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Originally Posted by Kngkyle
How do 42,000 arrive at Wrigley Field?
Whatever your answer to that is, is my answer to your question.
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I'm going to play devil's advocate here...
1) Wrigley Field is in an area with a defined street grid. Now these streets, with the exception of perhaps Ashland and Irving Park, aren't exactly major arterials, but at least you can get in and out of the area using multiple routes. And let's face it, traffic anywhere near game time is a complete disaster no matter what, even with an intact street grid.
2) The area around Lincoln Yards doesn't even have remotely close to an intact street grid, as you've got the river, multiple rail lines and rail yards, not to mention several large manufacturing/industrial companies all keeping most streets, both N-S and E-W, from going through the area. It's a complete clusterfuck most of the time already, so imagine it with 20,000 fans entering and leaving at relatively the same time without good transit. Good luck with that!
3) Even as someone who's only been living in Chicago since late October, even >I< know that your snarky response was pretty much completely absurd in this situation...
Aaron (Glowrock)