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Another Bears click-bait and switch? (Updated x2)

Thursday, Aug 13, 2026 - Posted by Isabel Miller

* Lots of rumors were being spread by the usual suspects in the past days about a big Bears’ announcement happening today

…Adding… Oops!



* Sun-Times reporter Patrick Finley


* And about that second stadium site being touted


* Governor JB Pritzker was asked today if he was given a heads up about the press conference

Pritzker: No heads up on any announcement. As I understand this is really a regular feature for the Bears at the beginning of a season, and it’s been made into something greater than that by others. But we’ll have to see. I know they’re going to talk to the media at noon.

* Gov. Pritzker was also asked today if his staff has been in contact with the Bears

Pritzker: The answer is yes, that we’ve had contact, our staff, their staff, and we’re working hard to make sure that there’s an opportunity for the Bears to stay in the state of Illinois, whether it’s in Chicago or in Arlington Heights. It’s something that I personally as a Bears fan want very much. I also want at the same time to protect the fans and the taxpayers of the state. So we’re going to do everything we can to make sure that that happens. […]

Pritzker: Well, they’ve not presented a bill. They have various things that they’ve talked to us about, but they haven’t presented a language in a bill to us.

The Bears press conference is scheduled to start at 12:15. Click here to watch.

…Adding… WGN’s Tahman Bradley



* Bears CEO Kevin Warren was asked if the Bears made any mistakes in Springfield

Reporter: What mistakes do you guys think you made along the way in maybe not understanding the political process or getting stuff wrong with the state of Illinois?

Warren: I don’t think we’ve made any mistakes. As you study these projects, I really look at these as learning opportunities to come together. They are complex. I mean, the Chicago Bears, we haven’t had our own stadium in 107 years of Chicago Bears football. You look what’s going on around the league, from Kansas City, to Cleveland, to Washington, the various locations, these projects are complicated. They’re expensive, they’re challenging, they require political willpower. They’re financially… You got to lean into that from that standpoint. So I don’t look at we’ve we’ve made any mistakes. We’ve made the necessary steps at that appropriate time to be where we are today. And it’s good to be in a position that we’ll be able to bring this to some closure.

       

71 Comments »
  1. - Ducky - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 11:56 am:

    NFL reporters are the best. Always ready to carry water for the team and league.


  2. - Flyin' Elvis'-Utah Chapter - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 11:57 am:

    Serious question for commenters that are residents of that fair city-

    Would telling the Bears to kick rocks really hurt a pols re-election chances?


  3. - IlliniInDG - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 12:06 pm:

    FYI - Ben Devine has retracted his post.


  4. - Michelle Flaherty - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 12:09 pm:

    In his latest post a few minutes ago, Ben Devine now claims he was “duped” and is retracting his previous prediction of stadium deal announcement. LOL. Duped.


  5. - Flyin' Elvis'-Utah Chapter - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 12:12 pm:

    “NFL reporters are the best. Always ready to carry water for the team and league.”

    Remembering the days when ESPN had the likes of Dick Schaap, Bob Ley, and yes, Olbermann.

    Now, it’s just one hair cut screaming at another.


  6. - DS - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 12:21 pm:

    It is once again time for Marc Ganis to impotently shake his fist in Springfield’s direction on the radio.


  7. - JS Mill - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 12:26 pm:

    =Now, it’s just one hair cut screaming at another.=

    The exact reason I only ever tune in for an actual game.


  8. - Google is Your Friend - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 12:29 pm:

    ==- DS - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 12:21 pm:==

    He’s probably more upset that others are now captaining the Chris Welch hate train.


  9. - Rahm's Parking Meter - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 12:38 pm:

    Oh George….. Oh Kevin… Dumping all the blame on politicians isn’t going to help.


  10. - fs - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 12:46 pm:

    It’s almost like the a large number of Twitter anccounts aren’t actual reporters, but just random fans with blogs who build followings by throwing (censored) at the wall hoping some of it sticks.

    Kudos to the real reporters like Patrick Finley and (especially) Brenden Moore who try to push back on rumors with their actual sources and reporting.


  11. - Boone Logan Square - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 12:47 pm:

    They consistently are not good at this, and Al Davis isn’t around to give advice.


  12. - Oklahoma - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 12:51 pm:

    Noteworthy that the Governor mentioned a stadium in Chicago as a possibility.


  13. - 4th and Never - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 12:54 pm:

    Just watched the press conference and something remains clearly evident that the Bears can’t wrap their minds around: Cunningham did a post session round robin where he cited the inside straight the Bears were trying for: an incentive to remain in state from one city to another. The Bears clearly still envision a rose ceremony where the city and state’s forefathers come on bended knee asking for the Bears to do this. They don’t have the political awareness to know that the courtship has to be a lot more subtle. Of course Indiana is “thirsty,” as the kids say. Until the Bears achieve the cognitive dissonance to understand why there has to be a difference, we’re in this endless loop forever.


  14. - Yellow Dog Democrat - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 12:57 pm:

    Thanks Rich for the laugh.

    === Noteworthy that the Governor mentioned a stadium in Chicago as a possibility. ===

    Not really. Crafting a bill that Chicago lawmakers can vote for is a critical part of getting anything passed. It’s tough to vote to spend tax dollars to move the team from Chicago to Arlington Heights if you are a Chicago lawmaker.

    A bill that is silent on where in the state the team locates provides cover, just a thin-enough-veil of plausible deniability.


  15. - Trinity - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 12:59 pm:

    Yeah the Bears response to the reporter asking him about if they are aware of the fan’s disappointment…He literally started laughing. They truly hate their fans.


  16. - Chicago Voter - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 1:11 pm:

    Is there anyone familiar with the workings of Springfield that agrees with Warren when he says they didn’t make mistakes? Try listening to your lobbyists for one.


  17. - Charles Edward Cheese - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 1:21 pm:

    “I don’t think we’ve made any mistakes”

    Absolute delusion. If no mistakes were made I imagine I would have seen a bunch of shovels in the ground and cranes in the sky by now, no Kevin?

    You don’t have to outright admit “mistakes” were made (for the sake of your fragile ego Mr. Warren) but there are PR/spin friendly ways to say perhaps in hindsight the team might’ve approached aspects of the project differently.


  18. - Socially DIstant Watcher - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 1:25 pm:

    ==Try listening to your lobbyists for one. ==

    They’ve burned through several. Clearly, they don’t hear anything but “yes.”


  19. - Pistol Pete - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 1:30 pm:

    Sounds like you won’t be in this endless loop forever.

    A 3 year courtship where the Bears were told they were not a legislative priority, until they pursued a stadium in Indiana?

    The inner workings of Springfield and the dysfunctional legislature are the problem here.

    The billionaire owned soccer stadium in the South loop asked for the same things the Bears need and they got it.


  20. - hisgirlfriday - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 1:33 pm:

    Kevin Warren: It’s good to be in a position that we’ll be able to bring this to some closure.

    George McCaskey: We will be the Chicago Bears whether we’re in Arlington or whether we’re in Hammond.

    Nice closure you got there, Bears.


  21. - btowntruth from forgottonia - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 1:42 pm:

    Ducky:
    You noticed that too?


  22. - Friendly Bob Adams - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 1:43 pm:

    This saga stopped being interesting a long time ago. Flip a coin or something already….


  23. - Juice - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 1:44 pm:

    Pistol Pete, both the Chicago Fire and the United Center development are taking advantage of incentive deals that are already in the law (both TIF and tax incentives). Something that as far as I can tell the Bears have never even bothered to look at. At a minimum they have not gone public with why similar kinds of deals will not work for their development.

    Its just been never ending complaints and shock that the property they bought had multiple school districts covering it, something that should not have been a surprise to anyone with minimal competence.


  24. - Overbay - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 1:46 pm:

    The Fire didn’t get what the Bears are asking for. Nowhere close. That’s apples and oranges.


  25. - Roadrager - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 1:46 pm:

    ==A 3 year courtship where the Bears were told they were not a legislative priority, until they pursued a stadium in Indiana?

    The inner workings of Springfield and the dysfunctional legislature are the problem here.==

    Springfield is the party of lesser dysfunction here. Warren and McCaskey couldn’t even be bothered to scoot their buns down to Springfield on the weekend the legislation that would have given them funding needed to get pushed across the finish line, and they’ve been acting like that’s everyone else’s fault ever since. They’ve tried nothing, and they’re all out of ideas.

    ==The billionaire owned soccer stadium in the South loop asked for the same things the Bears need and they got it.==

    That is because Joe Mansueto understood the order of operations to get what he wanted from the state as a partner. The Bears bought land, held out their hand toward the state and said “Stadium now, please,” and then went on an extended grousing about having to pay property taxes on the land they bought based on the valuation of what they paid for it.


  26. - Stephenson County - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 1:48 pm:

    Indiana Bears. LOL. Reminds me of the story that Des Moines, Iowa wanted a PROFESSIONAL NFL franchise, but the NFL turned then down because then Illinois would want one too.


  27. - Ducky - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 1:48 pm:

    Oh Pistol…. The NFL believes it is special. Above all of this political back and forth as the “nations’s game.” That view is like a disease, infecting every aspect of how the league and teams do their business. This whole stadium process reflects this hubris.


  28. - Pistol Pete - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 1:56 pm:

    The NFL has been able to work with partners in state and local governments in every market except Illinois, but somehow this is 100% on the Bears and the NFL?

    Delusional thinking making excuses for the legislature fumbling the ball on the 1 yard line in the Super Bowl.

    And then no recent talks to restart the process?

    You can’t dance without a partner.


  29. - Steve - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 1:57 pm:

    -Indiana Bears. LOL-

    Because Bears season ticket holders from the north side will want to travel a longer distance to get to their seat. The Bears really aren’t serious about keeping their fan base.


  30. - StarLineChicago - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 2:03 pm:

    == I don’t think we’ve made any mistakes. ==

    If they actually do end up in Indiana, I can think of about 197.2 million things they probably should’ve done differently.


  31. - Demoralized - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 2:04 pm:

    @Pistol:

    Indiana was willing to throw money willy nilly at the Bears. Illinois was not. I for one am grateful for that. Move. I don’t care. Good riddance. I don’t take kindly to people who stomp their feet when they don’t get what they want and then take their ball and go home. They just aren’t that important. Illinois is still going to get PLENTY of revenue even if the Bears move. Nobody is staying in Hammond, Indiana. All those fans will be staying in hotels in Illinois. So, goodbye.


  32. - James the Intolerant - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 2:05 pm:

    David Haugh should know better.


  33. - Save Ferris - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 2:07 pm:

    “Noteworthy that the Governor mentioned a stadium in Chicago as a possibility.”

    That’s not what he said.

    “there’s an opportunity for the Bears to stay in the state of Illinois, whether it’s in Chicago or in Arlington Heights.”

    The opportunity in Chicago is NOT a new stadium. It’s at Soldier Field in an extended lease. Given the Bears lack of liquidity, that option is becoming more and more likely.


  34. - Think Again - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 2:08 pm:

    = The NFL has been able to work with partners in state and local governments in every market except Illinois=

    All politics is local and all state houses have their dueling caucuses, Illinois is completely unique compared to just about every other state. The Chicago GA members would not get on board with the stadium at AP -as Warren said response from Springfield was been minimal. The Bears can’t fix the problems within the Dem caucus.


  35. - Think Again - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 2:08 pm:

    = The NFL has been able to work with partners in state and local governments in every market except Illinois=

    All politics is local and all state houses have their dueling caucuses, Illinois is completely unique compared to just about every other state. The Chicago GA members would not get on board with the stadium at AP -as Warren said response from Springfield was been minimal. The Bears can’t fix the problems within the Dem caucus.


  36. - Save Ferris - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 2:08 pm:

    “David Haugh should know better.”

    Should. But he doesn’t.


  37. - Save Ferris - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 2:12 pm:

    “Joe Mansueto understood the order of operations to get what he wanted from the state as a partner.”

    Joe also has a few billion in cash. The McCaskey’s have non-public stock.


  38. - @misterjayem - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 2:12 pm:

    “The NFL has been able to work with partners in state and local governments in every market except Illinois”

    Is that so?

    In my lifetime alone:
    •Oakland Raiders –> Los Angeles in 1982
    •Baltimore Colts –> Indianapolis in 1984
    •St. Louis Cardinals –> Phoenix in 1988
    •Los Angeles Rams –> St. Louis in 1995
    •Los Angeles Raiders –> Oakland in 1995
    •Houston Oilers –> Memphis in 1997 –> Nashville in 1998
    •St. Louis Rams –> Los Angeles in 2016
    •San Diego Chargers –> Los Angeles in 2017
    •Oakland Raiders –> Las Vegas in 2020

    – MrJM


  39. - Ducky - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 2:14 pm:

    “The NFL has been able to work with partners in state and local governments in every market except Illinois.”

    lol… the same NFL that spent the last several years threatening Cleveland so it could get a new stadium in the burbs? Same league that left San Diego, St. Louis (2x), and Oakland (2x) high and dry? Same NFL that just left Missouri for a new deal in Kansas?

    The playbook is clear and it doesn’t involved local “partnership” unless you define partnership as one party making demands and the other acquiescing to those demands from a position of weakness.


  40. - Anyone Remember - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 2:16 pm:

    ===The exact reason I only ever tune in for an actual game.===

    I’d pay real money for an “announcer-less” sports channel, like the December 1980 Jets Dolphins game.


  41. - hisgirlfriday - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 2:20 pm:

    @PistolPete - If the NFL got along with state and local officials in every market except Illinois then why did they have to pay $790 million to the St. Louis market and why did they engineer a planned move from Missouri to Kansas for the Chiefs?


  42. - New Day - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 2:23 pm:

    Pistol Pete (is that you, Kevin?), you clearly have zero idea what you’re talking about and have zero sources of actual information in the building. What you have is a belief that Springfield bad and if there’s a problem it’s because Springfield bad. Sorry.

    The Bears have in fact been offered infrastructure dollars and a lot more at Arlington but they never even bothered to do a traffic study which would inform the infrastructure they need. They have been offered two distinct legislative approaches and have yet to express a preference. Kevin Warren was personally told what it would take to do this repeatedly and ignored the elected officials, the appointed officials, his lobbyists, his consultants and anyone else who told him something he didn’t want to hear. The problem here is Kevin Warren.

    As someone involved with a major development I can tell you there’s a way to do these things and the Bears have done it 100% wrong.

    This quote from Kevin Warren says it all: “I don’t think we’ve made any mistakes.”


  43. - 48th Ward Heel - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 2:25 pm:

    I know the second, “secluded” stadium turned out to be a mirage, but it’s pretty funny how the Bears have reversed themselves on everything they said when they first announced the move to Arlington Heights.

    We’ve done our market research and we’re moving closer to our fan base. Just kidding, we’re moving across state lines in the opposite direction.

    We’re building out a whole stadium town (banned punctuation) Well actually, we’re going to build the stadium in a swamp, a hotel at the next highway exit and our corporate offices a few miles away.

    We took the once-in-a-generation opportunity to purchase the Arlington Park site because we need to own the stadium outright. You know what, a long-term lease sounds fine.

    I replaced my Bears winter hat with a non-football one, so I’ve reached acceptance on this sideshow.


  44. - Archpundit - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 2:25 pm:

    –You can’t dance without a partner.

    You have to want to dance in the first place. The team is worth billions. The McCaskeys can afford to build a stadium on their own with some infrastructure help.


  45. - 4th and Never - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 2:59 pm:

    “The billionaire owned soccer stadium in the South loop asked for the same things the Bears need and they got it.”

    Mansueto immediately acknowledged how tall the ask was, built a smart team around him, worked the channels without any leaks.

    Basically opposite of everything your guys did, Pete.


  46. - Should have given the ball to Payton on the goal line - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 3:10 pm:

    A $150 million goodwill donation from the Bears to CPS would be a far better approach to getting a Chicago or Arlington Heights stadium than anything they’ve done to date.


  47. - Homebody - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 3:13 pm:

    Not sure why the legislature should consider the NFL or the Bears a “partner.” It is a one sided abusive relationship where billionaires try to soak up public dollars for personal benefit, while relying on emotional hostage taking of fans.


  48. - Pistol Pete - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 3:17 pm:

    Do you think a competent legislature that passed the “two distinct legislative proposals” maybe should have been passed their bills a little earlier than late on the last day of session?

    That way the differences could have been worked out and the matter settled before the Bears early Summer deadline.

    Goofing off all semester and cramming all night for a final usually doesn’t work out too well.


  49. - Trinity - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 3:19 pm:

    Indiana the same state that told it’s own residents to drive to Illinois for gas after the storms. This was so they can get gas power generators due to massive power outages across Northern Indiana. People abandoned their cars trying to get here. Priorities people!


  50. - Save Ferris - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 3:25 pm:

    “Do you think a competent legislature that passed the “two distinct legislative proposals” maybe should have been passed their bills a little earlier than late on the last day of session?”

    Do you think if it was that important to the Bears that Kevin Warren might have actually gone down state on that day? And spent a few days down there before that?


  51. - Go Bears - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 3:30 pm:

    The Bears should draft two bills: one asking for everything they want and one with a $150 million appropriation for CPS that is effective if and only if the other bill passes. How could Major Johnson and CPS resist?


  52. - Rich Miller - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 3:36 pm:

    ===The Bears should draft two bills===

    lol

    Yeah, that’ll pass.


  53. - Rich Miller - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 3:38 pm:

    ===And spent a few days down there before that?===

    His personality probably woulda made it worse.


  54. - Save Ferris - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 4:04 pm:

    @Rich Kevin Warren is the Bobmitchjustin Avelinitrubiskyfields of NFL executives.


  55. - TJ - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 4:04 pm:

    Let ‘em move. Hoosier taxpayers will be on the hook for a billion+ that they’ll never get back while Illinois hotels and restaurants will be the biggest winners.

    And Warren and the Bears are thr epitome of the Dunning–Kruger effect in action.


  56. - Steve - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 4:14 pm:

    I would like to offer a message of thanks so far all elected politicians who have said no to the rent-seeking Chicago Bears. Thank you, you are doing your job of looking out for taxpayers. There are many things one can do with tax dollars. Ripping off taxpayers to line the pockets of a private sector corporation is amoral. Just say no.


  57. - Dirty Red - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 4:15 pm:

    Any Bears stadium package has included state sales tax waivers for construction materials the “not one cent” crowd was willing to consider. It was not enough for the Bears. Unless they did in Decatur, this is a professional sports franchise that has never directly paid property taxes on their game day stadium. The Bears have a publicly financed stadium in Illinois to use seven days a year. They do not need two.

    And anyone saying they will still travel to Indiana for home games: Enjoy the I-80 corridor shutdowns and mess that is 90/94. Maybe those fans will become fierce advocates of the Millennium Station project and service line expansions as the Bears strain the distressed Hoosier tax base.


  58. - Just a Random Guy - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 4:32 pm:

    =Illinois hotels and restaurants will be the biggest winners=
    Disagree. Yes, Illinois and Chicago are not going to be far away. But any Bears games I attend I will likely be staying in IN. Why would I want to deal with Chicago traffic, parking, chaos, etc?


  59. - Excitable Boy - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 4:44 pm:

    I’m on the verge of wanting the team to leave Illinois just so this nonsense ends.


  60. - Pistol Pete - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 4:48 pm:

    There are zero tenants anywhere in the world who directly pay property taxes.

    Especially on publicly owned buildings who also don’t pay property taxes to themselves.

    The Vikings pay the highest rent of any NFL team- 8.5 million a year for a 10 year old stadium that was paid of 23 years ahead of schedule.

    The New York Jets and Giants pay roughly 2.5 million a year combined rent for Met Life stadium.

    The Bears pay the 4th highest rent of any NFL team for the smallest stadium in the league- 6.48 million a year.

    The LA Rams pay nothing and the LA Chargers pay $1 to play in a brand new stadium.

    Amazing how many people think the Bears have some sweetheart deal when infact it’s one of the worst in the NFL.


  61. - 47th Ward - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 5:05 pm:

    ===Amazing how many people think the Bears have some sweetheart deal when in fact it’s one of the worst in the NFL.===

    The same family has controlled the team for three generations. Nobody forced them to rent instead of building their own venue decades ago. They signed “one of the worst” deals in the NFL. Maybe the problem lies in Bears management?

    The Halas-McCaskey family really ought to sell to a new owner who knows what they are doing. That’s the only way this ends.


  62. - 48th Ward Heel - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 5:09 pm:

    Neat, now let’s talk about the 2003 renovation of Soldier Field that we’re still paying off


  63. - Pistol Pete - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 5:13 pm:

    Whose fault is that?

    Blame the landlord not the tenant.

    Other cities don’t have this problem why does Chicago?


  64. - Archpundit - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 5:14 pm:

    ==Amazing how many people think the Bears have some sweetheart deal when infact it’s one of the worst in the NFL.

    So other places subsidized billionaires means Illinois should?

    What’s the crisis exactly?


  65. - Vote Quimby - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 5:19 pm:

    SoFi stadium was privately built by the man who had to pay St Louis $750 million. So correct…. They have no rent Pete


  66. - Pistol Pete - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 5:31 pm:

    SOFi is privately owned and financed stadium with two NFL teams that pays somewhere between 8-14 million a year in property tax.

    Again what is so wrong with making a deal with the Bears to build a stadium Illinois, where they would certainly pay the highest property taxes of any NFL team, instead of forcing them to leave the state and take all of those union construction jobs with them?


  67. - Pistol Pete - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 5:44 pm:

    Are you unaware that the billionaire owners of the Cubs, Fire and Bulls- Blackhawks all receive tax subsidies for their stadiums as well as countless other huge developments?

    Would you prefer a city with no pro sports teams stadiums or huge construction projects that don’t get financed and built without them?


  68. - Skeptic - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 7:01 pm:

    @MisterJayEm you forgot Cleveland -> Baltimore


  69. - JS Mill - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 7:18 pm:

    @Roadrager and Demoralized +1

    = instead of forcing them to leave the state and take all of those union construction jobs with them?=

    Nobody “forced” the Bears to do anything. Just a ridiculous thing to say. If the Bears stay (really when) they will make a ton of money no matter what. The NFL guarantees that. The Bears ownership is incompetent enough to make that statement false though.

    = Are you unaware that the billionaire owners of the Cubs, Fire and Bulls- Blackhawks all receive tax subsidies for their stadiums as well as countless other huge developments?=

    The bears are already playing in a subsidized stadium and they are already getting a break on the AH property without building anything. They will never be given enough. Let them walk.


  70. - Excitable Boy - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 7:31 pm:

    - where they would certainly pay the highest property taxes of any NFL -

    Why would that matter to anyone outside Cook County? And given Bears management’s repeated ham handed tactics, I’m not sure you can credibly blame the legislature for not doing their homework.


  71. - Rahm's Parking Meter - Thursday, Aug 13, 26 @ 8:20 pm:

    Bears management is inept and dumb.

    I am not saying the state is blameless, but look at who they are negotiating with. It is not the state’s repsonsibility to bail out the McCaskey family.

    And for a short history lesson, remember when Michael brought out Planet Park in Gary and then hired Dave McGinnis without telling McGinnis - and the second story is still on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebhaV2SJwQM&pp=ygUeZGF2ZSBtY2lubmlzIGJlYXJzIGJyYWQgcGFsbWVy


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