Who should pay for new sports stadiums? – Illinois Policy

Chicago taxpayers are still paying their share of the last Solider Field renovation. The taxes and costs in Chicago are not helping the city keep the Bears. If the team were to leave, it would follow a path taken by tens of thousands of Illinoisans.
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Fed Up Taxpayer
21 days ago

More excuses to cover for losing the Bears….

Callmyshrink
21 days ago

The NFL made 24.1 billion dollars last year. Each team 453 million. I suggest that the league pool money for other teams to borrow from and keep the taxpayers out of it

Old Spartan
22 days ago

The best formula is no secret. The United Center was 100 percent privately financed, with only the assistance of a property tax provision that could easily be adopted for other stadiums. The City even stiffed them on the infrastructure that had been promised. It is absolutely amazing how little public officials know about Illinois history, and stadium history in particular. This is not rocket science. Just read some old newspaper articles and books and you can see the formula is as plain as day. Say what you want about Reinsdorf and Wirtz, but they risked their own cash, paid all… Read more »

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