walkrman5 wrote:
the ghost of t-dub wrote:
It pisses me off that the seating capacity of Soldier Field is only 61,500. This isn't Charlotte or Jacksonville. This is supposed to be a fucking world class city, yet Soldier Field would be #11 in the SEC in terms of seating capacity. 4 SEC schools have seating capacities of over 100,000! SF would rank 8th in the Big Ten in attendance.
The playing surface sucks and is among the worst in the NFL because the McCaskey's and Park District insist on a natural grass surface. Most suburban high school stadiums have better playing surfaces than Soldier Field.
Finally, if they would have gone with a retractable dome, the city could bring in Final 4's and National Championship games, but no; we believe in Bear Weather and must keep Soldier Field open for some dumb ass reason.
Congrats George, you have one of the shittiest stadiums in the NFL.
blame Reinsdorf and his influence and his "protection" of his United Center interests
yes, you can blame Jerry for not having a dome, but he didnt stop them from having a dome, he just made it impossible for that option to be on the table, because while the McCaskeys are incompetent it was a no brainer for Chicago to have a dome, give Jerry credit, he knew it more than the mcCaskeys, who probably didnt even think about it.
Also, its not Jerrys fault the Bears play in the smallest stadium in the NFL that has the worst amenities and terribley designed traffic routes internally.