As a person who actually lives in Hammond, the Chicago media absolutely refuses to acknowledge that Hammond, IN borders Chicago. The very southern edge of Chicago, actually known as the Eastside, butts up to Hammond. You can drive from Soldier Field to the Wolf Lake area where the stadium is being proposed in 20-30 minutes as long as traffic is with you but this is Chicago traffic, so..... That part of Hammond around Wolf Lake is known as Robertsdale but those residents consider themselves as Whiting, IN, residents. That's a story within itself. The main north/south roads that would be between the stadium are Calumet Avenue (US 41) to the west and Indianapolis Blvd to the east. Both roads are only four lanes. These two roads among others, would need to be widened greatly for traffic. Extensive work would need to be done for water, sewers, power, communications, and probably whatever else an arm chair quarter back can think of. The scenery to the east of the stadium will be something to see with the BP oil refinery that takes up most of the shore line in NW Indiana along with an abundant amount of steel mills along the lake going east. If there is an odor in air, most of us here who live in the region won't notice it because around here, you typically smell it before you see it. It's my understanding that off ramps from the Indiana Toll road would lead into the proposed parking lots. A new South Shore spur line was just put in from Dyer, IN to Hammond to take you to either Chicago or South Bend. An additional spur line will be put in to take you from the train station in Hammond, north, to the stadium. Amtrak has a station in Hammond near Horseshoe Casino which is about a mile or so away from Wolf Lake. I'd think the casino has to be drooling over the Bears coming to Hammond, Win or lose, you can't tell me Bears fans won't go to the casino before or after the game. The land based Hard Rock Casino that got put in Gary, IN, not long ago has taken a lot of patrons away from the Horseshoe so the Bears fans during game day or whatever other event is going on at a domed stadium year round can only be looked as a huge boost for Horseshoe. You can't see the Chicago skyline from Wolf Lake. You can make out the "Sears" Tower in the distance tho. Driving a few miles to Whiting Park and on a clear day, it feels like you can reach clear across Lake Michigan and touch Chicago for as close as it appears. It's gonna take a LOT of infrastructure work on top of building the stadium in Hammond if it eventually happens. You can't tell me the politicians in Chicago and/or Illinois won't try and throw a hail mary to keep the team in either Chicago or in Arlington Heights. I personally didn't want the Bears to come to Hammond. I can only imagine what this will end up doing to my property taxes in the future.