DePaul, McPier discuss new stadium near McCormick Place

[dgies9156]

Worth pointing out that an L line isn't like a slip-n-slide that you can just pick up and drop wherever. "Swinging the red line over" towards McCormick Place would cost millions of completely unnecessary dollars.

Cubs fans, Sox fans (and yes, even DePaul students) don't mind taking the Red Line because it drops you off half a block from Wrigley, Sox Park, and both of DePaul's city campuses. Meanwhile, the closest Red Line stop to McCormick Place is Chinatown-Cermak, and it's a solid 15-minute, mile-long walk to McCormick Place. That's not gonna fly on a Tuesday night in January.

Or maybe Roosevelt or IIT 35th Street. Cold and for boding. Depaul students = targets and victims.

It would be at least $300 million to extend the Red Line to McCormick/Soldier Field. And for what? So some friend of a Chicago politician gets rich off graft? So some construction tradesmen get jobs? Or so Depaul gets a more convenient basketball arena. All make sense only in the convoluted world of Chicago politics.

[Dawson Rental]

Worth pointing out that an L line isn't like a slip-n-slide that you can just pick up and drop wherever. "Swinging the red line over" towards McCormick Place would cost millions of completely unnecessary dollars.

Cubs fans, Sox fans (and yes, even DePaul students) don't mind taking the Red Line because it drops you off half a block from Wrigley, Sox Park, and both of DePaul's city campuses. Meanwhile, the closest Red Line stop to McCormick Place is Chinatown-Cermak, and it's a solid 15-minute, mile-long walk to McCormick Place. That's not gonna fly on a Tuesday night in January.

Really, that's just a very small percentage of the 5.7 billion dollars estimated to be necessary to make DePaul basketball a top program again.

[The Equalizer]

Everyone has talked about Red Line service to IIT 35th or to Roosevelt.

I think what the city is proposing is something closer to the new Green Line station being built between Cermak and 23rd. 

There's former CHA land a block to the west--which is where I would guess the arena would go.

[dgies9156]

I think what the city is proposing is something closer to the new Green Line station being built between Cermak and 23rd. 

There's former CHA land a block to the west--which is where I would guess the arena would go.

Cermak and 23rd Streets. That's the first neighborhood I think of when I want to go walking alone late at night.

It's improving but you're still rolling the dice.

I'm sure the neighbors will be excited about a basketball arena next to Tommy Gun's Restaurant and Club.

Folks, if DePaul is going to play in the City, why not have them play at UIC. It's the right size -- about 10,000 persons -- and it's right off the EL tracks and the Eisenhower Expressway. It's also right near the JFK and DRE for easy access. But wait, there's no graft and no more indebtedness for Illinois if we do that. Of course it will never happen then!

[Benny B]

It would be at least $300 million to extend the Red Line to McCormick/Soldier Field. And for what? So some friend of a Chicago politician gets rich off graft? So some construction tradesmen get jobs? Or so Depaul gets a more convenient basketball arena. All make sense only in the convoluted world of Chicago politics.

I see I'm not the only one here who understands how Chicago works.  It's amazing how many lifelong and multi-generational residents are completely blind to this reality and those who aren't are mostly apathetic to the whole thing. 

[Tugg Speedman]

I see I'm not the only one here who understands how Chicago works.  It's amazing how many lifelong and multi-generational residents are completely blind to this reality and those who aren't are mostly apathetic to the whole thing. 

They need to watch Boss on Starz

[T-Bone]

A little more.  Nothing new though.
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