An application for the permit was submitted to the village's building and life safety department May 3, covering interior demolition of the six-story grandstand and the two-story office and jockey building.A second permit application submitted by the NFL franchise May 4 is pending at village hall. Its approval would allow for the full-scale teardown of the first two buildings, plus the west and east entrances, paddock, concession, main shed, scoreboard and guard house.
Most of the disposal material will be transported to the Lakeshore Recycling Systems waste transfer station on Powis Road in West Chicago. Some of it will go to the waste hauler's transfer station just blocks away on Berdnick Street in Rolling Meadows, according to a site demolition traffic logistics map.
The teardowns -- expected to cost the Bears $3.8 million, records show -- are being done with an eye toward eventual property tax savings for the NFL club, which closed on its $197.2 million purchase of the old racetrack in February.