Thread: Bears fans now can park close – for $100

[size=18px]Bears fans now can park close–for $100[/size]

Tribune staff reports
June 14, 2006

Bears season ticket holders can secure good parking near Soldier Field if they are willing to pay as much as $1,000 extra per season, under a plan approved Wednesday by the Chicago Park District.

Full story: Bears fans now can park close–for $100

What is this world coming to, when it costs you as much or more just to park to watch a football game?

thats rediculous

ha thing is bears fans are stupid enough to buy it too

That's crazy, I'd rather walk to the game.

keep in mind bears fans are fat. its a fact.

like jim belushi on according to jim, he's not a skinny man

It'll be a good way to encourage people to use public transport and take congestion off the roads on gamedays, but it's only going to hurt the fans. If I were the Bears I'd look into the feasibility of absorbing that cost on behalf of the fans. The PR alone would be more than worth it, especially when you consider $480,000 (the cost of paying this $100 parking tax for 60,000 fans for 8 games) is not a whole lot when it comes to NFL teams.

"Benet" wrote:

It'll be a good way to encourage people to use public transport and take congestion off the roads on gamedays, but it's only going to hurt the fans. If I were the Bears I'd look into the feasibility of absorbing that cost on behalf of the fans. The PR alone would be more than worth it, especially when you consider $480,000 (the cost of paying this $100 parking tax for 60,000 fans for 8 games) is not a whole lot when it comes to NFL teams.

Figuring it the way you did. It wouldn't be $480,000. It would be $48,000,000 for 8 games (60,000x8x$100).

Although, they only have 700 spaces available & 10 games; 700x100x10=$700,000.

I would walk. $100 would buy alot of pop and hotdogs at the game.