Chicago Bears Ticket Tax Introduced: To Pay SoldierField Debt

[ExiledInIllinois]

https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/illinois-bill-introduced-to-tax-bears-tickets-to-pay-soldier-field-debt/

 

 

[Mike in Horseheads]

19 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/illinois-bill-introduced-to-tax-bears-tickets-to-pay-soldier-field-debt/

 

 

Good for them, they should hang the Bears for all of the debt.

[WhoTom]

Next up: the Bears will threaten to move to Gary Indiana to avoid the ticket tax.

 

It's a business, right?

 

 

[LeviF]

$3 a ticket? To pay hundreds of millions? If it’s just $200M it’ll still take over 100 years at that rate. Hope they have other plans. 

[BillsVet]

If the city did not insert language in the contract that the Bears would be on the hook for remaining stadium debt costs should they move before paid off, then the city did it wrong.  

 

Chicago is an absolute mess right now and I'm not getting in to that.  The team is re-locating because this situation has become untenable and contractually it appears as though they are not obligated to pay off this debt.  

 

Fans should not have to pay for the city's incompetence.   

[wppete]

Everything about that city is a mess. When are the Bears leaving Chicago? 

[HomeTeam]

23 minutes ago, wppete said:

Everything about that city is a mess. When are the Bears leaving Chicago? 

I'm ignorant. What's going on in Chicago? 

[ExiledInIllinois]

26 minutes ago, LeviF said:

$3 a ticket? To pay hundreds of millions? If it’s just $200M it’ll still take over 100 years at that rate. Hope they have other plans. 

The article mentions other stuff like hotel taxes, etc...

[WhoTom]

2 minutes ago, HomeTeam said:

I'm ignorant. What's going on in Chicago? 

 

Pretty much the same stuff that goes on in most big cities.

 

I live about 90 miles from The Loop and I have no qualms about going into the city. Been there many times and enjoyed my visits. Like any city, there are places that should be avoided, but I've never felt unsafe in downtown Chicago.

 

 

 

[4merper4mer]

Isn’t going to a Bears game taxing enough already?

Edited April 22, 2023 by 4merper4mer

[DJB]

11 minutes ago, 4merper4mer said:

Isn’t going to a Bears game taxing enough already?

Is Nathan Peterman still the starting QB?

[Mike in Horseheads]

59 minutes ago, LeviF said:

$3 a ticket? To pay hundreds of millions? If it’s just $200M it’ll still take over 100 years at that rate. Hope they have other plans. 

They only need to sell 66,666,666 tickets or 833 games at 80k a game. so roughly 105 years all paid up

 

[LeviF]

15 minutes ago, Mike in Horseheads said:

They only need to sell 66,666,666 tickets or 833 games at 80k a game. so roughly 105 years all paid up

 

That stadium will not have an 80k capacity lol. My quick and dirty calculations assumed 65k seats and sold out every game. 

[Mike in Horseheads]

2 minutes ago, LeviF said:

That stadium will not have an 80k capacity lol. My quick and dirty calculations assumed 65k seats and sold out every game. 

Hmmmm, ya that does throw a wrench in my calcs 😆

[DCofNC]

It shows they know how much Chicago sucks, only $3?  TicketMaster adds $50 and it doesn’t stop people.

[boater]

5 hours ago, WhoTom said:

 

Pretty much the same stuff that goes on in most big cities.

 

I live about 90 miles from The Loop and I have no qualms about going into the city. Been there many times and enjoyed my visits. Like any city, there are places that should be avoided, but I've never felt unsafe in downtown Chicago.

 

 

 

I guess you avoid Millenium Park. https://www.google.com/search?q=chicago+millennium+park+teens

[HurlyBurly51]

6 hours ago, WhoTom said:

 

Pretty much the same stuff that goes on in most big cities.

 

I live about 90 miles from The Loop and I have no qualms about going into the city. Been there many times and enjoyed my visits. Like any city, there are places that should be avoided, but I've never felt unsafe in downtown Chicago.

 

 

 

Guess you weren't there for "teen takeover" night🤦

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

7 hours ago, LeviF said:

$3 a ticket? To pay hundreds of millions? If it’s just $200M it’ll still take over 100 years at that rate. Hope they have other plans. 

50/50 cash draw every home game.  Ought to bring in 70-80 clams.  (Remember the clams in 'B.C.'?)

[Giuseppe Tognarelli]

Might as well increase prices by $3. It's so funny how people consider taxes somehow different than the actual price when the money leaves you just the same.