Why hotel workers are pushing back on Chicago Bears, White Sox stadium proposals – NBC5 (Chicago)

A 2 percent hotel tax is already in place to help fund the current Soldier Field addition from 2002 and the 1989 White Sox stadium. The Bears are proposing to expand that tax another 40 years to fund a new stadium. "Instead of subsidizing stadium mega developments, we should reinvest in our neighborhoods," said Unite Here Local 1 Executive VP Lou Weeks. "The neighborhoods that would stand to benefit the most are working-class neighborhoods Brighton Park, Austin, Gage Park, Humboldt Park," where the majority of union members live.