Pat Quinn
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So the money is there to do reasonable things to get people safely to and from their destination, whether it's Arlington Heights or any other part of Illinois.
So I think that is a real ace in the hole for our state of Illinois.
If Indiana thinks they can make the Bears fans pay even more to get to the stadium,
and have a toll road increase, I don't think that's a very good way to sell Indiana at all.
And I don't think it's a good idea for Indiana to be the site of the Bears.
We're the pride and joy of Illinois, and that's what Papa Bear did with his Bears fight song, and we want to keep it that way.
Yeah, well said, Marshall.
You know, for some of these owners, NFL owners, they have dollar signs for eyes, and it is all about money for them.
And what happened in Kansas City, I went by,
Arrow had last summer, and I saw the stadium there.
They want to run away from that and go across the street to Kansas and build a new stadium for themselves.
The owners of the Chiefs are billionaires to begin with.
Now, the McCaskey family, they're not billionaires.
They're well-to-do, to say the least.
And I hope they have a heart, because it's really about the fans and the taxpayers of Illinois.
They built their franchise that's now worth $8.9 billion.
That's the latest valuation of the Bears.
If they get to build a new stadium in Arlington Heights with a reasonable deal, the franchise value will go even higher.
Why give that all up?
Why give that loyalty up?