Five months ago, Mayor Lori Lightfoot asked nearly two dozen prominent Chicagoans to “re-imagine” the 57-acre Museum Campus and recommend ways to “maximize” its year-round benefits — with or without the Chicago Bears.
Now, that working group is delivering that and then some, with a host of ideas that could break the bank and transform the lakefront experience.
Putting a dome on Soldier Field, expanding stadium concourses, adding more seats and more premium seats, replacing natural grass with synthetic turf and selling naming rights may be only the beginning.
An Excel spreadsheet shared with the Sun-Times and considered by the working group has plenty of other ideas:
• Aerial gondolas and/or a monorail using clean energy.