Brandon Johnson

Thank you all.

I mean, do I get a half a second here?

I feel like I'm coming in to be a relief pitcher here for the Cubs.

Well, we hope that... Righty or lefty?

Oh, I'm coming from the right side.

I'm probably clocking at about 62 miles per hour.

I got a split finger.

It breaks a little bit.

You're welcome.

Well, first of all, I appreciate the energy and the time here.

I've said from the very beginning that the best place for a fan to enjoy our Chicago Bears, it's downtown, the lakefront.

There's no better real estate anywhere, quite frankly, in all of the NFL.

It's the top tourist destination.

More people come to that place.

museum campus than anywhere else in the state.

And what we proposed a couple of years ago, and we did not receive the type of partnership in Springfield that we should have experienced, is that a publicly-owned stadium that there would be public use, public benefit,

of which the Bears committed to 72% of the cost to build the stadium.

The other portion of the stadium would be paid for through the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority, ISFA, which was established 40 years ago by Mayor Harold Washington to build stadiums.

And that revenue is generated by the hotel tax.

which already exists, so there would be no new taxes to construct this stadium.