Cam (Kam) Buckner

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Rahimi & Grote Show · Best of the Bears: Stadium legislation discussions continue with Illinois lawmakers · 28 Jun 2026 podcast

That's a part of how this works.

The Raiders had Oakland and Los Angeles and San Antonio conversations before they decided on Las Vegas.

And so I do empathize with the folks in Hammond.

I hope we can get past this and figure out what the way forward is.

See, at the end of the day, the Bears have to make a decision.

I think as the legislature and the folks on this side of the state line who are charged with the responsibility of government, we can't pick winners or losers.

If the Bears tell us Arlington Heights is their site, then we've got to find a way to make Arlington Heights work.

If the Bears say that Arlington Heights is our site and we're possibly looking at Chicago too, then we've got to find a way to make that work.

So unless the Bears say that McCook...

something that makes sense to them.

We would not tell any other private business that they should not go forward with their plans in a place they want to be and go somewhere else.

No, I'm with you.

I think when you look at what I think about my own personal experiences in Chicago as a young man, and of course the Bulls championships are pivotal, but I remember the 94 World Cup as one of my first true sports memories.

Not that I knew what was going on on the field because I wasn't a soccer fan, but because I knew the world was coming to Chicago.

And when I look at Kansas City and the places that are hosting these games right now, I do feel like we've missed an opportunity.

When I

I go back to my mind, I think about what last week would have been like with the Obama Center opening, whether you like the president or not.

The Obama Center opening, if there was a World Cup game on the same week, what that would have looked like for our city.

And so I know Rahm Emanuel has said that he balked at the idea.

But I think that, you know, with some vision and some leadership, we probably could have got past some of those things that are troubling for cities when it comes to FIFA.

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