Chicago Fire FC announces plans to build new, privately funded soccer stadium at ‘The 78’

It looks like a resident will finally be moving in to anchor “The 78,” the vacant piece of land in Chicago’s South Loop that’s been a proposed site for several developments over the years, most recently a new White Sox stadium.

But a different Chicago pro sports team, the Fire of Major League Soccer, is now poised to move into the 62-acre site along the Chicago River at Roosevelt Road, developed by Related Midwest and called “The 78” for its potential to become the city’s 78th neighborhood.

WGN’s Bronagh Tumulty reports on the story.

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