Caption contest! (Updated x3)
Tuesday, Sep 17, 2024 - Posted by Rich Miller
* Background is here if you need it. Isabel posted this Sun-Times story earlier…
The Chicago White Sox and mega-developer Related Midwest put on a South Loop fantasy camp Monday in their latest pitch to state lawmakers who so far aren’t swinging on public funding for a new stadium. […]
“Everyone knows this would be awesome. That doesn’t mean taxpayers should put up a dime for it,” the representative said, asking not to be named.
Lawmakers across the state have uniformly bristled at White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf’s push for about $1 billion in public funding for the project, including a tax-increment financing district, an extension of the 2% hotel tax increase used to renovate Soldier Field and a new sales tax overlay district around The 78. The team Reinsdorf is currently fielding at Guaranteed Rate Field is closing in on the modern-day Major League Baseball record for most losses in a season.
* Somebody I know took a pic as the boat went by…
Not exactly a huge turnout.
…Adding… Yep…
…Adding… Republican Senator from Springfield…
…Adding… House Speaker Chris Welch said today that he attended the event…
I couldn’t miss the opportunity to see what this diamond looked like… I was there. It was a beautiful baseball field. What a great view. But again, that doesn’t change the conversation about who pays for it. You know, it’s certainly something I think would be a great economic development project for the city of Chicago to have, a 78th neighborhood. I think 78 is great, by the way. A 78th neighborhood would be great for Chicago. But again, I think when it comes to a baseball stadium, that might be something private investors might want to look at.
