Articles filed under Horse Racing
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Arlington Heights board uses track grandstand for goal-setting retreatJul 12, 2021 1:00 am - Arlington Park's regal third-floor Governor's Room served as the setting for the village board's goal-setting retreat on Monday night. Mayor Tom Hayes and board members ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Handicapping the Arlington Park land sale - Good luck!Jun 30, 2021 1:00 am - TRYING TO PICK THE WINNER of the impending sale of the Arlington Park land is such a bittersweet pursuit. Gov. J.B. Pritzker told Chris Placek of The Daily Herald there ...
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Pritzker: State funding for Bears stadium at Arlington Park 'not something we're looking at'Jun 28, 2021 1:00 am - In his first public comments about the possibility of the Chicago Bears' moving to Arlington Park, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Monday the future of the racetrack is a privat...
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Two-thirds want the Bears to move to Arlington Heights, poll findsJun 24, 2021 5:30 am - Two-thirds of Chicago-area residents favor the Chicago Bears relocating to Arlington Heights, according to the results of a recent phone survey obtained exclusively by t...
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NFL commissioner on possible Bears move: 'Potentially an alternative'Jun 23, 2021 1:00 am - NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Wednesday characterized the Chicago Bears' interest in a move to Arlington Heights as a possible long-term "alternative." The head of t...
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Can Arlington Heights officials control future of Arlington Park?Jun 22, 2021 5:30 am - How much say do Arlington Heights village officials have over what happens with the Arlington Park site? Only some, they emphasized Monday, on a night when the mayor and...
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Racing board chairman wants meeting with Churchill Downs to discuss Arlington ParkJun 22, 2021 1:00 am - Illinois Racing Board Chairman Dan Beiser on Tuesday called for a meeting with top Churchill Downs Inc. brass to talk about the uncertain future of Arlington Park and th...
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Both horses and Chicago Bears at Arlington Park? Some, like consortium leader and mayor, like ideaJun 19, 2021 6:00 am - A little more than a century ago, George Halas took to the gridiron in downstate Decatur on the team that would soon become the Chicago Bears. Only seven years later, in...
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It started with George Halas in 1975: Chicago Bears again make an overture for Arlington ParkJun 17, 2021 1:00 am - In 1975, Chicago Bears founder George S. Halas made his first pitch to relocate his team from Soldier Field to Arlington Park. Fast forward 46 years to Thursday afternoo...
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Churchill Downs: 'Strong proposals from numerous parties' to buy Arlington ParkJun 15, 2021 1:00 am - Arlington Park's owner said Tuesday its real estate firm has received “strong proposals from numerous parties” for redevelopment of the iconic racetrack in Arlington Hei...