Illinois House Stalls Bears' $2 Billion Stadium Bill as Indiana Remains in Play

11 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jun 1

The Illinois House adjourned before voting on the Municipal Stadium Authority Act, leaving the Bears without the legislation they wanted to advance a new in-state stadium project.
A late Senate push was not enough: the bill passed 37-17 there, but House backers said the votes "simply weren't there" after a weekend collapse of a separate property-tax measure.
The Bears said they will keep evaluating Arlington Heights and Hammond, Indiana, sticking to their late spring or early summer timetable for choosing a site.
Illinois' next regular session is not until November, and any fall veto-session bill would need a supermajority—an added hurdle given Democratic divisions over taxpayer support and whether to risk losing the team to Indiana.
The team has already bought the 326-acre Arlington Heights site for $197.2 million and pledged $2 billion toward a new stadium, while Indiana has approved a subsidy framework backed by local tax revenue.

Can Illinois lawmakers salvage a stadium deal this fall, or has the state already lost the Chicago Bears?

After Illinois' legislative failure, is the Chicago Bears' move to Indiana now an inevitability?