Today’s quotable
Friday, May 22, 2026 - Posted by Rich Miller
* Tribune…
State Sen. Robert Peters, a Chicago Democrat whose district encompasses Soldier Field, expressed frustration at [Chicago Bears president and CEO Kevin Warren} and how, despite his success in helping the Minnesota Vikings secure a new stadium, “he is now being known for this three-year cluster mess of the Bears stadium deal, and his approach to it.”
“We have come to this place where it’s an easy narrative about the governor versus the mayor. And I don’t think that’s the right narrative. The main narrative is that the Bears have been totally inept in this entire process,” he said Thursday.
“None of us want to have our heart broken seeing the team we love move,” Peters said. “What we also don’t want to see is the team we love bamboozle us.”
- Nerry - Friday, May 22, 26 @ 12:49 pm:
The Bears bought a piece of land for a new place. Just like any other homeowner/landowner they owe the taxes on this piece of property. What IS so hard to understand?
- Bear Down - Friday, May 22, 26 @ 1:08 pm:
And what has Peters done to keep them in his district? I sure haven’t seen much. Deflection is a good political strategy, but not a good governmental strategy.
- Leap Day William - Friday, May 22, 26 @ 1:11 pm:
== And what has Peters done to keep them in his district? I sure haven’t seen much. Deflection is a good political strategy, but not a good governmental strategy. ==
The Bears don’t live in his district; they just do some of their work there. They spend most of their time up in the Lake Forest area. Why should he bend over backwards to fleece the taxpayers on behalf of a mutil-billion dollar “nonprofit” that puts on a performance in his district 8-9 Sundays a year?
- Candy Dogood - Friday, May 22, 26 @ 1:16 pm:
===but not a good governmental strategy. ===
It is so odd to see someone show up here and shill for the Bears. Their public relations and lobbying around their efforts to get billions of dollars in public funding has been terrible and their statements in public and private have been completely unreliable.
I don’t think the measure of good government is how well one worships and serves the interests of billionaire private sport franchise owners.
- The Farm Grad - Friday, May 22, 26 @ 1:23 pm:
“want to have our heart broken seeing the team we love move”
Do San Franciscans care that the 49ers play in San Jose-adjacent Levi’s Field? Neither should Chicagoans.
Furthermore, 90% of the commerce associated with regular-season, playoff or SB games will still accrue to downtown Chicago, whether the Bears play in AH or Indiana
- Scoot - Friday, May 22, 26 @ 1:27 pm:
I agree with Senator Peters, the Bears have made a mess of this move…like watching a tennis match of all the times we’re staying, we’re going to Arlington, no we’re looking at Indiana. Make a decision and stick to it already.
- Socially DIstant Watcher - Friday, May 22, 26 @ 1:39 pm:
Bear Down just stepped in it.
- Casper The Ghost Bus - Friday, May 22, 26 @ 1:58 pm:
I don’t know that I’ve ever seen a multi-billion dollar business do so little work and just expect everyone else to put together their plan for them while at the same time seemingly doing everything humanly possible to undercut their own position.
- @misterjayem - Friday, May 22, 26 @ 2:05 pm:
A cynic might suggest that Sen. Peters’ love for the Bears is misplaced.
– MrJM
- Earnest - Friday, May 22, 26 @ 2:11 pm:
Does it make me a bad person and a sexist if my first response to Senator Peters is, “Dude, man up and get out of your fee-fee’s.”
- Candy Dogood - Friday, May 22, 26 @ 2:28 pm:
===Bear Down just stepped in it.===
They showed up here with the the name ‘bear down’ to make poo jokes about other usernames.
- Rich Miller - Friday, May 22, 26 @ 2:31 pm:
===Does it make me a bad person===
No, just a Bears shill.
- Juice - Friday, May 22, 26 @ 3:08 pm:
I have never figured out why Kevin Warren gets so much credit on the construction of US Bank Stadium.
It was widely recognized that the Metrodome was a dump, but even then the proposal to build a new stadium failed initially.
Then the roof collapsed.
So unless Kevin was up there with a shovel and some snow to get the roof to cave in, not sure if he did anything all that impressive to actually get the funding for a new stadium secured.
- New Day - Friday, May 22, 26 @ 3:35 pm:
On behalf of longtime CapFax readers and commenters, I’d like to welcome members of the Chicago Bears PR department to the chat. Sadly, you are trying to defend the indefensible so you will be about as effective as Bears quarterbacks have been until the current occupant of the job.
I’m so thrilled to see Robert Peters say what so many of us who have been close to this S-Show have seen. Kevin Warren has been an unmitigated disaster in his role. From the nonsensical rollout of the first idea where they invited everybody except the people who had money to the latest gambit, Kevin Warren has been the primary problem. He doesn’t listen to his advisors. He doesn’t listen to the political leaders. He doesn’t listen to anybody. He doesn’t even listen to George McCaskey as Dan Bernstein reported yesterday.
It has amazed me that nobody in the press has written the story of the real problem in this drama and his name is Kevin Warren.