More than $600 million in federal funding announced Friday could open up a 47-acre parcel that Ishbia has considered for a potential Sox stadium, sources said. Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560: Why We Need to “Relentlessly” Make the Blue State-Red State Case
November 5, 2026
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Glennon raised the stakes of the moment in broader civilizational terms: “This election in Illinois is not about the usual pedestrian issues… it’s about nothing less than whether Western civilization survives in our democratic republic of America because [the left], just on the open border alone, will destroy the country, and now they’re bringing in the jihadists, frankly, into the party.” Audio and summary linked here.Audio and summary linked here.
New Trier High School made national headlines nine years ago as a “canary in a coal mine” for political indoctrination in public schools. The canaries lived.
Among the consequences of economic growth that badly lags national averages are billions of lost revenue every year. Yet denial reigns in Illinois, fueling the vicious cycle of demand for higher taxes.
“Other rail yards will have to change hands for any stadium vision to come to fruition on the west bank of the river.” The site to be vacated was once the Pennsylvania Railroad’s (PRR) diesel shop and coach yard plus a massive freight distribution and warehousing building at Taylor Street that is long gone, along with its feeder overpass that once crossed over Union Station’s south tracks. By itself, the property isn’t large enough to accommodate a new jewel box stadium along with a coveted surrounding entertainment district. The old Burlington ‘Zephyr Pit’ to the west of the PRR facilities… Read more »
With Mayor Johnson raiding TIFs to fund the CTU it will be interesting to see if the Chicago Fire will get the TIF funding they need for improvements in the area where their new stadium will be built?
Opens up lots of questions. The Sox ball park should have been built in the vicinity of Clark & Roosevelt in the first place. It’s still not paid off. Soldier Field also is not paid off. What is the plan if the current Soxpark is abandoned? Taxpayers are stuck with the bill. Will the new facilities be involved with the Illinois Sports Authority scam?
Great. Another owner wants a new stadium. Open your wallets