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Hawthorne to reopen Arlington's shuttered OTB in Villa Park
Jan 21, 2022 8:01 AM - The Illinois Racing Board Thursday granted Hawthorne Race Course's request to reopen Arlington Park's off-track betting parlor in Villa Park, but five other locations formerly operated by the Arlington Heights racetrack remain shuttered. -
Bears brass: Focus for long-term development 'exclusively' on Arlington Park
Jan 11, 2022 3:20 PM - While saying they didn't go out of their way to seek out the Arlington Park property -- instead, they were contacted by the seller -- top Chicago Bears brass now plan to devote much of their time over the next year to sealing the deal that could one day bring their destination stadium in the suburbs to fruition. -
Inside the X's and O's of what's needed to secure the Bears' move to Arlington Heights
Dec 31, 2021 5:15 AM - Like a football coach's play-calling sheet, the Chicago Bears' multibillion-dollar stadium in the suburbs is still a conceptual vision in 2021, but much of what takes place in 2022 will determine whether they reach the goal line. Here are the X's and O's of what's still to come before the Bears can touch down at Arlington Park. -
Top suburban story of 2021: How the Arlington Park sale to the Bears was years in the making
Dec 31, 2021 5:15 AM - It could be several years until the first pigskin is kicked off at a potential multibillion-dollar Chicago Bears stadium at Arlington Park, but the pending $197.2 million deal that would bring the legacied NFL franchise to the suburbs was just as many years -- if not decades -- in the making. -
Jim O'Donnell: From the Bears and Arlington Park to Erin Andrews, 2021 will hopefully lead to 2022
Dec 30, 2021 6:02 PM - The closing of Arlington Park with the possible next tenants being the Chicago Bears was the top local story in 2021.
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Editorial: Arlington Park property a community gathering place
Dec 30, 2021 8:38 AM - This Daily Herald editorial says Arlington Park has served as a community gathering place. Hopefully, that will continue when the Chicago Bears or another buyer take over the property. -
Share your memories of Arlington Park
Dec 28, 2021 5:30 AM - As we come to the end of 2021, we want to share readers' memories of Arlington International Racecourse and their hopes for the future of the site. -
Editorial: The glory that was Arlington Park
Dec 28, 2021 1:00 AM - In this editorial, the first in a series on the proposed sale of Arlington Park to the Chicago Bears, the Daily Herald calls on Arlington Heights and the new owners to find a pay to pay tribute to the track's long history. -
Divided state panel rejects request to keep open Arlington Park's OTBs
Dec 16, 2021 6:56 PM - A divided state panel Thursday denied Arlington Park and parent company Churchill Downs Inc.'s request to keep open their network of off-track betting parlors even though the racetrack is closed. -
Jim O'Donnell: The Bears at Arlington Park trending tepid as a telling 2022 approaches
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