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Chicago Architecture Center report outlines how city can score with new stadium developments

Pat Nabong/Sun-Times

Always put transit first. Push for connection, not isolation. And above all, be patient.

Those were a few of the guiding principles on how to approach stadium development in the Chicago Architecture Center’s newest report, “Win/Win: The New Game Plan for Urban Stadiums,” released this month.

The center assembled a working group comprised of business executives, civic leaders, urban planners, architects and others to study the bids for new, or expanded, stadiums by the Chicago Bears, Blackhawks, Bulls, Fire and White Sox.

They also spent three months studying stadium developments across the U.