Could Bears ever lose their grip on Chicago?

Bears ownership and management are advised to take notice of the improbability that occurred in Dallas last week.

They should take notice especially considering that they increased ticket prices in Soldier Field for the 2013 season, and fans can be gouged only so much before saying enough is enough.

The found money will contribute to the renovation of Halas Hall, which figures to somehow generate even more revenue for the Bears.

Back to the Cowboys: The improbability involving them is more improbable than a 34-minute power outage interrupting the Super Bowl.

The underlying message Dallas delivered is that the Bears better not take anything for granted, including that safety issues won’t make football an endangered species.

So, what shook up the entire Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex?

A survey revealed that by 1 percentage point, more fans attended, watched or listened to a Rangers baseball game than a Cowboys football game.

That’s a first for down there and whispers to the Bears that nothing is forever unless it turns out that way.

It doesn’t hurt the Rangers that Nolan Ryan is the face of their franchise and Jerry Jones is the face of the Cowboys. Still, the Cowboys are America’s Team — just ask them — so not being No. 1 at home was even more unlikely than the Bears not being No. 1 here.

Which raises the question of how improbable it would be for the Bears to not own this town sometime.

On a scale of 10, is it still a minus-10 that the Bears ever would be dethroned? The chance the Rangers would beat out the Cowboys was more like a minus-20.

We have become accustomed around here to saying that the Bears always will top the Chicago charts. Not even the most successful local teams could beat them out so far.

The Bulls’ dynasty, the White Sox’ and Blackhawks’ championships … none of them displaced the Bears.

Let’s review: The Bulls, Sox and Hawks fired at the Bears only to fall back behind them in and around town.

So that’s it. The Bears are invincible. They can throw the likes of Dave Wannstedt and Cade McNown and Lovie Smith and Craig Krenzel at fans and still own Chicago.

Wait, am I forgetting someone on the local landscape?

Oh, yeah, the Cubs.

This is a baseball franchise that hasn’t won a championship since 1908, so it’s easily forgotten in any competitive context.

But what if fledgling club chairman Tom Ricketts and baseball president Theo Epstein actually win a World Series? Heck, what if the Cubs not only win one but win a couple? What if they achieve what Epstein refers to as sustained success?

What if the Cubs graduate from lovable losers to obnoxious winners and in the meantime the Bears continue to be uninspiring and overpriced?

What then?

The Rangers won two straight American League pennants, the Cowboys slumped and the former overtook the latter.

One major difference: The Rangers are the only major-league baseball team in their market while the Cubs share this market with the Sox.

But it would be interesting to see how that certain Cubs aura would translate if they ever won something significant.

This is all moot because I continue to believe the Cubs — simply because they’re the Cubs — won’t win a World Series in my lifetime.

But the hypothetical is intriguing considering how improbable it was that the Cowboys wouldn’t rule Dallas-Fort Worth for even a moment.

mimrem@dailyherald.com