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Important News: TIF expert Tom Tresser on the push to fund new Bears stadium with taxpayer money Important News brings you reporting and commentary that is important to our lives from other writers and news sources. In this post, TIF expert Tom Tresser discusses the downside of the rush to use tax dollars to fund…
Chicago Fire sets dates for “home games” at SeatGeek Stadium because of date conflicts with Soldier Field and Bears Chicago Fire FC announced Friday July 22, 2022 a venue change for the Club’s home matches to be held on Saturday, Sept. 10 against Inter Miami CF and on Sunday, Oct. 9 against the New England…
Biased Chicago media ignored Fire soccer when in the suburbs When the Chicago Fire was playing phenomenal soccer games in the Southwest suburb of Bridgeview at SeatGeek Stadium (formerly Toyota Park), the Chicago media pretty much ignored the team. Now that the soccer team has relocated to Soldier Field, the Chicago media covers and promotes…
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Family celebrates Ed Sprinkle Bears’ HOF member lived in Palos Heights By Steve Metsch Seldom has a trip to Canton, Ohio, been greeted with the enthusiasm of, say, a vacation to Hawaii. But the induction of a former Chicago Bears star, the late Ed Sprinkle, to the Pro Football Hall of Fame has his family…