Thread: Faces of lockout: Bears camp bar owner TJ Don

Originally Posted by soulman

Well the Bears have an agreement with Olivet Nazarene to hold camp there each year so as a normal course of affairs the bar owner has a right to plan for and expect his business to increase during the time the team is there. This delay does have an impact without a doubt but it's probably not something you could sue over.

But despite that this lockout can't be good for his business or dozens of others who plan for and have become dependent on the increase in their businesses during camp. At least some things would have had to have been ordered in advance to accomodate the crowds so the cost of those things has already been spent in advance. In addition fans like you who go to camp may be having a hard time making plans and those who've planned vacations around it may end up disappointed if camp is delayed by the continuation of the lockout.

So the bottom line is that it's impossible to say that the public hasn't been adversely affected in some way or another. That being the case it would be almost impossible to claim to it was in the public's best interest. Clearly it's not.

Oh no doubt has an "effect".. no one would say different, just saying its not an actionable lawsuit.. and as soemone with hotel resrvations, trip and spend a week thee in rest/stores etc.. know the trickle down effects first hand...just saying unfort in life thigns like this happen, hell the agreement with bournanais was up this year, so for awhile looked liked may even move to suthern illinois,, and romeoville,, and actually still talking about for 2013, which will tick off all the local bournabais businesses, but that's life in the NFL of moving around

http://romeoville.patch.com/articles...-to-romeoville

Chicago Bears President: Training Camp Could Move to Romeoville

Ted Phillips confirmed talks with Lewis University during an April 30 Bears Expo in Chicago.
By Shannon Antinori | Email the author | May 4, 2011

deal is reportedly in the works to bring the Chicago Bears’ training camp to Romeoville by 2013, but Lewis University officials aren’t talking.
According to the Chicago Tribune, Bears President Ted Phillips said Saturday that the camp could make the move to Lewis once its current contract with Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais expires.
“We’ve also … been talking to Lewis University,” Phillips told the paper. “The reason we did that is because we felt if the opportunity existed to kind of bring training camp a little bit more central to our season-ticket base, it might make some sense to our fans. It’s an ongoing discussion.”
A representative for the university declined to comment on whether the Bears camp could come to Lewis.
“Unfortunately I can’t do that,” Director of Sports Information Matthew Brendich said when asked to comment on Phillips’ remarks, adding he had “no response whatsoever.”
Asked whether a deal with the Bears is in the works, Brendich told Patch, “If there was anything happening, I would have probably put something out.”
This winter, Brendich was also mum on reported plans to build a $20 million professional athletic complex on the campus, complete with a state-of-the-art multi-sport stadium, four practice fields and sports training center — a facility that could be a perfect fit for the Bears.
Though the project was touted by Mayor John Noak in his Jan. 11 state of the village address, Lewis officials would not confirm the plans.
In February, the university announced plans to build a $4 million facility including a nine-lane track and multi-purpose field, suitable for football, lacrosse and soccer, among other sports, Brendich told Patch. The project broke ground last month, with the first phase scheduled to be completed by August.