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Originally Posted by tjp
I'm not familiar with Arlington Heights, but do you think this would get any pushback from residents? The area immediately surrounding the proposed site is leafy residential... I know the racetrack is already there but I assume the Bears would bring in a lot more traffic and noise?
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wikipedia says that arlington racecourse's grandstand seating capacity is 35,000, but there are also other areas adjacent to the grandstand for spectators to watch the races that probably aren't included in "seating capacity". let's say that ~40,000 show up on the busiest race days (though i'm not sure how often arlington actually fills up to that level).
a new NFL stadium for the bears would roughly double that capacity (and would always full), but the schedule of use would be considerably less: 2 preseason + 8 regular season home games + potential playoffs (yeah right,
) vs. some 70-odd race days in a typical summer calendar for arlington racecourse.