Articles filed under Venues
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The heart and soul of Arlington: Dick Duchossois, dead at 100, remembered for 'his life passion'Jan 28, 2022 12:00 am - For years, Dick Duchossois would arrive early to his office within the stately grandstand he rebuilt from the ashes at Arlington Park. Impeccably dressed, the man affect...
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'Very few individuals exhibited the drive ... of Mr. Duchossois': Reactions to the death of Mr. DJan 28, 2022 12:00 am - Reactions to the death of Arlington Park Chairman Emeritus Richard Duchossois poured in Friday afternoon. Arlington Park President Tony Petrillo "The loss of our wo...
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Truck drives off after being grazed by train near Arlington Park stationJan 24, 2022 12:00 am - A semitrailer truck drove away from a crash scene after being grazed by a commuter train Monday morning as it was crossing tracks near Rolling Meadows and Palatine, offi...
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Hawthorne to reopen Arlington's shuttered OTB in Villa ParkJan 20, 2022 12:00 am - The Illinois Racing Board Thursday granted Hawthorne Race Course's request to reopen Arlington Park's off-track betting parlor in Villa Park, but five other locations fo...
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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...