NU has needed a new football stadium for years. It was a flat out awful facility.
I think the the anxiety over concerts is way overwrought. I will be shocked if they ever book in a decent size act. Why would anyone go there when they could go to Wrigley, the United Center, or to Rosemont?
That said, it was time to draw some concessions fro…
NU has needed a new football stadium for years. It was a flat out awful facility.
I think the the anxiety over concerts is way overwrought. I will be shocked if they ever book in a decent size act. Why would anyone go there when they could go to Wrigley, the United Center, or to Rosemont?
That said, it was time to draw some concessions from NU and the claim that this project would create generational wealth was so disingenuous that it was actually insulting.
It was so much more than the concerts. NU can also hold
60 Ravinia concerts if they want now. With no special permits as long as they follow the MOU. The zoning changes were so egregious compared to what they had before. But naturally their marketing team did such a good job downplaying what all the changes were and people were so focused on the large concerts they missed everything else.
“Marketing” is generous. I remember in one Zoom meeting with the neighbors Davis (NU community PR rep)was bragging about the economic study they did, but when repeatedly pressed to share these amazing results he spoke of, the study was suddenly not worth talking about and they couldn’t share any of because parts of it were “irrelevant”. Double speak!
This meeting also turned out to be a faux meeting, as they then used it to turn around and lie to the broader community about what the local neighborhood wanted and the hat was discussed in the meeting.
I don’t think the anxiety is over wrought. The noise will be an issue for the residents living adjacent to the new football stadium. It may also be an issue for residents living in outlying neighborhoods. It depends on how the noise transmits.
In addition to the noisethe traffic and congestion that occurs when there’s a football game will put folks who are going via ambulance or car to Evanston Hospital at risk. Sometimes the minutes or more that it takes to circumvent cars and pedestrians can make a huge difference in the outcome of the patient. An ambulance is not a hospital. They can only do so much in the vehicle.
NU has needed a new football stadium for years. It was a flat out awful facility.
I think the the anxiety over concerts is way overwrought. I will be shocked if they ever book in a decent size act. Why would anyone go there when they could go to Wrigley, the United Center, or to Rosemont?
That said, it was time to draw some concessions from NU and the claim that this project would create generational wealth was so disingenuous that it was actually insulting.
It’s a pain in the ass to drive to Rosement when I take my kid to WWE matches, so I hope we can host Wrestlemania 42!!!
It was so much more than the concerts. NU can also hold
60 Ravinia concerts if they want now. With no special permits as long as they follow the MOU. The zoning changes were so egregious compared to what they had before. But naturally their marketing team did such a good job downplaying what all the changes were and people were so focused on the large concerts they missed everything else.
“Marketing” is generous. I remember in one Zoom meeting with the neighbors Davis (NU community PR rep)was bragging about the economic study they did, but when repeatedly pressed to share these amazing results he spoke of, the study was suddenly not worth talking about and they couldn’t share any of because parts of it were “irrelevant”. Double speak!
This meeting also turned out to be a faux meeting, as they then used it to turn around and lie to the broader community about what the local neighborhood wanted and the hat was discussed in the meeting.
Good rule of thumb is - when someone promises generational wealth, they are likely running a scam.
I don’t think the anxiety is over wrought. The noise will be an issue for the residents living adjacent to the new football stadium. It may also be an issue for residents living in outlying neighborhoods. It depends on how the noise transmits.
In addition to the noisethe traffic and congestion that occurs when there’s a football game will put folks who are going via ambulance or car to Evanston Hospital at risk. Sometimes the minutes or more that it takes to circumvent cars and pedestrians can make a huge difference in the outcome of the patient. An ambulance is not a hospital. They can only do so much in the vehicle.