Articles filed under Special Reports
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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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Days after submitting Arlington Park bid, Bears ink deal with Churchill's Rivers CasinoJun 22, 2021 1:00 am - Days after submitting a bid to buy the Churchill Downs Inc.-owned Arlington Park, the Chicago Bears on Tuesday announced a new partnership with the company's Rivers Casi...
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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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Arlington Heights trustees to take up Arlington Park zoning plan MondayJun 20, 2021 1:00 am - Just days after the Chicago Bears confirmed the team has submitted a bid to purchase Arlington Park, the Arlington Heights village board will meet Monday night to consid...
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Tax and business boost, traffic: Arlington Park neighbors ponder possible Chicago Bears relocationJun 19, 2021 6:00 am - If the Chicago Bears move from Soldier Field to Arlington Park, Rocco Fridono, owner of Big Ange's Eatery in Arlington Heights, will have to make some changes - starting...
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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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Jim O'Donnell: Bears could be feeling earth move all the way to host and play in Super Bowl 67Jun 18, 2021 1:00 am - WHEN CAROLE KING WROTE “I Feel the Earth Move” all those platinum sales ago, did she realize she was laying down a new rallying cry for future generations of Chica...
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Arkush: The Bears have interest in Arlington, but how would the money work?Jun 18, 2021 1:00 am - Bears President and CEO Ted Phillips dropped a bomb of near nuclear proportions at the close of the team's veteran minicamp Thursday announcing in a statement the organi...
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Anonymous survey asks whether suburban residents would support Bears move to Arlington ParkJun 18, 2021 1:00 am - An automated phone survey to gauge attitudes toward the Chicago Bears' possibly moving to Arlington Park is circulating in the suburbs, although several community leader...
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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...