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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 ...
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Shakeup on business side continues for Chicago BearsApr 10, 2024 3:43 pm - As the Chicago Bears shift their stadium efforts from the suburbs to the city’s lakefront and prepare to welcome what they hope is a new franchise quarterback, the team a...
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‘Least-hairy option’: School leaders believe Arlington Heights Bears stadium still in playApr 06, 2024 5:15 am - Three Arlington Heights-area school district superintendents say they’re being mischaracterized for potentially quashing the deal to bring the Bears to town, and question...
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Pro-Bears-to-Arlington Heights group sends school districts a messageApr 03, 2024 8:55 pm - The Bears say they've shifted their focus to developing a new domed stadium on Chicago's lakefront, but a pro-Bears-to-Arlington Heights business coalition isn't giving u...
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Ask voters about taxpayer subsidies for Bears, Sox stadiums, ex-Gov. Quinn saysMar 26, 2024 6:26 pm - Armed with a new poll showing overwhelming opposition to taxpayer-subsidized stadiums for the Bears and White Sox, former Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is launching the politic...
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Bears and school districts stop short of endorsing Arlington Heights tax proposalMar 19, 2024 7:07 pm - A day after Arlington Heights officials unveiled a proposed settlement to the ongoing Arlington Park property tax dispute between the Chicago Bears and three local schoo...
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‘Fair and sensible’: Arlington Heights proposes tax deal as Bears turn focus away from racetrack siteMar 18, 2024 9:42 pm - Acting as intermediary — and perhaps hoping to get the Bears to redirect their focus to redeveloping the vacant Arlington Park racetrack — village officials Monday unveiled their proposed settlement to a long-running property tax dispute between the franchise and three area school districts.
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From mixed use to migrant landing zone, Arlington Park ideas vary — if the Bears don’t come to townMar 16, 2024 5:00 am - Amid the Chicago Bears’ renewed interest in a stadium on the city’s lakefront, what could become of the 326-acre Arlington Heights property if the NFL franchise chooses n...
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Parks group fears Bears entertainment district — once envisioned for Arlington Heights — coming to lakefront insteadMar 12, 2024 4:51 pm - A Chicago parks advocacy group expressed concern Tuesday the Bears may bring the entertainment district they envisioned for Arlington Heights to the Chicago lakefront instead.
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Could Bears, White Sox partner to build two new stadiums in Chicago?Mar 04, 2024 6:05 pm - The developer working with the White Sox to build a new stadium in the South Loop said Monday he is trying to forge a “financing partnership” with the Bears that could pa...