What Do You Think About the Fire's Plan for a Soccer Stadium in the South Loop? Here's What You Told Us.

Commentary: The conversation about new sports stadiums in Chicago just got simpler – Chicago Tribune*

David Greising, of the Better Government Association: "(Joe) Mansueto’s low-key move is simple: He’ll plunk down $650 million to build a 22,000-seat soccer venue in time to open the 2028 MLS season. And the knock-on effect is that the civic conversation about what government owes to sports owners who want to move their teams just got a lot simpler. When asked by those owners, a firm 'no' from city and state is definitely an option."

What do you think about the Fire's plan for a soccer stadium in the South Loop? Here's what you told us.

We asked readers what they think of the Chicago Fire FC’s plans to build a new 22,000-seat, soccer-only stadium in the South Loop. Here's what you said, lightly edited for clarity:“As a Chicago Fire FC season ticket-holder, it's great news. As a Bridgeport resident, it helps develop the area beyond the South Loop, which connects us to the Loop. I'm still skeptical this will happen, because money calls the shots."— Eusebio Islas Jr."Sounds great.…

Chicago Fire Unveils Plans for Privately Funded Soccer Stadium Near Downtown

The Chicago Fire made news earlier this week when they announced that they have made plans to build a new soccer-specific stadium and a permanent home for the first time in their team’s history. Chicago has bounced around from stadium to stadium while not having their roots down in their stadium. They have played in a soccer-specific stadium in their past, unfortunately, it was used by other teams and was out of the city. Playing in the city and…

What do you think about the Fire’s plan for a soccer stadium in the South Loop? Here’s what you told us.

We asked readers what they think of the Chicago Fire FC’s plans to build a new 22,000-seat, soccer-only stadium in the South Loop. Here’s what you said, lightly edited for clarity: “As a Chicago Fire FC season ticket-holder, it’s great news. As a Bridgeport resident, it helps develop the area beyond the South Loop, which connects us to the Loop. I’m still skeptical this will happen, because money calls the shots.”— Eusebio Islas Jr. “Sounds grea…

Chicago Fire will build their own stadium

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