Mark Grody
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He asked for the land possibilities and did due diligence before he got the stadium deal.
So that's how that was done.
If you were asking.
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Let's go to Bob in Hammond, Indiana.
Perhaps the site of the new Bears stadium.
Well, Bob, it's because Indiana was asked for public money.
And so the process that's typical in these cases was what was followed.
There were multiple cities in Indiana that came with proposals.
If you recall, Portage has a proposal.
We play the Hallis Harbor discussion a lot.
There was actually a pretty interesting pitch when it came to the financing.
There was the Hammond site.
There were a bunch of sites that were suggested.
And then the state voted.
The state didn't vote because you guys, then you would have had a vote.
But the legislators of the state then tried to figure out, OK, well, what's the most viable site?
How are we going to pay for it on the taxing side?
And they did that with the stadium in Indianapolis as well.