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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Dan Mihalopoulos | WBEZ

Opponents of Northwestern stadium sue city of Evanston

A community member at an Evanston City Council meeting holds a sign against the construction and rezoning of Northwestern University’s Ryan Field stadium on Nov. 20. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

Alleging elected officials bent laws and sold them out for “monetary contributions,” opponents of Northwestern University’s plans for a new football stadium filed a lawsuit against the city of Evanston on Thursday.

The complaint in Cook County Circuit Court seeks to overturn last month’s narrow vote in favor of allowing concerts and other commercial events at the rebuilt Ryan Field, near single-family homes in the northern suburb and neighboring Wilmette.

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