A NEW SOLDIER FIELD: “We need to invest in Soldier Field. Soldier Field must be a year-round destination. We must enhance the fan experience. And that’s precisely what we aim to do,” Chicago Mayor Lightfoot said Monday.
A portion of the cost would be paid for by selling naming rights "in a way that respects Soldier Field’s legacy as a war memorial by keeping Soldier in the name of the facility," as the working group charged with "re-imagining" the museum campus suggested in its 50-page report. But key details about how the money would be raised were not revealed.
Lightfoot outlined three options for Soldier Field, one of which calls for a domed stadium. A second option would go without a dome but would still make the stadium a "top-tier" playing site for an NFL team, Lightfoot promised. The final option involves renovating Soldier Field to continue housing theThe mayor resurrected the controversial and often-considered-and-rejected idea of a dome as one of three options for improving the stadium remodeled in 2001 at a cost of $660 million.
According to the team, their hands are tied by the agreement they signed to purchase the 326-acre site of the now-shuttered Arlington International Racecourse for $197.2 million. "Friends of the Parks will not carry water for the mayor on this. Friends of the Parks does not agree that there should be a dome on Soldier Field. It is prohibitively expensive and there are other priorities where the city’s money should be spent."
Dunn played a key role in producing a rendering Lightfoot issued Monday showing Soldier Field surrounded by a new structure supporting a retractable roof. A source said that because of his expertise in NFL stadiums, Dunn has volunteered ideas about what to do with Soldier Field. Chicago architects Dirk Lohan and Adrian Smith said the current 61,500 capacity — the NFL’s smallest — can be expanded only a little, and only in the end zones. A retractable roof would be difficult, requiring a new support structure.
"These costs would almost certainly not be offset by additional revenue opportunities" — even if adding a dome helps lure a Super Bowl, Wrestlemania or the NCAA Final Four, the report states.
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