RobRBearsFan:  I don't see how the Bears can control the entire 31st lot of McCormick place and make it coupon parking.  Its not their property.  It's not complicated -- they write a big fat check to McCormick Place and say ''we're taking your parking lot on Sundays in the fall, and you don't have to deal with any of the hassle ...

My buddy just got e-mail confirmation from the Bears -- all of the McCormick 31st street lot will be subject to the same tailgating rules as the other lots -- 3 hours before and 1 hour after game time, no canopies/fires/etc. Absolute garbage, this is the death of tailgating as far as I'm concerned.