Commentary: Chicago sports teams are crucial to fans. New stadiums? Not so much. – Chicago Tribune*

Will Johnson, of The Harris Poll: "It’s a modern sports conundrum: Chicago is a sports town, with its civic identity inextricably linked to its pro franchises. But as much as we love our teams, Chicagoans aren’t interested in giving the teams’ wealthy owners public dollars to build fancy new palaces. Unbinding this Gordian knot was not why Mayor Brandon Johnson sought elected office, but it’s on him to figure out how to keep Chicago sports whole without draining the public coffers."