Three Chicago Sports OwnersSeek Taxpayers’ Dollars For Sports Venues [Video]

There are only so many public dollars available for sports venues in Illinois.

Chicago that toddlin’ town, my kind of town if you happen to own Major League Baseball’s Chicago White Sox franchise or the National Football League’s Chicago Bears franchise or Major League Soccer’s Chicago Fire franchise. Or is Chicago really my kind of town for White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf, or the Bears’ ownership group, the McCaskey family, or for Joe Mansueto, the owner of the Chicago Fire franchise. The three businesses are looking for plants in Chicago and they are also looking for taxpayers’ dollars from Chicago residents to build new playgrounds for their businesses. So far, Reinsdorf and the McCaskey family have been told no state money will be available for their projects from the Illinois Governor J. B. Pritzker. But in the world of stadium building no never means no. But an owner needs a …