HuskyCaucasian Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 Landmark Status... IT GONE! (AP) CHICAGO The oft-criticized renovation of Soldier Field has cost the stadium its status as a National Historic Landmark. Former US Interior Secretary Gale Norton signed the order removing the designation after an advisory board found that the new construction -- which put a modern steel and glass bowl atop Soldier Field's signature colonnades -- destroyed the historic character of the 81-year-old stadium. The National Park System Advisory Board voted five-to-three in September that the $660 million makeover of Soldier Field completed in 2003 destroyed its historic character. Chicago city officials had argued that the reconstruction added needed amenities without sacrificing the stadium's architectural integrity. (© 2006 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuskyCaucasian Posted April 22, 2006 Author Share Posted April 22, 2006 How ironic.... They couldn't level the place and do the whole stadium corrrectly because of Landmark status. Now because of what they had to do to shoe-horn it in there... it lost it anyways! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan101 Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 Wrigley should suffer the same fate due to the new bleachers. (should that be in green?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greasywheels121 Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Apr 23, 2006 -> 01:20 AM) Wrigley should suffer the same fate due to the new bleachers. (should that be in green?) Wrigley still looks like a POS ruin though. Soldier Field looks like a grounded spaceship now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan101 Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Apr 23, 2006 -> 12:21 AM) Wrigley still looks like a POS ruin though. Soldier Field looks like a grounded spaceship now. Soldier Field looks like a POS ruin from the outside too though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confederate_48 Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 (edited) Isnt the historic landmark status what kept them from trying to rename the stadium too ?? Edited April 23, 2006 by Confederate_48 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuskyCaucasian Posted April 23, 2006 Author Share Posted April 23, 2006 QUOTE(Confederate_48 @ Apr 23, 2006 -> 07:10 AM) Isnt the historic landmark status what kept them from trying to rename the stadium too ?? I don't think so, but I could be wrong. I think they didn't sell the naming rights because of the flack they would have gotten for taking the "soldier" name off the stadum. Direspecting the soldiers aftall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Critic Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 QUOTE(Athomeboy_2000 @ Apr 23, 2006 -> 08:02 AM) I don't think so, but I could be wrong. I think they didn't sell the naming rights because of the flack they would have gotten for taking the "soldier" name off the stadum. Direspecting the soldiers aftall. Soldier Field at Haliburton Yards?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockRaines Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Apr 22, 2006 -> 11:21 PM) Wrigley still looks like a POS ruin though. Soldier Field looks like a grounded spaceship now. There are few other football stadiums that give you such great views of the action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watchtower41 Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 QUOTE(RockRaines @ Apr 24, 2006 -> 09:27 AM) There are few other football stadiums that give you such great views of the action. Lambeau would be one of them, but I hear ya, inside, the new Solider Field is remarkable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Kickass Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 Part of the deal to let them renovate Soldier Field was that they couldn't change the name for thirty years or something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuskyCaucasian Posted April 25, 2006 Author Share Posted April 25, 2006 QUOTE(Rex Kickass @ Apr 24, 2006 -> 06:40 PM) Part of the deal to let them renovate Soldier Field was that they couldn't change the name for thirty years or something like that. I thought it was they couldnt sell the team for 30 years. Something about the new stadium rasing the team's value and the city didn't want to be used to raise a teams value in an attempt to sell it and make a boat load of money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 Since they lost historic status, could they remove the old area and re-plant it as a veterans' memorial somewhere else in town? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phuck the Cubs Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 Wrigley should suffer the same fate due to the new bleachers. (should that be in green?) If it did, then the Cubs could make all the renovations they wanted w/ one less hurdle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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