Articles filed under Venues
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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...
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Could financing tool help Bears land at Arlington Park? They'll need help from state lawmakersDec 14, 2022 12:00 am - Could a so-called PILOT be the financing tool that helps the Chicago Bears take off from Chicago and land in Arlington Heights? Village and state officials confirmed Wed...
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Arlington Heights trustees reject 'so rigid' new village logo, keep old horse head design for nowDec 13, 2022 4:00 am - Though Arlington Park is closed, the Arlington Heights village horse head logo isn't being put out to pasture quite yet. Village trustees Monday rejected a consultant's ...
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Citing need for experience as Bears project looms, two Arlington Heights trustees to seek reelectionNov 30, 2022 12:00 am - Two incumbent Arlington Heights trustees this week declared intentions to seek reelection to the elected panel that is expected to see some turnover next year. Robin LaB...
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Jim O'Donnell: 20 years later, Arlington's 'Fix Six" Breeders' Cup scandal still resonatesNov 13, 2022 5:30 am - THEY HELD THE 2022 BREEDERS' CUP last weekend at churchly Keeneland in the once-bucolic countryside of Lexington, Kentucky. On NBC, the crescendoing races of the floral-...
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What's next for the Bears at Arlington? A review process likely to take years, officials sayNov 12, 2022 12:00 am - Call it inside baseball - err, football - but officials at Arlington Heights village hall have outlined a multistep approval process that would take months and likely ye...
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'Important step in the process': Arlington Heights board OKs predevelopment deal with BearsNov 07, 2022 12:00 am - It may still only be early in the first quarter, but the Chicago Bears Monday night started to advance the ball downfield to a potential new home in Arlington Heights. T...