I hope NIU threatens to move if attendance doesn't improve. I'd get a lot of laughs out of that.

If Jeffrey Loria bought NIU.....

Bump.

(04-15-2014 02:56 PM)HuskieTom51 Wrote:  

(04-15-2014 02:45 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  

(04-15-2014 02:29 PM)huskiehog64 Wrote:  Let softball play at the Bandits stadium in Rosemont, then soccer could go to Toyota Park...baseball could play at Kane County...absolutely stupid idea to move a new NIU football stadium to Naperville!!!

Totally forgot about that.

Lets just move all our sports teams to Rosemont so we surround the B1G office just off of 90 and Balmoral.

We can wait for the Cubs to build in Rosemont and then we can share their facilities!

I think in the next 10 years there will be a new 70,000 seat stadium somewhere west of 294. It will be a dome, Bears will move in, (my fear being a current PSL holder) instantly it gets a Super Bowl, an NCAA regional every few, a Final 4 every 6-8, what at that time will be a game in the NCAA Football Tourney and the SOIL (State of ILlinois) Football Classic pitting NIU vs a B10 team once a year.

(04-18-2014 10:10 AM)randyfensfanclub1 Wrote:  I think in the next 10 years there will be a new 70,000 seat stadium somewhere west of 294. It will be a dome, Bears will move in, (my fear being a current PSL holder) instantly it gets a Super Bowl, an NCAA regional every few, a Final 4 every 6-8, what at that time will be a game in the NCAA Football Tourney and the SOIL (State of ILlinois) Football Classic pitting NIU vs a B10 team once a year.

I would have no problem with that.

Even better if it was in Naperville/Aurora.

(04-18-2014 10:10 AM)randyfensfanclub1 Wrote:  I think in the next 10 years there will be a new 70,000 seat stadium somewhere west of 294. It will be a dome, Bears will move in, (my fear being a current PSL holder) instantly it gets a Super Bowl, an NCAA regional every few, a Final 4 every 6-8, what at that time will be a game in the NCAA Football Tourney and the SOIL (State of ILlinois) Football Classic pitting NIU vs a B10 team once a year.

I'm not too sure the Bears would want to move to a larger stadium. They purposely kept Soldier Field with a smaller capacity when they remodeled it, so they can keep a high demand on tickets and sell them at a higher price.

(04-18-2014 10:39 AM)timxlydon Wrote:  

(04-18-2014 10:10 AM)randyfensfanclub1 Wrote:  I think in the next 10 years there will be a new 70,000 seat stadium somewhere west of 294. It will be a dome, Bears will move in, (my fear being a current PSL holder) instantly it gets a Super Bowl, an NCAA regional every few, a Final 4 every 6-8, what at that time will be a game in the NCAA Football Tourney and the SOIL (State of ILlinois) Football Classic pitting NIU vs a B10 team once a year.

I'm not too sure the Bears would want to move to a larger stadium. They purposely kept Soldier Field with a smaller capacity when they remodeled it, so they can keep a high demand on tickets and sell them at a higher price.

They will look for a way out. in 15 years it will be 25 years since the rennovations. They will get the re-up/new $ from PSL and finding 8-9k new season ticket holders won't be a problem since they will be indoors(or retractable). Don't forget, they only pay rent and get no parking or concessions.Another reason why their tix are higher, smaller venue. Keeps the market stable. I can only imagine what the share is of a Final Four, SuperBowl, Westlemania for Stadium owners. I heard parking in Arlington is like $80. JJ makes a million dollars a game in parking.

I mean I can't read into the future (well, not most of the time) but would not surprise me if they do something with a few years of Virginia passes, be it them or future owners.

(04-15-2014 05:54 PM)dekalb222 Wrote:  I am so sorry, I did not know it would offend so many. Being a life long DeKalb resident I am glad Huskie Stadium is here. I've often thought that had NIU been built in the Naperville- Aurora area it would be awesome. I believe you could have a university hospital and would have 35k students. I also think then you could get a Big12 invite and a 45k stadium.

I thought it was a great idea..

Kinda origlnal, outside the box thinking and worthy of prelim exploration.
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Land in Naperville expensive and likely limited.
Traffic and infrastructure issues abound...

some other locations nearby may be Aurora , N Aurora off Eola, Winfield, Warrenville, etc.

Remember when Bears were exploring a new stadium to be constructed in west burbs...

What if some distant , future-istic galaxy year both NIU and Bears shared use of same suburban INDOOR facility able to host a SUPER BOWL ?

Crazier visions have been turned into realities --- Change is the only constant.
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Remember USC and LA Rams

Many more college students in decades ahead may fore go on campus schooling for virtual online degrees...

U Miami and Dolphins in OLD Orange Bowl

UCONN built their football statium near Hartford Conneticut. Students had to take a bus to the game. It has been a disaster. The students don't go and peope from Hartford don't go. When a television camera shows the crowd it is mostly emty seats. At the original studium on campus students could walk to the game.

UCONN sucks, though.

How is this still a thread?

Because its the off season.

(04-22-2014 02:44 PM)NIUfilmmaker Wrote:  How is this still a thread?

Because people keep posting on it.

(04-22-2014 05:31 PM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(04-22-2014 02:44 PM)NIUfilmmaker Wrote:  How is this still a thread?

Because people keep posting on it.

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