[NU Sports] OT: Chicago bid

[s.fridley at comcast.net]

It's quite unlikely that NU would become a venue for a variety of sports - one of the central features of the Chicago bid is its anticipated compactness.  There's already a fair amount of info about proposed venues out there; so far NU is proposed to host soccer matches at Ryan Field.  Track is extremely unlikely, given the current configuration of Ryan - there is no track, and insufficient room to install one.   There are several good venues for basketball in Chicago already - and the newest one is at Chicago State.

Take a look at www.Chicago2016.org for some introductory info.

Alan probably has, or will soon have, more info about proposed venues than the rest of us have seen.
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From: NEONRye at aol.com
> Is there any way that Welsh-Ryan could be torn down and a new arena built  on 
> the site?   I assume that United Center and whatever they now call  "The 
> Horizon" (where DePaul plays) and I guess the new facility called The  Toyota 
> Center (I'm still not sure where it is.) would be major venues for hoops  and 
> other indoor sports, such as gymnastics and boxing, a new arena in Evanston  
> (the 
> Ryan Center? the "'Cats Lair"? the "Bienen" Dome?) would sure be a welcome  
> addition.  Even if the 'Cats had to play elsewhere for a couple of years,  it 
> would be worth it to gain a world-class facility, so that this impediment to  
> making a run at an NCAA bid is removed once and for all.  You could have,  say, 
> gymnastics at the new Evanston arena, while Ryan Field hosts track or  soccer 
> events, or the like.  And Mustard's Last Stand could finally gain  the 
> worldwide fame it deserves!  This New Yorker, for one, would sure love  to come 
> to 
> Chicagoland for the Games in 2016 (and one of my law partners does  legal work 
> for the Olympics, so I might even be able to get some good  ducats).
>  
> Back in the early '70's I never thought I'd see the day when I would be  
> rooting for a "Mayor Daley" to upstage the "Big Apple", but I am pulling  hard 
> for 
> this to happen to a great city that I miss very much.
>  
> Paul Levinson
> 
> 
> 
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