Examining the latest on the Bears stadium roller coaster
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Hello and good morning. What's your DEFCON level at when it comes to Bears Stadium?
What is the current status of the Bears stadium situation?
How do you feel about it today? What a rollercoaster yesterday was as the news broke during our show. This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score. Mark Grody is also in today and did some reporting on it as he has since the inception of this concept began, which I'm pretty sure is 84 years ago, like the Titanic.
It's been 84 years.
Which one is more real than the new Bears Stadium?
How do the hosts feel about the Bears' stadium prospects today?
The Titanic, which sunk, is still more real than the new Bears Stadium.
That movie was a documentary, right?
Come back, Jack! 100% somebody was drawn like one of your French girls. Absolutely happened.
Bears, come back.
The heart of the ocean is a necklace.
You said they're moving to French Lick? Is that what you said? The Bears are? No.
Larry Bird joins us at 125. What do you think about all this French Lick business, Mr. Bird?
Also, by the way, there is some big state of Indiana news this morning that broke. Pete Thamel, per an ESPN source, Kurt Cignetti has agreed to a new deal at Indiana that pushes his annual salary up to $13.2 million. It goes through 2033. So congratulations to Kurt Cignetti, who actually deserves it.
You know what I call that? I call that Mark Cuban's hard-earned donor money at work. I call that Indiana just keeps getting things done, don't they?
Pushing through the House and the Senate 24 to nothing. Democrats and Republicans getting along. Boy, Indiana is the place to be, isn't it? See, you're trolling.
But, however, it was a very busy day at the Indiana Statehouse.
It was.
And that's what we were covering was the Bears were supposed to have a meeting, as we mentioned, scheduled for 8 a.m. yesterday, the day before that we know they had met for three hours with state of Illinois officials. Kevin Warren was not in attendance at that meeting. We also know he was supporting his great niece, who is an Olympic speed skater at the Olympics, which... Family is important, so I understand that aspect of it, too, although you usually only build one stadium in your career unless you're Kevin Warren, who now has the chance to build two. We had a Minnesota one here. And in addition to that, then we get the information of, well, how earnest is this Indiana situation that's going on?
You know, we have guys like Adam Hogue tell us in our show it's at the half-yard line. Then we hear other concepts of what's happening where – The Hammond mayor spoke, but he said there's not been. Even though Wolf Lake has been discussed, there is not a specific site that has been checked out yet. So that's very important when you consider where they're at with this. Like, for example, in Arlington Heights, the Bears bought a specific plot of land. So you know exactly where it is. You know exactly how big it is. And Hogue tweeted because he was at that press conference. This happened at three o'clock yesterday. Hammond Mayor Tom McDermott still not ready to discuss specific location around Wolf Lake.
Specific location says it's the Bears project. So it's up to them to decide when to talk about the location. Then we get the news from Rob Elgus, Marshall's coworker over at ABC7. that there's a lot to do regarding due diligence. The proposed Hammond site will require strict environmental review. And Elgis saying, IMO, this is another late-game public negotiation tactic. We might be in the fourth quarter now. Senate Bill 27, which was trying to...
What recent developments occurred regarding the Bears and Indiana?
get the framework financially for the state of indiana to fund a bear stadium did pass as you just mentioned mark we understand that will include more taxes for the state we went over those yesterday so they were earnest in their efforts in their process to make sure they're doing what they need to get it going and then there's also governor mike brown who spoke to the afternoon show yesterday but i think when you reset going back to say ten oh eight this morning yesterday We felt differently about the certainty of a Bears stadium in Indiana versus now there's another meeting scheduled, according to the Daily Herald, between the Bears and officials of the state of Illinois for next week.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:06
2
What is the current status of the Bears stadium situation?
0:06–0:32
3
How do the hosts feel about the Bears' stadium prospects today?
0:32–3:20
4
What recent developments occurred regarding the Bears and Indiana?
3:20–7:28
5
What challenges does the Bears face in securing a new stadium location?
7:28–12:52
6
How does the Bears' potential move to Indiana compare to Arlington Heights?
12:52–15:12
Speakers
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