Jeff Buchholz

So you want to widen roads, upgrade sewer systems, that kind of thing.

The state's totally down with helping out with that kind of thing.

But the actual payment for a stadium, actually building a stadium, that's going to be on the McCaskey family if the deal is done in Illinois.

And the McCaskey family has said,

that the actual building of the stadium in Arlington Heights, the team is going to pay for that.

And so I think the governor's comments are designed to sort of

provide a contrast to what's happening in Indiana, where the state is like, sure, we'll build you a stadium.

Come on over to Wolf Lake.

And the governor is like, look, the people of the state of Illinois are struggling.

The economy is struggling.

Affordability is our real focus here.

And while we're certainly happy to help the Bears, as we would any private business with stuff happening around this development, we're not going to give them $2 billion for a stadium.

Yeah, I'm glad you mentioned Stephen Marr's testimony, David,

I was surprised by that, too, when I heard Curtis Tarver, the chairman of the committee, mentioned that Stephen Maher was speaking in opposition to the bill.

I looked up and I was like, what?

And Stephen Maher's comments had nothing to do specifically with the megaprojects bill, which was the thing that was in conversation.

Stephen Maher's comments were strictly about

The city doesn't want the Bears to leave the lakefront.

And the chairman of the committee was somewhat incredulous at this, suggesting that, you know, the city would like, the city, according to Stephen Maher, wants the same commitment to infrastructure improvements that the Bears have received in Arlington Heights.

And then they want to come back with concrete proposals in the coming weeks and months.