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devilmaster
09-29-03, 05:44 PM
http://chicagobears.earthcam.com/cb_panorama.jpg

http://www.chicagobears.com/photos/newstadiumexterior.jpg
Sean O'Gorman
09-29-03, 06:29 PM
Seems fitting that the shape of it looks like water going down a toilet. :laugh:
RacinM3
09-29-03, 06:49 PM
I'm not from Chicago, but it seems to me like a pretty innovative approach to appease the preservationists while making the owners of tha facility, and the team, happy. The way they built that huge stadium inside the boundary created by the old facade is amazing. I would guess that most of the people in Chicago who are up in arms about the look of the new building would have FREAKED if they tore down the old facade, which was probably the alternative.

I've searched for and looked at aLOT of photos of it on the internet, and I've decided I like it.
RTKar
09-29-03, 07:19 PM
Between this new abomination and the "new" Comiskey Park it looks like a Grade B alien invasion horror flic in Chicago....at least they aren't in a suburb and can still be considered real Chicago teams. :rolleyes:
JT265
09-29-03, 07:57 PM
Is that a gigantic rack of 9 balls on the top Steve? ;)
FRANKY
09-29-03, 09:00 PM
What a horrid mixture of two different types of architecture.

da mistake by the lake?
Corner5
09-29-03, 09:55 PM
Originally posted by RTKar
Between this new abomination and the "new" Comiskey Park it looks like a Grade B alien invasion horror flic in Chicago....at least they aren't in a suburb and can still be considered real Chicago teams. :rolleyes:

its Heeerrrre!!!!!!! :p
cart7
09-29-03, 10:17 PM
Kinda reminds me of this girl I once knew. ;)
SteveH
09-29-03, 11:11 PM
"No, the spaceship looks out of place in the columns"

And the team looks equally out of place in the stadium.

Geesh, are they ever lousy.
Dr. Corkski
09-30-03, 02:26 PM
Beam me up Kordell.
tllips
09-30-03, 03:03 PM
It looks stupid from the outside. But, I hear it is pretty neat looking on the inside as far as sight lines and such as compared to the old toilet bowl.

I will find out in person next Sunday! :eek:
SteveH
09-30-03, 04:53 PM
"I will find out in person next Sunday!"

So will I!!

I'm actually hoping that the Bears go winless this year. Then there can be no choice but to replace all the coaches and most of the team. They suck. Worse than last year, at least then they could blame it on injuries.
chop456
10-01-03, 04:47 AM
Too bad the NFL doesn't operate like European soccer. They could send the Bears down to play in the arena league for a couple of years (or decades) until they get their act together.
Corner5
10-02-03, 11:21 AM
A cautionary tale for the stadium-




scalpers (http://www.wisinfo.com/postcrescent/news/archive/local_12547278.shtml)
chop456
10-02-03, 12:20 PM
Originally posted by Corner5
A cautionary tale for the stadium-
scalpers (http://www.wisinfo.com/postcrescent/news/archive/local_12547278.shtml)

“We’ve wasted it on stuff dumber than that before,” Penkala said of the money.

Let's see here. You spent $700 and ended up with nothing, not even the fake tickets as a souveneir, and it's not the dumbest thing you've spent money on?

I'd like to know what the other stuff was.
Corner5
10-02-03, 01:39 PM
Originally posted by chop456
“We’ve wasted it on stuff dumber than that before,” Penkala said of the money.

Let's see here. You spent $700 and ended up with nothing, not even the fake tickets as a souveneir, and it's not the dumbest thing you've spent money on?

I'd like to know what the other stuff was.

Exactly!!!!! I think they were embarassed and there was beer involved.......