Chinatown residents expressed concerns about the Chicago Fire’s proposed soccer stadium on the vacant South Loop lot known as “The 78,” saying Wednesday that the development could price out longtime residents and small businesses.

Affordable housing, the future of Ping Tom Memorial Park and economic impacts from the stadium project were at the center of a community meeting Wednesday night at the Pui Tak Center.

“At this point, the main concern is the worry about displacement and maintaining affordability,” said Grace Chan McKibben, director of the Coalition for a Better Chinese American Community, which hosted the meeting. “We want to keep Chinatown as a legacy — businesses as well as long-term residents. We’d like to keep folks as much as possible.”

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