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Post by 2b9 on Mar 7, 2024 19:56:39 GMT -6
Not White Sox ballpark news but today the Bears signed pro bowl corner back Jaylon Johnson to a 4 yr $76M contract. He was a free agent and the Bears placed the franchise tag on him this week. So now they have Johnson and star defensive end Montez Sweet lockup up the next 4 years on defense. They still need another defensive end, defensive tackle and a free safety since Eddie Jackson was released. But overall they are pretty set on defense. On offense they have a generation QB in Caleb Williams, a star WR in DJ Moore, a very good tight end Cole Kmet who is locked up another 4 years, a massive hole at the other receiver position that will likely be filled by the bears own number 9 pick in the draft. On the offensive line left young guard Tevin Jenkins is the Bears best lineman, number 10 overall pick right tackle Darnell Wright looked good last year, left tackle Braxton Jones has shown promise. They filled their hole at center with a trade for Buffalo Bills lineman Ryan Bates. The Bears still have $57.26M in cap room after signing Jaylon Johnson the 4th most in the NFL. Miami didn't franchise star defensive tackle Christian Wilkins and Minnesota didn't either with star defensive end Daniel Hunter. Also Denver release star free safety Justin Simmons today. There are also a ton of good running backs in the market since NFL teams don't value backs anymore. How about the bears draft Caleb Williams at 1, a stud WR at 9, sign one of Wilkins/Hunter and Justin Simmons, draft a back with their 3rd rd pick or get a cheap free agent. Bam super bowl contender right off the bat!!!! About 2 weeks ago also the Cubs signed their own free agent Cody Bellinger to a 3yr $80M contract with 2 player opt outs. Bellinger was a star for the Dodgers had 2 terrible years and the Cubs signed him to a make good 1 year contract last year and he bounced back. There's still worried long term about him but this type of deal was perfect for the Cubs. The Cubs 2nd rated farm system isn't ready to produce a ton of prospects until next year. Without Bellinger this season would have been ruined. The Cubs get the best of both worlds now. No long term deal with an injury risk but get him this year to win a bad NL Central. The Brewers lost number 2 starter Brandon Woodruf for the year to a shoulder injury(maybe career) and they traded ace Corbin Burnes to Baltimore. Plus the Cubs took the Brewers excellent manager Craig Counsell. The Cubs finished 8 games behind the Brewers last year but did have the better run deferential. Former manager Davis Ross blew too many close games with dumb decisions. Chicago sports are on a roll!!! Only thing lacking is a Jerry Reinsdorf death. Great post, very informative and interesting👍. Cheers, 2b9😉😃👍 |
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Post by mikecubs on Apr 15, 2024 11:44:44 GMT -6
Report: City shoots down latest proposal in Bears, White Sox stadium discussions Local politicians and state legislators continued to pushback on the idea of using public funds to build new sports stadiums in Chicago Thursday, shooting down a new idea from the Chicago Bears and White Sox on where public funding could come from, according to a report in Crain’s Chicago Business. Crain’s Justin Laurence reported mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration is holding discussions with the Bears and White Sox over the course of the next week as the two professional sports franchises try to arrange a financial deal that would allow them both to build new stadiums within city limits. Among items discussed, Laurence wrote the parties involved talked about using the city’s amusement tax as an additional lever of public revenue.Currently, the funds generated through the city’s amusement tax — Which come from a 9% tax on ticket sales at sporting and other entertainment events and services across the city — Go to general services and other amenities Chicagoans expect from their city government. The new idea, proposed by the White Sox, would help supplement costs to build any new stadiums from ticket sales at each of the two teams’ currently existing and potential new stadiums. That’s on top of the possibility of extending the already set 2% hotel revenue tax still being used to help pay for renovations to Soldier Field and the construction of Guaranteed Rate Field. “ The city was very cool to that idea and told [the Bears and White Sox] to keep thinking and we’re not going to work on that one,” Laurence told WGN News Friday evening. “That’s kind of a non-starter.
“[The Bears and White Sox] are certainly getting closer to coming up with a deal that we can all evaluate … But that doesn’t mean state and city legislators are going to sign on.” While ideas are spit-balled back-and-forth between front offices and Johnson’s administration, the clock continues to tick on getting a deal done, which Bears and Sox ownership would like to happen sooner rather than later. The Illinois State General Assembly convenes through May 24 and in any scenario where a deal for a new stadium in Chicago is officially proposed, the deal would need to be put to a vote and approved by the state general assembly. At best, city and state politicians have been lukewarm to any proposals involving public dollars funding the construction of private sports stadiums, and according to Laurence, are unlikely to be cooperative with a timeline that gets a deal done by the end of the May legislative session. The next time the state general assembly convenes wouldn’t be until 2025, according to the legislative calendar on the state government’s website. U ltimately, Laurence told WGN News there are no clear cut ways the Bears and White Sox can generate significant funding through public tax dollars, meaning that the gap would need to be made up in private investments.
T he Bears have committed more than $2 billion in private investments to a new domed stadium on the lakefront, but stadium architecture expert Mark Ganis told WGN News back in March that it would take $2.5-3 billion in private funding to build the stadium, and that doesn’t include the additional $1 billion the city would need to fork over for infrastructure work to make the stadium site more accessible, according to Laurence’s reporting.The White Sox and team owner/chairman Jerry Reinsdorf have yet to put forward any private capital toward a new stadium.To read Laurence’s latest update on the Bears and White Sox’s discussions with city and state leaders on putting forth a proposal for new stadiums in Chicago, visit Crain’s Chicago Business online. wgntv.com/sports/report-city-shoots-down-latest-proposal-in-bears-white-sox-stadium-discussions/
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Post by 2b9 on Apr 15, 2024 13:13:57 GMT -6
Report: City shoots down latest proposal in Bears, White Sox stadium discussions Local politicians and state legislators continued to pushback on the idea of using public funds to build new sports stadiums in Chicago Thursday, shooting down a new idea from the Chicago Bears and White Sox on where public funding could come from, according to a report in Crain’s Chicago Business. Crain’s Justin Laurence reported mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration is holding discussions with the Bears and White Sox over the course of the next week as the two professional sports franchises try to arrange a financial deal that would allow them both to build new stadiums within city limits. Among items discussed, Laurence wrote the parties involved talked about using the city’s amusement tax as an additional lever of public revenue.Currently, the funds generated through the city’s amusement tax — Which come from a 9% tax on ticket sales at sporting and other entertainment events and services across the city — Go to general services and other amenities Chicagoans expect from their city government. The new idea, proposed by the White Sox, would help supplement costs to build any new stadiums from ticket sales at each of the two teams’ currently existing and potential new stadiums. That’s on top of the possibility of extending the already set 2% hotel revenue tax still being used to help pay for renovations to Soldier Field and the construction of Guaranteed Rate Field. “ The city was very cool to that idea and told [the Bears and White Sox] to keep thinking and we’re not going to work on that one,” Laurence told WGN News Friday evening. “That’s kind of a non-starter.
“[The Bears and White Sox] are certainly getting closer to coming up with a deal that we can all evaluate … But that doesn’t mean state and city legislators are going to sign on.” While ideas are spit-balled back-and-forth between front offices and Johnson’s administration, the clock continues to tick on getting a deal done, which Bears and Sox ownership would like to happen sooner rather than later. The Illinois State General Assembly convenes through May 24 and in any scenario where a deal for a new stadium in Chicago is officially proposed, the deal would need to be put to a vote and approved by the state general assembly. At best, city and state politicians have been lukewarm to any proposals involving public dollars funding the construction of private sports stadiums, and according to Laurence, are unlikely to be cooperative with a timeline that gets a deal done by the end of the May legislative session. The next time the state general assembly convenes wouldn’t be until 2025, according to the legislative calendar on the state government’s website. U ltimately, Laurence told WGN News there are no clear cut ways the Bears and White Sox can generate significant funding through public tax dollars, meaning that the gap would need to be made up in private investments.
T he Bears have committed more than $2 billion in private investments to a new domed stadium on the lakefront, but stadium architecture expert Mark Ganis told WGN News back in March that it would take $2.5-3 billion in private funding to build the stadium, and that doesn’t include the additional $1 billion the city would need to fork over for infrastructure work to make the stadium site more accessible, according to Laurence’s reporting.The White Sox and team owner/chairman Jerry Reinsdorf have yet to put forward any private capital toward a new stadium.To read Laurence’s latest update on the Bears and White Sox’s discussions with city and state leaders on putting forth a proposal for new stadiums in Chicago, visit Crain’s Chicago Business online. wgntv.com/sports/report-city-shoots-down-latest-proposal-in-bears-white-sox-stadium-discussions/ This is going to be very interesting, I think it will take a long time to get it all figured out. 2b9😉😃👍 |
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Post by mikecubs on Apr 16, 2024 9:41:27 GMT -6
Report: City shoots down latest proposal in Bears, White Sox stadium discussions Local politicians and state legislators continued to pushback on the idea of using public funds to build new sports stadiums in Chicago Thursday, shooting down a new idea from the Chicago Bears and White Sox on where public funding could come from, according to a report in Crain’s Chicago Business. Crain’s Justin Laurence reported mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration is holding discussions with the Bears and White Sox over the course of the next week as the two professional sports franchises try to arrange a financial deal that would allow them both to build new stadiums within city limits. Among items discussed, Laurence wrote the parties involved talked about using the city’s amusement tax as an additional lever of public revenue.Currently, the funds generated through the city’s amusement tax — Which come from a 9% tax on ticket sales at sporting and other entertainment events and services across the city — Go to general services and other amenities Chicagoans expect from their city government. The new idea, proposed by the White Sox, would help supplement costs to build any new stadiums from ticket sales at each of the two teams’ currently existing and potential new stadiums. That’s on top of the possibility of extending the already set 2% hotel revenue tax still being used to help pay for renovations to Soldier Field and the construction of Guaranteed Rate Field. “ The city was very cool to that idea and told [the Bears and White Sox] to keep thinking and we’re not going to work on that one,” Laurence told WGN News Friday evening. “That’s kind of a non-starter.
“[The Bears and White Sox] are certainly getting closer to coming up with a deal that we can all evaluate … But that doesn’t mean state and city legislators are going to sign on.” While ideas are spit-balled back-and-forth between front offices and Johnson’s administration, the clock continues to tick on getting a deal done, which Bears and Sox ownership would like to happen sooner rather than later. The Illinois State General Assembly convenes through May 24 and in any scenario where a deal for a new stadium in Chicago is officially proposed, the deal would need to be put to a vote and approved by the state general assembly. At best, city and state politicians have been lukewarm to any proposals involving public dollars funding the construction of private sports stadiums, and according to Laurence, are unlikely to be cooperative with a timeline that gets a deal done by the end of the May legislative session. The next time the state general assembly convenes wouldn’t be until 2025, according to the legislative calendar on the state government’s website. U ltimately, Laurence told WGN News there are no clear cut ways the Bears and White Sox can generate significant funding through public tax dollars, meaning that the gap would need to be made up in private investments.
T he Bears have committed more than $2 billion in private investments to a new domed stadium on the lakefront, but stadium architecture expert Mark Ganis told WGN News back in March that it would take $2.5-3 billion in private funding to build the stadium, and that doesn’t include the additional $1 billion the city would need to fork over for infrastructure work to make the stadium site more accessible, according to Laurence’s reporting.The White Sox and team owner/chairman Jerry Reinsdorf have yet to put forward any private capital toward a new stadium.To read Laurence’s latest update on the Bears and White Sox’s discussions with city and state leaders on putting forth a proposal for new stadiums in Chicago, visit Crain’s Chicago Business online. wgntv.com/sports/report-city-shoots-down-latest-proposal-in-bears-white-sox-stadium-discussions/ This is going to be very interesting, I think it will take a long time to get it all figured out. 2b9😉😃👍 I think so too. I'm 100% against giving the White Sox anything since I hate Reinsdorf and Chicago already has a baseball team. I wouldn't mind helping the Bears a bit since Chicago will get a Super Bowl with a new stadium. |
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Post by 2b9 on Apr 16, 2024 14:32:53 GMT -6
This is going to be very interesting, I think it will take a long time to get it all figured out. 2b9😉😃👍 I think so too. I'm 100% against giving the White Sox anything since I hate Reinsdorf and Chicago already has a baseball team. I wouldn't mind helping the Bears a bit since Chicago will get a Super Bowl with a new stadium. I hear ya👍. Cheers, 2b9😉😃👍 |
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Post by wolfmannick on Apr 16, 2024 15:58:44 GMT -6
Move em to Montreal....
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Post by 2b9 on Apr 16, 2024 16:23:29 GMT -6
Montreal has been waiting patiently in the wings for a very long time, would be awesome to see Montreal get a Team again, I believe that it would work in Montreal. Either a relocation or a brand new franchise. Cheers, 2b9😉😃👍 |
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Post by wolfmannick on Apr 16, 2024 17:38:52 GMT -6
Montreal has been waiting patiently in the wings for a very long time, would be awesome to see Montreal get a Team again, I believe that it would work in Montreal. Either a relocation or a brand new franchise. Cheers, 2b9😉😃👍 I was being a tad tongue in cheek. I don't think there's anyone really jumping at the bid to build a brand new stadium and fork out north of 1.5 billion to get an mlb team in mtl |
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Post by 2b9 on Apr 16, 2024 17:55:10 GMT -6
Montreal has been waiting patiently in the wings for a very long time, would be awesome to see Montreal get a Team again, I believe that it would work in Montreal. Either a relocation or a brand new franchise. Cheers, 2b9😉😃👍 I was being a tad tongue in cheek. I don't think there's anyone really jumping at the bid to build a brand new stadium and fork out north of 1.5 billion to get an mlb team in mtl Honestly, I wasn’t kidding, Montreal wants a Team, they are behind the scenes pushing for it. Will it happen? Whom knows. Have a great night wolfmannick! GO JETS GO👍. Cheers, 2b9😉😃👍 |
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