In an interview with the Athletic, former Mayor Rahm Emmanuel expressed his frustration with FIFA's demand to have a dome over Soldier Field. It led him to say no to hosting the World Cup in 2018.
"You expect me to treat the Chicago taxpayers as the dumb money at the table. You got to be kidding me," Emanuel said. "You can't have something in there that leaves the city and the taxpayers exposed, and you get to decide it, and I have no vote in it"
He says the demand would have cost hundreds of millions of dollars for the city.
In an interview with the Athletic, former Mayor Rahm Emmanuel expressed his frustration with FIFA's demand to have a dome over Soldier Field. It led him to say no to hosting the World Cup in 2018.
"You expect me to treat the Chicago taxpayers as the dumb money at the table. You got to be kidding me," Emanuel said. "You can't have something in there that leaves the city and the taxpayers exposed, and you get to decide it, and I have no vote in it"
He says the demand would have cost hundreds of millions of dollars for the city.
