Mark Brody

It was my impression that we are inching closer and closer to a bill for the pilot bill payment in lieu of taxes for mega projects in the state of Illinois.

Not just the Bears, although a lot of people are calling it the Bears bill.

The Bears are covered in the bill, but it's a lot of other stuff that that was in a better place that we were going to have some progress and movement on that sooner rather than later.

And then I see this from the mayor's office today on Twitter.

Mayor Brandon Johnson at Chicago's mayor.

This is at 10.02 a.m., so at the start of our show.

Mark Brody, Marshall Harris.

There's no good reason to incentivize the Bears to leave the top tourist destination in Illinois or to gift them property tax reprieve when they already don't pay property taxes on a publicly owned stadium.

The Bears belong in downtown Chicago.

Let's listen.

Some say you're trying to kill a stadium in Illinois.

I get that he has to represent his interest.

But I think at this point, the time passed.

The Bears have their lease.

It's still active.

They bought land for Arlington Heights, which has always been what I've maintained.

And I know that they need to be diplomatic with each other, the Bears and the city, because of the relationship that happens at Soldier Field.

But Soldier Field is not a world-class stadium that is expected these days in the NFL to host a Super Bowl, to host major events, like Kevin Warren mentioned the Final Four.

It's just a matter of where this is going to be.

But the Bears are not going to be playing in Chicago once this lease ends.