single call about vaccine adverse reaction. Every week we receive multiple calls on how to legally get people out of vaccines, but no one has actually called with an adverse reaction.

Chicagoland has a store called ABT who does their own installs. I actually have a contact there who was giving me a much better deal than Best Buy, they just didnt have the exact model. My main issue with Best Buy itself was it took over an hour to get anyone on the phone after the installation team left and even then they could not reschedule me for another week. Even worse is that they somehow allowed one of the products I bought (the water line attachment) to go out of stock after the installation, which meant they then were going to have to delay my installation even longer. The store Manager called me today again and he said that the Warehouse and the installation team never even responded to him from yesterday. It may be better in other areas, but ABT will match every Best Buy price. Im not sure if they offer 0% financing though.

Long story short. They showed up and asked me to turn off my water main. I asked them why that was necessary because I have a shut off valve under my sink. They went under my sink and turned a different valve that goes to my water filter (while the water was on) until a small amount of water came out. They said that my sink was leaking and they had to call Best Buy to get permission to do the installation. They said while they were calling to go and turn my water main off. I went in my crawl space and turned the water main off. When I got back upstairs they were completely gone. I thought they had to move the truck cause they were blocking a street so I tried to call them and find out where they were. I then had a voicemail from Best Buy that the installation people told them that my pipes were broke and that I need a plumber to inspect before they would come back. My current refrigerator already has a water line attached to it so they had to do no installation. They never even tried to turn the shut off under the sink, just said it needed to be the water main. I am pretty sure that they get paid if they report there is a problem with the customer. So basically they made up an issue and told me to go away while they lied to Best Buy. I tried to call Best Buy for over an hour and when I finally reached them was informed they could not install until next week. It was completely shocking and I could never imagine a store ever allowing a $2,500 purchase to be handled that way. After speaking to the instore Manager at Best Buy for 30 minutes he basically admitted they have no control over appliance installation, it is done by contractors and they basically cant assist in anyway. Which is why I am warning people.

There was nothing to return. They never even took the unit off the truck. I went to the store who sold it and they tried to convince me to try again and were willing to offer more discounts. They said I could cancel which I did later. I am still getting emails about the delivery and that the water line is out of stock. So if I had stayed with them who knows what would have happened. Its completely crazy because I purchased the water line, so how could the one that I bought now be missing. Im actually happy in a way that this all happened. I was somewhat worried about getting another LG and preferred ABT for their warranty. Ill be without a refrigerator 1 more week, but at least Ill have a 5 year warranty and a better product (albeit more expensive.)

Not sure where else to put this, but please do not buy an appliance from Best Buy. I just purchased a refrigerator last week and had the installation team who showed up and then left without installing it. I tried to reach out to Best Buy and it took over an hour to get someone on the phone and finally they said they couldnt reschedule until 7 days from now. I already had waited a week for installation. I was going to buy from ABT but they didnt have the model, I now spent almost $800 more on a different model/warranty with ABT just because I will never buy another appliance from Best Buy (unless I can install it myself.) It was just such a terrible experience.

Yeah there really is no reason to announce your starter. That being said injury updates are governed by rules so if Dalton is injured they have to provide something.

Really? You think antivaxxers actually care? Why is why drug use criminalized? I dont recall Desantis on the war path for drug legalization.

Why cant I put LSD, MDMA, Cocaine etc in my body? Do I really have control of my life? The argument against vaccines is entirely hypocritical if the anti-vaxxers dont believe I have the right to do whatever damn drugs I feel like. Unlike covid, my cocaine binge isnt hurting anyone but myself. In most states you cant even buy marijuana. (Edit) Also my employer is allowed to restrict alcohol/drug use while I am working. Why should my employer not be able to also require vaccines?

If you were going to pitch Wright you should have had Robert try and steal 3rd so a sacrifice won the game.

I never said you were a Republican, I just found it odd that you would think they "lean towards individual freedoms" when Im not sure that is supported by fact. I just think that type of generalization really isnt helpful in this discussion because lets be honest, if you think people shouldnt be able smoke marijuana in their home, you cant really hang your hat on the reason you are against vaccines/masks is because "individual freedoms are so important."

Yeah I always associate Republicans with pro-drugs, pro-prostitution, pro-gambling, pro-drinking, pro-abortion, pro-same sex marriage, pro-respecting trans rights... Cant wait to go to Texas and assert all my "individual freedoms." Im sure they will absolutely be okay with me smoking some weed while I bet on the Cowboys as my girlfriend has as an abortion at 8 weeks. Was that supposed to be in green?

Well so far the science seems to show that if you have a vaccine your are less likely to get severe symptoms. So once kids can get the vaccine Im pretty comfortable returning to normal life. That really doesnt seem like a huge hill to climb.

What if I told you the long term health impacts of Covid are likely worse than the Flu. What if I told you that we wont know the impact on children until years from now. So yeah as a parent Id rather not unnecessarily risk my child having long term health issues. Wearing a mask and being safe isnt going to "put fear into them" because every day I teach them about acceptable risk v reward. We explain to children every day why its okay to run in a field, but not okay to run at the swimming pool.

They had so many to begin with that they cant keep them all... Just criminal how they handle draft capital.

I have a good feeling about Kimbrel tonight.

Belichick is 69 years old, he isnt thinking about 3-4 years in the future, I am highly confident that he believes that he can compete this year. You are trying to compare two completely different things. There are plenty of reasons why you can say Nagy isnt a good coach, but sitting Fields is arguably one of his better decisions. The other thing you are completely leaving out is that Newton has done nothing in NE and likely completely wore out his welcome with the whole Covid debacle. If NE had Dalton they may actually have sat Mac for a bit. Its a lot more complex than saying "See someone else started a rookie so that is the best decision."

I think BB is a great coach he is extremely intelligent and can do a lot of things. But he basically has 1 QB success story. Im not sure what trusting Nagy v BB has anything to do with the fact that Fields and Mac are completely different players and that it makes no sense comparing them. If it was up to me, Id say Fields shouldnt play the first half of the season. Mahomes sat a full year. The Bears arent going to win the Super Bowl this year, the most important thing is Fields development. The best way for him to develop is to practice, watch game film, listen to calls and develop. He has plenty of time to get in game reps over the course of his career. If the Bears were going to run something similar to OSU this year, then it would be different, but they arent. He is learning an entirely new system and the Bears arent going to be competitive. Jones is going to be asked to do very minimal stuff. The Patriots are trying to win now, its not remotely comparable.

Oddly the best QB BB ever had did not win the starting competition and only played due to injury. That being said, its not a really good comparison because NE has a much better track record of protecting QBs, so its less likely Mac is going to get killed in a non competitive year. Also Mac played in a more "pro" scheme at Alabama and will likely do a lot of handing off, play action, quick passes. Fields who arguably may be better long term, is more raw in a pro scheme and could definitely use the reps under center. Just really no reason to risk Fields being ruined in the first few games.