Chicago Pro Soccer Club Revives Delayed Megaproject With $650 Million Stadium
Chicago's Major League Soccer club has reached a deal to self-finance a new downtown stadium, seizing an opportunity after Illinois officials balked at requests for subsidies for a new baseball stadium on the site.
The Chicago Fire's new 22,000-seat soccer stadium is expected to serve as the nucleus of a giant master-planned neighborhood in the heart of downtown Chicago.
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