Du Page residents favor stadium - but not nearby

Du Page County residents would love a White Sox stadium, butthey don't want to live next door to one.

That's the finding of a White Sox survey for which a detailedanalysis was released yesterday.

Survey results initially released last week showed west suburbanresidents favored the stadium 2,544 to 909.

However, a suburb-by-suburb breakdown released yesterday showedthe stadium was rejected by residents of suburbs near the proposedsite in Addison.

Ballots for the survey were filled out by people attending theDu Page County Fair last month.

The proposed stadium was turned down 82-78 in Addison, 73-35 inadjoining Bloomingdale, 19-10 in Itasca and 39-30 in Roselle. Italso lost 1-0 in Oakbrook Terrace.

It was approved by large margins in most of the other 29 suburbswhere those responding to it live.

Paul Reis, the White Sox' Du Page liaison, said the team'sofficials were not surprised.

"We realize that those folks have some very legitimate concernsabout what the construction of a stadium is going to do to theirlifestyle," Reis said. "When we get a chance to talk one-on-one andhave some public forums later in the year, we can turn that around."

In a related development, two County Board members who opposethe stadium said they will conduct their own survey. R. Lloyd Renfroand Connie Zimmerman said ballots will be published today in threelocal newspapers and ballots will be made available at local stores.