Articles filed under The Sale of Arlington Park
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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...
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O'Donnell: Clumsy McCaskey Bears dilute what should have been a breakout weekApr 24, 2024 6:00 am - Jim O’Donnell says the McCaskey family’s dysfunctionality is diluting what should have been a breakout week for the Bears.
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Bears to unveil plans for domed stadium on lakefront WednesdayApr 22, 2024 6:28 pm - The Bears will unveil plans for a new enclosed stadium on the Chicago lakefront during a news conference Wednesday at Soldier Field, the team announced Monday. According ...
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‘It’s complicated’: Why lobbyists think Bears could be back to Arlington if bid for lakefront stadium failsApr 15, 2024 5:30 am - Amid the yearlong property tax dispute at Arlington Park, the Bears also face a series of legal, financial and political hurdles to building a new stadium on the Chicago ...