Articles filed under The Sale of Arlington Park
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A ‘concerned advocate’: Arlington Heights trustee who opposed initial Bears plans running for mayorJul 30, 2024 6:23 pm - Labeling himself a “careful and concerned” advocate of the Bears’ relocation to Arlington Park, longtime Arlington Heights Trustee Jim Tinaglia announced he is running for mayor.
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Pritzker: Bears stadium deal this fall is ‘near impossible’Jul 30, 2024 12:10 pm - Gov. J.B. Pritzker poured more cold water Monday on the Chicago Bears’ hopes of legislation this year providing public money for a proposed $4.7 billion stadium project on the city’s lakefront.
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Arlington Heights mayor won’t seek reelection, but believes Bears stadium talks are ‘in a good place’Jun 26, 2024 5:39 pm - Arlington Heights Mayor Tom Hayes announced Wednesday he won’t seek reelection next year, but believes the Chicago Bears will decide whether or not to build a stadium in town before his term expires in 10 months.
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A sign of good will? Arlington Heights OKs Bears’ billboard extension request despite focus on lakefront stadiumJun 18, 2024 10:13 pm - A little more than a month after the Arlington Heights village board told a small-business owner to tear down the revenue-generating billboards on his property, the elect...
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‘It won’t sit fallow’: Rolling Meadows forges ahead with zoning review near Arlington ParkMay 17, 2024 6:00 am - Despite the uncertainty over the future of the Chicago Bears at Arlington Park, officials in nearby Rolling Meadows are still proceeding with planning and zoning studies ...
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Unlikely allies? Suburban mayor, GOP legislator backs Bears’ lakefront planMay 13, 2024 7:26 pm - The governor of Illinois and top leaders in both chambers of the state legislature have thrown cold water on the Bears’ request for public subsidies to develop a new Chicago lakefront stadium. But the plan has a key supporter who wields influence in the Northwest suburbs, city of Chicago and hallways of the state Capitol in Springfield: Brad Stephens.
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Last billboards in Arlington Heights — other than one owned by Bears — to come downMay 07, 2024 7:33 pm - With approvals due to expire next month for the Bears’ revenue-generating billboard at Arlington Park, Arlington Heights village board members this week told a small-busi...
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From promises of no new taxes to Burnham, Bears’ latest stadium presentation sounded familiarMay 04, 2024 11:45 am - As Chicago Bears executives last week presented glossy renderings and extolled the virtues of building a new stadium on the city’s lakefront, one could hear echoes of sim...
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Pritzker: Bears lakefront stadium proposal still ‘a non-starter’May 01, 2024 6:00 pm - Gov. J.B. Pritzker cast more doubt Wednesday on the Chicago Bears’ proposal to build a nearly $5 billion lakefront stadium, just hours after two of his top staff members ...
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‘A different philosophy’: Bears’ original goal to own stadium shifts with latest public-private plansApr 25, 2024 6:47 pm - New Chicago Bears President and CEO Kevin Warren’s stated desire to build a publicly owned stadium on the Chicago lakefront marks an organizational shift in philosophy fr...