Fire owner Joe Mansueto will build a new soccer-specific stadium for the club without using public funding, he announced this week. Photo courtesy of Chicago Fire FC

FOR ONE BRIEF SHINING CORNER KICK, Joe Mansueto provided The Captive Sports City with the assertiveness that refreshes.

On Tuesday the billionaire owner of the Chicago Fire announced that he will bankroll a new $650M, soccer-specific stadium on the city's near South Side.

Shovels will be in the ground before the end of the year at “The 78” — the abandoned rail yard under West Roosevelt Road that has been teased as a possible site for a new playpen housing the Bears or the White Sox.

Mansueto's Fire is in line to begin play at the fresh 22,000-seat pitch in time for the 2028 Major League Soccer season.

No tin-cupping. No

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