knightni Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Question... Could the Bears consistantly sell out a 100,000 seat stadium for home games? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 QUOTE (knightni @ Apr 14, 2012 -> 08:36 PM) Question... Could the Bears consistantly sell out a 100,000 seat stadium for home games? Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 14, 2012 -> 08:38 PM) Yes. Any idea what the largest NFL stadium in the NFL is by seating? EDIT: Found my own answer... Cowboys Stadium - 80,000 seats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 QUOTE (knightni @ Apr 14, 2012 -> 09:04 PM) Any idea what the largest NFL stadium in the NFL is by seating? EDIT: Found my own answer... Cowboys Stadium - 80,000 seats I have zero doubts that Chicago could fill a Cowboys Stadium sized mega-palace for the Bears. Same reason why people don't consider "could Chicago support a second football team" to be a crazy question. That city is a great football city and a huge city. It could fill a Jerryworld Megapalace 8 times a year with ease, at pretty darn high ticket prices too. The other city that could fill it for 1 team is New York, but instead they do 2 teams. Chicago doesn't have the long-term built-in fanbase for the second team, and Bear fans aren't going to happily convert to a second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 (edited) QUOTE (knightni @ Apr 14, 2012 -> 08:04 PM) Any idea what the largest NFL stadium in the NFL is by seating? EDIT: Found my own answer... Cowboys Stadium - 80,000 seats MetLife stadium in NY can seat 82,566. FedEx Field in DC used to seat 90,000+, but now the capacity is 82k. It's funny how the NFL is such a monster, but it's college football with 20 stadiums larger than the NFL's biggest. Edited April 15, 2012 by LittleHurt05 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 14, 2012 -> 09:09 PM) I have zero doubts that Chicago could fill a Cowboys Stadium sized mega-palace for the Bears. Same reason why people don't consider "could Chicago support a second football team" to be a crazy question. That city is a great football city and a huge city. It could fill a Jerryworld Megapalace 8 times a year with ease, at pretty darn high ticket prices too. The other city that could fill it for 1 team is New York, but instead they do 2 teams. Chicago doesn't have the long-term built-in fanbase for the second team, and Bear fans aren't going to happily convert to a second. We had that discussion last fall, iirc. A second NFL team could do better than a second NBA team. The Cardinals were in Chicago until the 1960, but they struggled because they were perennial losers and no one went to their games because of that. If a winning AFC franchise came to Chicago as a second team, I believe that they could carve a niche in Chicago big enough to be noticed. All it would take would be to cater to the middle class and lower middle class fans that can't afford to attend games. Twenty thousand nosebleed seats for $25 each in a 100,000 seat stadium by a Chicago AFC franchise would go a long way to put the smelling salts under the McCaskeys' noses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockRaines Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 QUOTE (knightni @ Apr 14, 2012 -> 07:36 PM) Question... Could the Bears consistantly sell out a 100,000 seat stadium for home games? They could probably fill 150k every sunday with no issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 It'll be a long time before a second Chicago team, IMO. They'll try much harder and much longer in LA before that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeNukeEm Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Question... Could the Bears consistantly sell out a 100,000 seat stadium for home games? Assuming the nosebleeds are relatively cheap by NFL standards the Bears could fill a 200k stadium if one were to exist. The problem is the parking and road infrastructure off Roosevelt can barely handle what the Bears have now, you say the Red Line but that thing turns into craziness over the baseball games. Anything over what the Bears have now would gridlock everything south of Randolph and stretch the CTA way past its limits for Sundays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Apr 15, 2012 -> 02:59 AM) Assuming the nosebleeds are relatively cheap by NFL standards the Bears could fill a 200k stadium if one were to exist. The problem is the parking and road infrastructure off Roosevelt can barely handle what the Bears have now, you say the Red Line but that thing turns into craziness over the baseball games. Anything over what the Bears have now would gridlock everything south of Randolph and stretch the CTA way past its limits for Sundays. Unless the stadium was located in a different area... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 David Terrell arrested for domestic battery, apparently roughed up his girlfriend and threatened to throw her off the balcony of his apartment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted April 15, 2012 Author Share Posted April 15, 2012 QUOTE (knightni @ Apr 14, 2012 -> 08:04 PM) Any idea what the largest NFL stadium in the NFL is by seating? EDIT: Found my own answer... Cowboys Stadium - 80,000 seats I thought the Cowboys could hold over 100k? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuskyCaucasian Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 QUOTE (knightni @ Apr 14, 2012 -> 07:36 PM) Question... Could the Bears consistantly sell out a 100,000 seat stadium for home games? If you dont mind me asking,what sparked you to ask this question? (Not saying it's a bad question, just kind of random) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuskyCaucasian Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 15, 2012 -> 10:12 AM) I thought the Cowboys could hold over 100k? It can be expanded (by adding extra seats) to hold 100k for the Super Bowl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Apr 15, 2012 -> 11:14 AM) If you don't mind me asking,what sparked you to ask this question? (Not saying it's a bad question, just kind of random) Just a thought about the upcoming season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabiness42 Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 It can be expanded (by adding extra seats) to hold 100k for the Super Bowl Apparently, it can expand by about 400 more tickets than seats, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Andrew Luck's first regular season NFL game will be at Soldier Field Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Vikings stadium funding vote fails in Minnesota State House committee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted April 17, 2012 Author Share Posted April 17, 2012 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 17, 2012 -> 05:19 PM) Vikings stadium funding vote fails in Minnesota State House committee. Say hello the LA Vikings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockRaines Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Bears @ SF. Yes please. Definitely going to try to go to that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeNukeEm Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Unless the stadium was located in a different area... Like where? The lakefront location is awesome, its in a park, on the lakefront, perfect view of downtown, close to the metra lines and interstates and right off a huge transfer station on the L. The truth is that Chicago just does not have the transportation infastructure anywhere in the city to allow a stadium any larger than what the Bears have now. A suburb would be even more nightmarish. As for the schedule, Bears dont have any stretches of games that look too difficult in a row. Their tough games are pretty well broken up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Apr 17, 2012 -> 08:55 PM) Like where? The lakefront location is awesome, its in a park, on the lakefront, perfect view of downtown, close to the metra lines and interstates and right off a huge transfer station on the L. The truth is that Chicago just does not have the transportation infastructure anywhere in the city to allow a stadium any larger than what the Bears have now. A suburb would be even more nightmarish. As for the schedule, Bears dont have any stretches of games that look too difficult in a row. Their tough games are pretty well broken up. It could go where the Olympic Stadium was supposed to be built. It would be a joint stadium shared by the Bears/AFC Chicago team. Kind of like Giants/Jets. #fantasyland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Soldiers Field is not really close to the Metra lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeNukeEm Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Soldiers Field is not really close to the Metra lines. There is a south shore stop at 11th street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted April 18, 2012 Author Share Posted April 18, 2012 QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Apr 17, 2012 -> 08:29 PM) There is a south shore stop at 11th street. There is also a Metra stop at 18th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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