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There are a lot of rumors swirling around a new stadium being built in Illinois for one of the state's pro baseball teams, here is what we know...

A new stadium would keep the franchise in Chicago for an extended period of time.

CHICAGO -- The White Sox are in discussions about the possibility of building a new baseball-only ballpark on a parcel in the South Loop of Chicago known as “The 78,” according to a report from the Sun-Times Thursday. Sources told the newspaper negotiations are “serious” for the potential site at

I kind of miss spending winters uncritically soaking up whatever rumors ran in Baseball Weekly and daydreaming about a right fielder making a running catch angling back toward the wall in the gap, then throwing behind a runner to try to double them up.

KANSAS CITY -- Jackson County voters will decide in April whether to extend a stadium sales tax to support construction of a new downtown Royals ballpark and renovations at Arrowhead Stadium for the Kansas City Chiefs. County legislators voted 8-1 on Monday on putting a new 3/8th-cent sales tax on

One killed in expressway shooting

Articles from the tag: White Sox Stadium

After a new report revealed that the Chicago White Sox were evaluating a site in the South Loop neighborhood for a new ballpark, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker...

The Chicago White Sox are in “serious” discussions with the owner of a plot of land in the citys South Loop about building a new ballpark a few miles north of their longtime home at Guaranteed Rate Field, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.

One killed in expressway shooting Illinois State Police are investigating a deadly shooting Wednesday night on a Chicago expressway. The incident took place at the Paulina Street ramp to the Interstate 290 expressway. ...