Chicago Bears
The public finally got a good look Wednesday at the Chicago Bears $4.7 billion lakefront stadium plan.
But the big reveal showed something far deeper than pretty renderings, impressive architectural animation and an optimistic financial projections.
With Mayor Brandon Johnson and his administration standing with the Bears, it is clear the city is willing to put private interests ahead of public benefit and cheer-on this ill-conceived and expensive effort to build a gargantuan domed stadium on Chicago’s lakefront.
It makes you wonder if 130 years of court battles and protests to protect and improve the lakefront mean anything on City Hall’s Fifth Floor.