Articles filed under Venues
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'The time is right': Next Bears president wants to find everyone's 'why' for a suburban stadiumJan 17, 2023 12:00 am - Growing up, Kevin Warren asked his mother “Why?” about almost everything. Now, it's a question the 59-year-old new Chicago Bears president and CEO will try to answer as ...
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'Just pretty pictures': Experts rate competing visions for Bears stadium, but both hinge on moneyJan 15, 2023 12:00 am - Colorful architectural renderings, conceptual master plans, PowerPoints and even a computer-generated video were among the eye-catching public presentations of two compe...
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New Bears president helped secure Vikings' stadium deal. He's tasked with the same at Arlington.Jan 12, 2023 12:00 am - The sports executive announced Thursday as the new president and CEO of the Chicago Bears helped orchestrate a deal for a new NFL stadium in Minnesota. Now he'll try to ...
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Jim O'Donnell: For Bears fans, Kevin Warren offers hope and a new reason to believeJan 12, 2023 12:00 am - MORE THAN ANYTHING, fans of the Chicago Bears want a reason to believe. They want an end to NFL Sundays and seasons filled with negative expectations - and consistently ...
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Resistance to state money for Bears' redevelopment of Arlington Park added to legislationJan 10, 2023 12:00 am - The Chicago Bears' chances of receiving state subsidies for a possible redevelopment of Arlington Park faced mounting opposition from Springfield lawmakers Tuesday. Inse...
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'Impressive' Soldier Field plans wouldn't give Bears stadium ownership, Mayor Hayes saysJan 09, 2023 12:00 am - Arlington Heights Mayor Tom Hayes called plans to transform Soldier Field with a dome and surrounding commercial and entertainment campus "impressive," but he said the p...
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Chicago's Soldier Field adviser details how revamped stadium could be a hub, beat Arlington planJan 08, 2023 12:00 am - Prolific stadium builder Bob Dunn, advising the Mayor Lori Lightfoot administration on how to fix Soldier Field to keep the Bears in Chicago, released detailed plans Sun...
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Bears subsidy critic tossed from Arlington Heights ballotJan 04, 2023 4:00 am - An Arlington Heights village board candidate who is a critic of possible public subsidies for the Chicago Bears was tossed from the ballot Tuesday, making the April 4 tr...
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Jim O'Donnell: Churchill Inc. moving Arlington Million from Kentucky to Virginia - but why?Dec 25, 2022 12:00 am - BEFORE THE MAIN BUILDING at Arlington Park is taken down, Bunker Bill Carstanjen and cohorts at Churchill Downs Inc. may want to sift through all of the cinders on the m...
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Anti-tax group launches new campaign to block potential Bears subsidies in Arlington HeightsDec 23, 2022 4:30 am - Its anti-corporate welfare ordinance roundly rejected by the Arlington Heights village board, Americans for Prosperity has launched another bid to prevent public financi...