A Hammond Super Bowl or Final Four would indeed be a no cost windfall for Chicago hotel tax and rideshare tax revenues and downtown restaurant tax collections too.
We can host a fan-fest at McCormick Place too.
There’s no arguing this.
Ten years from now, with a beautiful, easy-to-access domed stadium in place and having hosted a Super Bowl and a Final Four, absolutely no one will care at all that the Bears' stadium is roughly 3,000 feet on the other side of the state line.