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Brandon Johnson

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
490 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Mayor Brandon Johnson makes his pitch for Bears to stay in Chicago

And again, there's no environmental study at the other site.

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Mayor Brandon Johnson makes his pitch for Bears to stay in Chicago

And then there's no...

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Mayor Brandon Johnson makes his pitch for Bears to stay in Chicago

Traffic study.

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Mayor Brandon Johnson makes his pitch for Bears to stay in Chicago

They have owned this property for three years.

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Mayor Brandon Johnson makes his pitch for Bears to stay in Chicago

No traffic study.

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Mayor Brandon Johnson makes his pitch for Bears to stay in Chicago

Guess who else has not seen a traffic study?

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Mayor Brandon Johnson makes his pitch for Bears to stay in Chicago

The mayor of Rolling Meadows.

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Mayor Brandon Johnson makes his pitch for Bears to stay in Chicago

The mayor of Palatine.

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Mayor Brandon Johnson makes his pitch for Bears to stay in Chicago

The type of infrastructure that you would need to be able to handle the mass amount of people who would come to enjoy a game.

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Mayor Brandon Johnson makes his pitch for Bears to stay in Chicago

The conservative $850 million that is being discussed for the other site in the suburbs...

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Mayor Brandon Johnson makes his pitch for Bears to stay in Chicago

That is not only woefully an underestimated amount, it's still more than the amount that we would need to improve the museum campus.

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Mayor Brandon Johnson makes his pitch for Bears to stay in Chicago

It's the only plan that exists right now.

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Mayor Brandon Johnson makes his pitch for Bears to stay in Chicago

And so let me just make sure we clarify.

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Mayor Brandon Johnson makes his pitch for Bears to stay in Chicago

The ISFA, the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority, the 2% hotel tax that...

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Mayor Brandon Johnson makes his pitch for Bears to stay in Chicago

generates revenue for this particular function would not just be a revenue stream for the Bears.

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Mayor Brandon Johnson makes his pitch for Bears to stay in Chicago

Our Chicago Stars want to play in Chicago.

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Mayor Brandon Johnson makes his pitch for Bears to stay in Chicago

Any of our sports franchises could benefit from this particular revenue stream because that's the only thing that it can do.

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Mayor Brandon Johnson makes his pitch for Bears to stay in Chicago

Now, if it could do something else, we would be having a much different discussion.

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Mayor Brandon Johnson makes his pitch for Bears to stay in Chicago

And as far as the infrastructure needs for

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Mayor Brandon Johnson makes his pitch for Bears to stay in Chicago

of the museum campus, those infrastructure needs predate me.