re: Bears to request more than $2 billion in public money to fund $4.6 billion stadium.

I get the public footing the bill for infrastructure and transportation improvements, I don’t really get them footing the bill for $1 Billion in new borrowing.

If it’s an enclosed stadium, will the city own 1/3 of it and get use of the stadium 1/3 of the time? If public funds are used to build these stadiums, cities and localities that paid for it should also reap the benefit of it.

Personally, if I’m a city leader, I would never allow a publicly funded open air stadium to be built. This way I could guarantee massive events regardless of weather.