Chris Emma

But you saw the bear statement on the end, too.

And it wasn't one with any kind of commitment.

And then I spoke with Senator Ryan Mishler of Northwest Indiana, and we kind of asked, what's the timeline next for this?

And he pointed out that there's still a lot of work to do on that property in Hammond.

And

He mentioned 2027 is a potential groundbreaking time for the stadium, which means, yeah, the clock is ticking.

And it also buys the state of Illinois more time to potentially push its own legislation forward.

So this is far from a done deal, obviously, on the Indiana state side.

And Illinois now has time to get its act together and figure out if that's what they want to do.

Wait a minute, Chris.

That's my understanding.

Senator Mishler pointed to the fact that there's a lot of work to be done on that property.

We heard it from the governor last week on the Spiegel and Holmes show as well.

And so, yeah, there's a lot to do in terms of that land at Wolf Lake.

And they're only just beginning on that, too.

So they've got the legislation side done and everything except for the bears in terms of that bill.

But on the state of Illinois side, you've got the legislation side is still very much in the works.

And you've got a property at Arlington Park that's ready to break ground.

So I

I kind of came away from this believing what I've thought all along, which is that it still is going to be Arlington Heights.