By now, we’ve all absorbed the news about vilified billionaire White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf’s plans for a new stadium. In these uneasy economic times, it seems absurd that a diamond-encrusted plutocrat would have the nerve to beg for another $1 billion of taxpayers’ money because he’s bored with Guaranteed Rate Field and wants a new toy.
Now that the Chicago Bears have reportedly passed on building their home at the second-rate tax-vortex money pit that is Arlington Park, they’ve announced their vision to create a new stadium just south of Soldier Field.