Pink Line United Center station?

[Busjack]

On 7/23/2024 at 10:26 AM, Busjack said:

.. Sun-Times: United Center owners planning massive $7 billion mixed-use campus around the arena. If there wasn;t justification for a Madison Pink Line station before, this would provide it.

Update: ABC7 just said that the developers said they are in talks with CTA over the station.

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On 7/23/2024 at 4:46 PM, renardo870 said:

Pink Line Madison/United Center Station 🚉 would definitely be an asset to bringing passengers to events at the UC and the surrounding park area. ..

On 7/24/2024 at 8:15 AM, Javi75 said:

How come CTA made a Damen green line stop before making a Madison pink line stop? The pink line is the closest any L gets to the United Center distance wise. Would it have caused a ridership change on the pink line warranting more railcars for that line?

On 7/24/2024 at 1:16 PM, Busjack said:

As I said, CTA has adequate property rights, unless it intends to massively expand its footprint.  The chicago-l.org page describes various plans through 2012 to rebuild the station. The difference now is that Danny Wirtz and his development partners want the station, and the alderman wants the $7 Billion, no subsidy development.

I thought we should consolidate this here, since the idea is gaining "traction." Lynn Sweet column: United Center mega-project sounds enticing, Burnett says. But who'll pay for new Pink Line station? Zoning Committee head  "said the new station and related infrastructure improvements have been at the center of negotiations with city planners." The question is whether a TIF district will be extended to pay for the station and other public infrastructure, given the huge private development and the $80 million cost of the Damen Green Line station.

[strictures]

8 hours ago, Busjack said:

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I thought we should consolidate this here, since the idea is gaining "traction." Lynn Sweet column: United Center mega-project sounds enticing, Burnett says. But who'll pay for new Pink Line station? Zoning Committee head  "said the new station and related infrastructure improvements have been at the center of negotiations with city planners." The question is whether a TIF district will be extended to pay for the station and other public infrastructure, given the huge private development and the $80 million cost of the Damen Green Line station.

If they do build a new station, then do it the right way & rebuild the tracks so a center island station is built, not two sidebar platforms.  The center island types are cheaper to maintain over the years, as they don't need duplicate elevators & escalators, because they can't get operating funds from the feds like they get construction funding from those same feds all the time.  It's also safer for the passengers, as there are more people on the platform, making it more difficult for criminals to operate there!

[Busjack]

Sun-Times article to the effect that Danny Wirtz and Michael Reinsdorf are bullish (my intentional pun) on the station, "but it's up to the CTA."