Bears Brief 31 NFL Teams on 2 Stadium Sites, Excluding Chicago
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Updated · Chicago Sun-Times · May 18
Bears Brief 31 NFL Teams on 2 Stadium Sites, Excluding Chicago
9 articles · Updated · Chicago Sun-Times · May 18
Tuesday’s NFL meeting in Orlando will feature the Bears updating the league on only two stadium options—Arlington Heights and Hammond, Indiana—leaving Chicago out of the presentation.
The team has repeated for weeks that those are its only realistic sites for a domed stadium and still aims to choose one in late spring or early summer.
Arlington Heights hinges on an Illinois mega-projects bill before the General Assembly adjourns this month; the Bears already own the 326-acre former Arlington racecourse site.
Hammond has offered a stadium near Wolf Lake with all event revenue, no rent for at least 30 years and a $1 buyback after 40, while Mayor Brandon Johnson’s camp still argues Chicago could reemerge.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Monday that Johnson has offered "no plan at all" to keep the Bears in the city, underscoring how far Chicago has fallen behind.
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