Haven’t we heard this story before?
Jerry Reinsdorf is again making specious and unsubstantiated claims that the ballpark his White Sox play in inhibits them from competing with other big-market clubs, and that he needs new digs or will be forced to seek greener pastures. The soft cushion, in JR’s mind, is that public financing that benefits him the most is somehow in the public good.
The last stadium showdown between Reinsdorf vs. the city and state came in the mid- 1980s. Infamously, Illinois Governor “Big Jim” Thompson stopped the clock in Springfield to rally votes past the funding deadline.