re: It looks like the Bears are heading to Indiana

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A tremendous amount if bears fans live in the loop and have no cars. This should be interesting

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The Loop is just 1% of Chicago's population + Hammond emphasized the Metra SSL, which runs directly from Millennium Station. If anything, people living in The Loop (and River North) will have a far easier commute on the Metra than anyone else in the city. For anyone planning on public transportation from the north side, NW suburbs, and North Shore, that'll take a bit more planning. Even then, a huge number of Bears fans drive to Soldier Field and park in the North Garage, Waldron Deck, and South Lot closer to McCormick. That group will drive to Hammond, too. From a pure transportation logistics lens, this isn't going to be a maze for people to figure out.

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A tremendous amount if bears fans live in the loop and have no cars. This should be interesting


The Loop is just 1% of Chicago's population + Hammond emphasized the Metra SSL, which runs directly from Millennium Station. If anything, people living in The Loop (and River North) will have a far easier commute on the Metra than anyone else in the city. For anyone planning on public transportation from the north side, NW suburbs, and North Shore, that'll take a bit more planning. Even then, a huge number of Bears fans drive to Soldier Field and park in the North Garage, Waldron Deck, and South Lot closer to McCormick. That group will drive to Hammond, too. From a pure transportation logistics lens, this isn't going to be a maze for people to figure out.

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Do not expect a bunch of southerners to know how mass transit works.

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This is like New Orleans Saints playing in Bay St Louis.

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Didn't Benson once try to play that hand by saying Stennis had the land and he was going? Of course NOLA and LA caved in a gave him the deal, just like Blanco gave him the best deal ever, and worst for all LA residents.

That cheap bastard would probably move the bengals for a smooth hundred bucks

Good. More teams need to move on, its well proven that NFL teams are not worth the investment. The NFL is so quick to demand these luxury stadiums with more and more private box concessions, meanwhile hiking the ticket prices to where they are no longer accessible to the common man. Why should the taxpayer foot the bill for that?

The Bears in Chicago is as historic a partnership as the Packers and Green Bay or the Giants in NYC. If they're willing to wash that away because they didn't get their millions in public money (extortion), the NFL can go f--- itself.

While we're at it, I'd like to see them lose their exempt status as well. They're a multi-billion dollar parasite.

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The Loop is just 1% of Chicago's population + Hammond emphasized the Metra SSL, which runs directly from Millennium Station. If anything, people living in The Loop (and River North) will have a far easier commute on the Metra than anyone else in the city. For anyone planning on public transportation from the north side, NW suburbs, and North Shore, that'll take a bit more planning. Even then, a huge number of Bears fans drive to Soldier Field and park in the North Garage, Waldron Deck, and South Lot closer to McCormick. That group will drive to Hammond, too. From a pure transportation logistics lens, this isn't going to be a maze for people to figure out.

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If by logistics, you aren't accounting for time then sure...But anyone coming from the north or west this sucks. No one came from the south side really.

The chicago metro and train map is basically made so that everything goes into the city, then changes lanes, and goes back out to their destination.

Anyone from the north or west will have to go into the city first and then back out south. Now sure, maybe they'll have some direct trains from some destinations.

The only benefit here will be they should have plenty of parking. But how many people REALLY want to drive to Indiana for things like concerts and other events when there is other locations inside the city.

As said, Superbowl is likely out? The arlington location made a hell of a lot more sense as an entertainment district for the city. This location wise, does not.

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Except the majority of Braves fans are in the northern "suburbs"

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Exactly. Just like the majority of Chicago fans with money are either downtown or to the north. This "commute" through the worst part of the city, stuck in traffic, will be really unenjoyable to them.

The majority of braves fans that actually attend games had a commute that was made shorter by the braves moving.

MLB and NFL are way different in that the former has 80+ home games all throughout the week, while the latter has 8 or 9 home games, with the majority on Sunday afternoons.

Location / accessibility is a much bigger deal for NHL/NBA/MLB stadiums to generate ticket revenue than it is for the NFL, where cheap land and/or area development is a much higher consideration. The Bears will sell out every game at any location in Chicagoland, even if it’s an inconvenience to the rich northsiders / north burbs part of the fanbase.

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The chicago metro and train map is basically made so that everything goes into the city, then changes lanes, and goes back out to their destination.

Anyone from the north or west will have to go into the city first and then back out south. Now sure, maybe they'll have some direct trains from some destinations.

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I am very aware how the CTA and Metra works in a city I've lived for the last 15 years

I'm not entirely sure what you're contending from my post. I acknowledged there would be additional planning from the city's residents on the north and northwest side, in addition to the North Shore and NW suburbs.

His is a terrible idea. Soldier Field is the most ideally located NFL stadium outside of New Orleans.