Articles filed under Venues
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Bears brass: Focus for long-term development 'exclusively' on Arlington ParkJan 11, 2022 12:00 am - 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 d...
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Inside the X's and O's of what's needed to secure the Bears' move to Arlington HeightsDec 31, 2021 4:15 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 pl...
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Top suburban story of 2021: How the Arlington Park sale to the Bears was years in the makingDec 31, 2021 4:15 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 millio...
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Editorial: Arlington Park property a community gathering placeDec 30, 2021 12:00 am - Arlington Park has provided many benefits to the Northwest suburbs through the years. The horse racing track at Euclid Avenue and Wilke Road put Arlington Heights on the...
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Jim O'Donnell: From the Bears and Arlington Park to Erin Andrews, 2021 will hopefully lead to 2022Dec 30, 2021 12:00 am - THREE RELEVANT ROCK 'N ROLL QUOTES to fill in for the late Dick Clark as yet another surreal New Year's continues its creep toward midnight: • "The future's uncertain an...
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Editorial: The glory that was Arlington ParkDec 28, 2021 12:00 am - First in a series Last March, shortly after Churchill Downs announced that it was putting Arlington Park on the market, columnist Burt Constable reached out to Richard D...
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Divided state panel rejects request to keep open Arlington Park's OTBsDec 16, 2021 12:00 am - 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 now that t...
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Jim O'Donnell: The Bears at Arlington Park trending tepid as a telling 2022 approachesDec 15, 2021 12:00 am - WITH CHRISTMAS 2021 CLOSING IN, increasingly complex puzzles should be left only to the most beautiful minds at places like MIT. Unfortunately, that compact list might ...
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Chicago lifts city ban on sports betting - and imposes a 2% taxDec 15, 2021 12:00 am - A divided Chicago City Council agreed Wednesday to lift the Chicago ban on sports betting - and impose a 2% tax on gross revenues from it - paving the way for sportsbook...
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Will Arlington Park get to keep OTBs? State panel hasn't made a decision yetNov 18, 2021 3:00 pm - This story has been corrected with the estimated amount of net profit Churchill Downs Inc. would stand to gain by keeping open its network of off-track betting parlo...