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Originally Posted by ardecila
I'd be very surprised if the McCaskeys saved any part of the Arlington Park design, other than maybe the Kentucky horse farm landscaping. The existing grandstand has awful sight lines for football and the seat pitch was designed more for comfort than for packing in the crowds. If they're talking about a transit-oriented development, then they will probably want to push the stadium to the northwest corner of the site to leave room for TOD around the Metra stop.
Road improvements are maybe an issue but I think they can do a lot with TSM; for only 8 home games a year it makes more sense to have a small army of cops and traffic aides than to widen roads and add offramps.
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The roads along the southern and western boundaries fall within Rolling Meadows not Arlington Heights. Route 14 along the Northeast boundary is a State Highway so that falls under IDOT jurisdiction. So if neither the state nor Rolling Meadows (unlike Arlington Heights they won't benefit) are willing to cooperate then there won't be any road improvements.