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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
David Roeder

Chicago Fire’s Near West Side training site stymied

A rendering of the Chicago Fire’s proposed training and office center on the Near West Side. (Provided)

The Chicago Fire soccer club got shut out Tuesday at the City Council’s zoning committee meeting when most alderpersons rejected a proposal to let the team build an $80 million training center on the Near West Side.

But that’s unlikely to be the last word. Because several committee members missed the vote, the panel will reconvene Wednesday to reconsider the matter, said Ald. Tom Tunney (44th). Tunney, the committee’s chairman, said that if the item is approved, it would go to the full council for final action later Wednesday.

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