Bears and Chicago at Loggerheads Over New Stadium

[River_Dog]

This issue is worth it for us Seahawk fans to keep an eye on. There's no way the league will ever allow an iconic franchise like the Bears to move out of the Chicago area as to do so would be analogous to the Yankees moving out of NYC and would be a disaster for the game. But for us here in South Alaska, we don't have that kind of leverage should the Hawks try similar tactics when it comes time for a major overhaul of our current facility, which is approaching a quarter century old. Don't forget, the Kingdome was less than 25 years old when it was imploded.

Chicago Bears told to 'pay for their own damn stadium' after proposal has taxpayers footing $2 billion

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I've always felt that the league and the player's union should start a stadium fund, with both sides contributing a percentage of their player salaries/profits that could be tapped when a team meets a set criterion for a new or improved stadium. There's no way that taxpayers should be footing the bill, and it's the small market teams that are most subject to the extortion tactics that are used by the owners with threats to move the franchise.