Chicago— New Stadium Renderings

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

Now these are some renderings! Wow.

 

 

[Over 29 years of fanhood]

6 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

Now these are some renderings! Wow.

 

 

that is a ”renovation”

[Man with No Name]

aren't they 100% committed to leaving the city? 

[Olliemets]

As renderings go, this is a great pitch. But isn't this old? Bears are leaving because capacity is too low and they want to buy up the real estate surrounding area near the proposed new stadium and do what Packers are doing and What Pats have already done in Foxborough...Braves in Cobb County. Etc. Suck in as much revenue as possible.

[TampaBillsJunkie]

That is amazing. What a stadium. Now they just need a real team to play in it.

[That's No Moon]

3 minutes ago, Olliemets said:

As renderings go, this is a great pitch. But isn't this old? Bears are leaving because capacity is too low and they want to buy up the real estate surrounding area near the proposed new stadium and do what Packers are doing and What Pats have already done in Foxborough...Braves in Cobb County. Etc. Suck in as much revenue as possible.

I drove past Foxboro a couple months ago. I saw two hotels and a strip mall. Impressive really.

 

Granted, it's two more hotels and 1 more strip mall more than OP has built at the stadium in 50 years but whatever. There wasn't a specific reason to stop. What Denver is doing around Mile High was more impressive but it's also way closer to downtown than either OP or Foxboro.

[Olliemets]

Just now, That's No Moon said:

I drove past Foxboro a couple months ago. I saw two hotels and a strip mall. Impressive really.

 

Granted, it's two more hotels and 1 more strip mall more than OP has built at the stadium in 50 years but whatever. There wasn't a specific reason to stop. What Denver is doing around Mile High was more impressive but it's also way closer to downtown than either OP or Foxboro.

The idea is to buy up everything in the surrounding area and monetize it. Long Term. Bears leaving Soldier Field less than 2 decades after it was rebuilt for them kind of a bad look. But thats why they are doing it.$$

[zow2]

Pretty cool for Chi-town.

 

And yep,  Our new stadium in Orchard Park will always be a monument to the Bills,  in the middle of nowhere really, with no hotels or retail surrounding it.  The venue will be used 10 times a year,, with maybe a few high school games added and a summer concert.  We will still freeze our asses off for winter games but hey, at least it will

have wind buffer technology around it.

[Kiva]

Our rendering were cheap and boring. Why can’t Buffalo spend necessary money??  Even cheap out of the renderings. 

[947]

29 minutes ago, Man with No Name said:

aren't they 100% committed to leaving the city? 

Pretty much, yes. The City of Chicago would cost a ton more in leasing & taxes. The potential new site is in Arlington Heights, one of the northern suburbs.

 

I don't even think they could get those renovations approved with Soldier Field being a historical landmark.

[Bubba Gump]

A roof? Bunch of pansies.

[Richard Noggin]

7 minutes ago, 947 said:

Pretty much, yes. The City of Chicago would cost a ton more in leasing & taxes. The potential new site is in Arlington Heights, one of the northern suburbs.

 

I don't even think they could get those renovations approved with Soldier Field being a historical landmark.

 

But but but the historical architecture gets absorbed into a high-end club bar. The poors never really appreciated the neoclassical, Doric columns anways...

[OZBILLS]

LOL a roof...why would anyone want a roof

[rusty shackleford]

36 minutes ago, Kiva said:

Our rendering were cheap and boring. Why can’t Buffalo spend necessary money??  Even cheap out of the renderings. 

We have Ralph’s legacy to uphold.

[TH3]

I go to a game a year...to see the game...not for amenities blah blah blah...I sit at Rich and don't see how it can get better by any real measure other than having bigger bathrooms...

[Billsfan1972]

2 minutes ago, TH3 said:

I go to a game a year...to see the game...not for amenities blah blah blah...I sit at Rich and don't see how it can get better by any real measure other than having bigger bathrooms...

Really????  Bathrooms are the only issue at Highmark???  Talk about low standards.

[Not at the table Karlos]

10 hours ago, That's No Moon said:

I drove past Foxboro a couple months ago. I saw two hotels and a strip mall. Impressive really.

 

Granted, it's two more hotels and 1 more strip mall more than OP has built at the stadium in 50 years but whatever. There wasn't a specific reason to stop. What Denver is doing around Mile High was more impressive but it's also way closer to downtown than either OP or Foxboro.

I had no reason to stop so I made one. Pulled up the shout song on YouTube and played it at full blast while I drove laps around the parking lot. We ended up going to eat at one of the restaurants and watch Thursday night football. 

[Captain Caveman]

This seems like the equivalent of the city of Buffalo releasing some renderings of a downtown stadium while the team, county and state are in agreement to build the stadium in OP. 

[dollars 2 donuts]

 

 

 

I hit the pause button every time they showed the dome.

 

Oh, and all my clothes were 100% on the whole time...freaks.     😄

 

 

[Saint Doug]

I would love a Transformer stadium. You press a button and it transforms into a dome.