Articles filed under Special Reports
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Churchill Downs CEO: Sale of Arlington Park to Bears remains on trackOct 27, 2022 1:00 am - The sale of the 326-acre shuttered Arlington Park racetrack property to the Chicago Bears remains on track to close early next year, Churchill Downs Inc. CEO Bill Carsta...
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District 214 open to possible Bears TIF at Arlington ParkOct 26, 2022 5:30 am - While officials in Palatine Township Elementary School District 15 have promised to fight against a possible tax increment financing district for the Chicago Bears redev...
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'We're going to fight against it': District 15 says it'd challenge a Bears tax-financing districtOct 24, 2022 1:00 am - Opposition to a tax increment financing district for the proposed Chicago Bears redevelopment at Arlington Park is growing, with the school district that would be most a...
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Sun-Times/WBEZ Poll: Most don't want to see tax dollars used on Bears' Arlington Park moveOct 19, 2022 1:00 am - Illinoisans are calling conflicting plays on a potential Chicago Bears move to Arlington Heights, split among those who favor spiking Soldier Field for a new suburban st...
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Bears' development LLC back active after state listed it as not in good standingOct 18, 2022 1:00 am - A limited liability company the Chicago Bears set up more than a year ago as part of its possible purchase and redevelopment of Arlington Park is back in active status w...
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'Certainly possible' Arlington Heights might end up rejecting Bears' plans, mayor saysOct 17, 2022 1:00 am - Arlington Heights Mayor Tom Hayes said Monday that while a proposed agreement between the Chicago Bears and village would aid the team in closing on its pending $197.2 m...
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Consultants for Bears say Arlington Park plan won't take away Metra parkingOct 15, 2022 1:00 am - Amid concerns the Chicago Bears' redevelopment of Arlington Park would displace commuter parking at the popular Metra station nearby, consultants working for the team ar...
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Possible Chicago Bears sportsbook earns key vote from Arlington Heights commissionOct 12, 2022 1:00 am - An Arlington Heights panel Wednesday endorsed the prospect of a sportsbook as part of the Chicago Bears' proposed $5 billion redevelopment of Arlington Park. The plan co...
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'That's great. But not here': Trustee blasts Bears' mixed-use district plans for Arlington ParkOct 11, 2022 1:00 am - Since the announcement of the Chicago Bears' interest in the Arlington Park property more than a year ago, Arlington Heights' village board has largely maintained a unit...
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Route 53 extension, tolls among ideas to stop drivers from being sacked if Bears moveOct 10, 2022 5:30 am - Just in time for Halloween, ghoulish visions of traffic mayhem on highways and roads leading to a Chicago Bears stadium at Arlington Park are rising. "I can tell you tha...