Sox looking at building in South Loop

[caulfield12]

78 at least looks like something futuristic.

Staying at the present location...just  like using antennas for tv, simply feels like the past and out of touch.

There's simply no intriguing vision there left to sell.

Sox have done enough making up for mistakes of the past...which inevitable makes things even worse.

[WBWSF]

4 hours ago, tray said:

Yes Kyle, I think the 78 plan is a joke and I don't mind explaining and advancing my opinion, even in the face of opposing views.

Meanwhile...Don't assume MOST Sox fans from SW suburbs  will put their families on mass transit. Some will, many others probably won't based on security and other practical concerns. That is going to potentially decrease attendance....substantially. If you are young and single, or have not attended many games, you may not understand that.

IMO, the rendering of the 78 stadium is an architectural/ballpark design joke. And who designed it? Related employees? That mainly metal and glass stadium is supposed to compete for revenue with the historic Wrigley field? LOL. The garish 4 story lit up Sox logo? LOL. The gratuitous pinwheels? The scoreboard obstructing views of downtown?  The 78 plan to build commercial hi rises surrounding that park diminishes the opportunity to even consider incompatible architecture. That is why the 78 stadium rendering  looks like an office building.

78 is only a bit more than 2 miles from Armor Park (and has similar views of downtown) so what is the major reason one would consider abandoning the White Sox home for over 100 years?  I'm asking. Is it worth abandoning Armour Park, all the surrounding land, the infrastructure, and indeed all the history the White Sox have had with their fans on 35th street?

Never forget, the 78 started as an idea by a developer who experienced multiple failed attempts at reaching some agreement to get an anchor tenant (including Amazon).  Now, the ISFA, Chicago and Illinois taxpayers, and Sox ownership (current or future),  should tell Related to stick it. Sox fans should not allow themselves to be sold down the river by some greedy real estate people...and we know their type.

 

 

You're probably right about the exterior of the new proposed stadium. You would think that a brick exterior would be better. I just hope that JR stays out of the stadium design business. He was the one who rejected the original design of  the present stadium. He demanded that the stadium  have a second level of suites which created the miserable upper deck. It ruined the stadium.

[Dick Allen]

BTW.JB said no again.

[Rusty]

1 hour ago, caulfield12 said:

78 at least looks like something futuristic.

Staying at the present location...just  like using antennas for tv, simply feels like the past and out of touch.

There's simply no intriguing vision there left to sell.

Sox have done enough making up for mistakes of the past...which inevitable makes things even worse.

I don’t completely disagree but that is all a byproduct of the ownership and the most dysfunctional organization in professional sports.

Guaranteed Rate is absolutely still a serviceable stadium for an MLB team.  The facility and location aren’t the issue, it’s the incompetent execution and management by ISFA and Jerry.  

Putting a competitive product on the field is far more important than the stadium.  They just lost the most games in league history.  There are far more important things than trying to extort the tax payers to make the real estate guy even richer.

[Sleepy Harold]

18 minutes ago, Dick Allen said:

BTW.JB said no again.

 

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The governor said Illinois has a track record of helping private businesses.

 

“Sometimes it's just infrastructure,” Pritzker said. “Putting the street light in front of the business, or building the street or the highway or helping build the infrastructure for transportation.”

Pritzker, though, said he draws the line at public funding for a proposed White Sox stadium in the 78 development located in the South Loop.

 

He says the state shouldn't bankroll a ballpark for a baseball team that he says is valuable and owned by wealthy people.

 

[Balta1701]

4 minutes ago, Rusty said:

I don’t completely disagree but that is all a byproduct of the ownership and the most dysfunctional organization in professional sports.

Guaranteed Rate is absolutely still a serviceable stadium for an MLB team.  The facility and location aren’t the issue, it’s the incompetent execution and management by ISFA and Jerry.  

Putting a competitive product on the field is far more important than the stadium.  They just lost the most games in league history.  There are far more important things than trying to extort the tax payers to make the real estate guy even richer.

Guaranteed rate is serviceable but it is also well behind the times and admittedly, because of Reinsdorf, not the best place to see a ballgame. 

The fact that the lease was coming up was going to motivate something to change. NO ONE IN THEIR RIGHT MIND would give Jerry Reinsdorf any more time in that field without a massive rewriting of his lease, and there is no way Jerry Reinsdorf would ever accept that. Jerry has insane things right now like 100% of the parking revenue and a government backstop if attendance falls too low. No one would ever give him that again, and Reinsdorf would almost certainly leave rather than give up a portion of his precious parking profits. You could see that there would be a stadium impasse coming 10 years ago.

Building on a site in the loop, where a new ballpark is used to develop a stranded real estate asset that may never be developed otherwise, and where the ballpark is integrated into the surrounding businesses is a modern, smart, quality setup. It is an obvious way around the impasse that was almost certain without this plan, it is a way to bring all stakeholders on board and to justify a new agreement. Everyone can make money on it, if Reinsdorf acts responsibly and takes advantage of the great credit his organization has - thanks to the zero debt status due to his last amazing deal.

Jerry Reinsdorf would 100% leave for Nashville rather than accept a lease extension at the Rate which isn’t ungodly team friendly. Any politician would wave goodbye and arrange a police escort out of town before giving him that deal again.

[Lip Man 1]

11 minutes ago, Sleepy Harold said:

 

 

Good. Now tell JR directly if he wants state funding he can pay for half of it himself.  

[tray]

2 hours ago, caulfield12 said:

78 at least looks like something futuristic.

Staying at the present location...just  like using antennas for tv, simply feels like the past and out of touch.

There's simply no intriguing vision there left to sell.

Sox have done enough making up for mistakes of the past...which inevitable makes things even worse.

The 78 is Futuristic? How so.  It's just a piece of low lying vacant land. The largely unrealistic not to scale artistic rendering is a joke. Perhaps you have have been had like many others by a developer looking to cash in and avoid having to pay real estate taxes on a vacant parcel they have failed to develop.

Digital over the air broadcasts ? The quality of the picture is as good as cable and light years beyond what we watched back in the old days. But go ahead.

[WhiteSox2023]

1 hour ago, tray said:

The 78 is Futuristic? How so.  It's just a piece of low lying vacant land. The largely unrealistic not to scale artistic rendering is a joke. Perhaps you have have been had like many others by a developer looking to cash in and avoid having to pay real estate taxes on a vacant parcel they have failed to develop.

Digital over the air broadcasts ? The quality of the picture is as good as cable and light years beyond what we watched back in the old days. But go ahead.

While the free OTA option is nice, not having streaming options in addition is a whiff.

I won’t have a problem watching Sox games because I get MLB.TV for free every year through T-Mobile and I am tech savvy enough to know how to get around the local blackout with a VPN.  But not everyone wants to pay for MLB.TV or knows how to use a VPN and just wants an easy and reliable streaming solution like NBC Sports Chicago provided.

Should people bust this out as their portable solution for watching Sox/Bulls/Hawks games in the Chicagoland area?  Hopefully the slightly bent antenna will still get a good signal…

 

Edited 6 hours ago by WhiteSox2023

[caulfield12]

Boeing received $60 million over 20 years.

The White Sox are asking for roughly $1 billion...or more.  And that's just the beginning, not even considering maintenance and upkeep.

[ScootsMcGoots]

3 hours ago, caulfield12 said:

Boeing received $60 million over 20 years.

The White Sox are asking for roughly $1 billion...or more.  And that's just the beginning, not even considering maintenance and upkeep.

As with everything else, including his sports teams and chsn, JR is delusional with getting money for the new ballpark as well.  He thinks his way will work, but it won't, and it will flop.