Sunday, April 29, 2007

McCormick East and Sports Finals

Watching the NCAA B-Ball tourney I am feeling disgruntled. Even though Chicago would make one of the best locations for such an event as a Final Four or Super Bowl (I think Chi and NYC could be maybe only two northern cities who could attract more then one and done Super Bowls if given the facilities) Chicago gets skipped over because we don't have a massive indoor sports facility. Given that there is sporadic talk about decommissioning or tearing down McCormick East would it be beneficial and realistic to think about converting and rehabbing it to making it an indoor stadium capable of hosting such events? Even though those events would be sporadic it could still host winter mega-concerts and even that damn circus that displaces the Bulls/Hawks for weeks during the winter.

I am not sure what is going to be done with the temporary seats of an Olympic stadium but maybe it would be cheaper to reuse those seats and put them in a reconfigured McCormick Place East. One could even sell the naming rights to help go towards reconstruction. Now I am not sure if the proportions are at all suitable to turning it into an indoor stadium or not but if they are is it worth thinking about?>

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