South Loop

Same thing in sports ownership.

What we've seen in Chicago just a couple weeks ago, Justin Ishbia had this amazing sort of leak and release about what a new stadium could look like in Chicago in the South Loop with all this acreage around it and all this development and what his dream was for Chicago.

And I remember thinking very clearly, you know, Jerry really wants a new stadium, Jerry Reinsdorf.

And I'm not sure why Justin's getting ahead of Jerry here because if you knew Jerry like I knew Jerry, Jerry doesn't like when people get ahead of him publicly or privately.

Well, Iceman is back, and so is the energy for the Chicago Bears fan base.

Certainly having a fun day here in the South Loop and all across Chicago, but here at Weathermark Tavern, fans packed this bar, hanging on for every play down the stretch of that fourth quarter.

And of course, everyone excited to see Caleb back under center, but they were ringing the bell here at the bar.

when that game went final and just cheering on.

I was able to attend.

I wrote up a lot of what transpired in that Q&A on soxmachine.com, but I'm going to be providing some more details and explanation as a side or in addition to what I wrote on soxmachine.com in this episode and also bring up some visuals of what Justin Ishbia has already done and what he's hoping to do in the upcoming future with his grand vision of the South Loop of Chicago.

We're also going to be providing updates of what's going on with the current stadium efforts.

Everybody knows that in order for Ishbia's vision to come true, Amtrak needs to move out.

He's a big process guy.

And then eventually You either expand or his company sells you to another company, and that is how he's made his billions.

But of course, when it comes to Ishbia and what a lot of people were focused on was his plans for the South Loop, specifically his grand plan of the Rail Yards project.

And we all believe that this is going to be the future home of the Chicago White Sox when Justin Ishbia becomes the steward, in his words, or the chairman or owner, however, whatever term you wanna use.

Yeah, and I definitely understand, like, the, the toughness of the night one, especially for you.

Not that South Loop is far, but-

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it definitely is, definitely is harder for you to get there than someone who lives in Lakeview or Lincoln Park.

Oh, yeah.

For sure, because then you're, like, fighting through, like, 45 minutes of traffic, right, at least, just to, just to get from South Loop up to Old Town.

So yeah, I don't know what we're gonna do when, um, you know, winter hits and the, the morning workouts go away, so-

Yeah.

Um, I was actually down the street in my old neighborhood, the South Loop, at the Utility Show, which I loved.

You guys should go some year because it's a lot-

Great

Do you have any urban locations, like literally in CBD type areas, or have you considered that?

We're in South Loop in Chicago.

Okay.

Uh, we're in East River Plaza in Manhattan.