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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Fran Spielman

Local alderperson wants ‘everything’ on the table to keep Sox in Chicago — except demolishing Guaranteed Rate Field

Guaranteed Rate Field, which opened in 1991 to replace Comiskey Park, was built for $137 million, a relative bargain, and it wouldn’t be responsible to tear it down, argues 11th Ward Ald. Nicole Lee. (Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times file photo)

Bridgeport Ald. Nicole Lee said Tuesday she is determined to keep the White Sox in Chicago — and in the 11th Ward — and “everything should be on the table” with one exception: demolishing Guaranteed Rate Field.

“We, as members of the City Council, need to think about when it’s … fiscally responsible to tear something down that’s perfectly fine in terms of a physical structure … which by today’s standards was built for a steal compared to what costs are today,” said Lee of the stadium that opened in April 1991 for what is now the bargain basement price of $137 million.

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