Commentary: Bears pitch for a lakefront stadium fizzled. Here’s how they can move forward. – Chicago Tribune*

Anybody in the business knows that to succeed with a big project like this you have to have two things- a good proposal and a good sponsor. This plan had neither. Regarding the proposal, it was too expensive, too big of an ask from taxpayers, a site certain to invite extended litigation, too much fluff in the peripheral features, presented poorly, and benefits an unpopular owner. And on the second essential, the Bears are just a horrible sponsor. You can not underestimate the magnitude of their ineptitude. Over the past few decades, they have blundered through proposals for a new… Read more »