1,116-Pound Bluefin Tuna

Marcus Delaney

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A guy off Rye Harbor hauls in a 1,116-pound bluefin and suddenly everybody at the lab wants to talk fishing weigh-ins instead of case loads. Fine, I get it \u2014 a weight that big is basically a differential diagnosis for \"how is that even possible.\" So I built a list of Chicago sports stuff that scales with big-number energy: records, tonnage, and the kind of numbers you circle twice before you believe them. Near West Side guy, Sox and Bulls on the weekend, box scores before coffee.

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1,116-Pound Bluefin Tuna — 4 items
Name	Comment	Address	City	Category	Key Number	Record Type	Year Set
1Guaranteed Rate Field	Opened as new Comiskey, still the Sox house. Capacity's a hard number, unlike the bullpen ERA some years.	333 W 35th St	Chicago	MLB ballpark	40,615 capacity	Stadium capacity	1991
2United Center	Six Bulls titles hanging up there, last one in '98. Sample size of one dynasty, never repeated since.	1901 W Madison St	Chicago	NBA/NHL arena	6 banners	Championship count	1998
3Wrigley Field	Not my team but the ivy's a real structure, not decoration. Old building, still passes inspection.	1060 W Addison St	Chicago	MLB ballpark	112 years old	Oldest NL park	1914
4Soldier Field	Smallest seating number in the league post-renovation. Lowest n in the dataset, still counts.	1410 Museum Campus Dr	Chicago	NFL stadium	61,500 capacity	Smallest NFL capacity	2003