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Dear Arlington Heights: For cities with NFL stadiums, it’s always something

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Fans enter U.S. Bank Stadium before its inaugural game, between the Vikings and the Packers on Sept. 18, 2016, in Minneapolis.

A word of warning to our friends in Arlington Heights: It’s always something when an NFL stadium plops down in your town.

If you’ve paid any attention to the Bears and Soldier Field over the years, you already know the challenges. The concrete had barely dried on a 2003 renovation the team had championed when the grumbling began about its inadequate seating capacity compared with other NFL stadiums. The Bears’ dissatisfaction with Soldier Field led to their buying the land where Arlington International Racecourse used to sit.