Record Date: 2/20/2024
Guest: Justin Laurence, Crain's Chicago
Rundown
- How surprisingly fast and aggressive the White Sox / Related Midwest have been with Project 78
- What is Jerry Reinsdorf asking for?
- Why are the White Sox and Related Midwest making a point of helping with Soldier Field debt?
- How big of a sticking point is extending the Hotel Tax?
- How exactly would the state of Illinois benefit from this South Loop stadium?
- Questions from Patreon supporters:
Asinwreck
The political climate in Springfield is considerably different to when Jim Thompson, Mike Madigan, and Philip Rock funded New Comiskey. Based on their actions to date, are JB Pritzker, Chris Welch, and Don Harmon likely to grant Jerry Reinsdorf the public funds he desires?
Dan
I’d like to know if there were no baseball stadium and there was a building developer who wanted the site for a high rise. Would that developer be asking for subsidies? Is this just par for the course?
Bob
What is a rough estimate of the environmental clean-up cost of the 78 land, and who pays for that clean up?
David
Right after he got the state to pay for new Comiskey, Jerry famously financed the United Center himself. Is that just too much to ask for a new ballpark because it’s so much larger and expensive, and there’s no Michael Jordan?
