They Must Be REALLY Hard Up For Entertainment In Chicago...

[Gob]

Tough draw in the RWC,

Group B

South Africa
Samoa
Scotland
Japan
USA

Be fighting for third place with Scotland

[Jarlaxle]

After all, Chicagoans keep paying money to watch Cubs games...

Bingo.*

P.S. Bon Jovi sold out Soldier Field. Madonna sold out Soldier Field. Luke Bryan (who?) sold out Soldier Field. Just sayin'....

* Have I mentioned recently that I'm from the SOUTH side of the city?

Billy Joel sold out Yankee Stadium. And Shea Stadium. And Fenway Park. And Wrigley.

(And dammit, I didn't get to see ANY of those!)

[MajGenl.Meade]

Tough draw in the RWC,

Group B

South Africa
Samoa
Scotland
Japan
USA

Be fighting for third place with Scotland

Be fighting for last place with Japan

[Econoline]

Billy Joel sold out Yankee Stadium. And Shea Stadium. And Fenway Park. And Wrigley.

(And dammit, I didn't get to see ANY of those!)

Billy Joel might have been worth it, but my point was, Bon Jovi? Madonna? Luke Bryan? The 2014 Chicago Bears? WTF? Apparently just about anybody can sell a shitload of tickets there. (Personally, I've never gone to see any musical act performing in a ginormous sports arena, can't imagine ever wanting to do so...)

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Chief Promoter: "Okay guys, we're going to set up a rugby match between the New Zealanders, the best rugby team on the planet, and the US team; we need to figure out where to hold it..."

Promoter Asst 1: "Well boss, you realize that Americans don't know anything about rugby, and don't care about rugby, and the US team will get its ass kicked..."

Chief Promoter: Yes, of course; that's a given. The question is where can we hold this "contest" where people will actually buy tickets to see it...

(Long silence....)

Fendwell: "I think I have the answer sir"

Chief Promoter: "Yes, Fendwell?"

Fendwell: "Chicago sir. Those people have spent money on losers for decades, they're used to it. It's what they do. There's no location in the entire country where you could find more people willing to spend their hard earned cash to watch an inevitable defeat than in Chicago... it's perfect...

Chief Promoter: Excellent Fendwell, set it up. You're getting a bonus...

[MajGenl.Meade]

... and once again, Cleveland loses out!