Examining the latest on the Bears stadium roller coaster (Hour 1)
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What are the latest developments in the Bears' stadium situation?
This hour is sponsored by Black Lung Brewing. Rahimi Harrison-Grody, 10 to 2 on 104.3 The Score.
Alan, just know that here in Chicago today, most of our show has been centered around whether or not the Bears are leaving Soldier Field, which is a conversation that I think started percolating around the time you were still here. It's still going.
I didn't know if it was a spoof. I saw Indiana. Was that supposed to be some kind of sick joke?
No, sir. What is it supposed to mean?
I don't know, sir. When I was there, not so much so. Just a tiny bit, they were rumbling that it was going to be where the old horse racing area was at. But I saw Indiana today, and that absolutely blew my mind. Once a mind is pre-blown, it cannot be re-blown. The fact that you said it came off as a spoof to you, does that tell you how outraged you think Chicago fans would be at a move like taking the Bears, not only out of Soldier Field, but out of the state of Illinois and putting them in Indiana?
How do Chicago fans feel about the possibility of the Bears moving?
Listen, I don't know if that's a negotiation tactic. I don't know what it is. It just sounds so foreign to me that the state of Indiana would even have two football teams and the state of Illinois would have zero.
It's all there, black and white, clear as crystal. So you get nothing. You lose. Good day, sir.
I can't even fathom the Chicago Bears not being in Chicago, let alone being not even in the state of Illinois. Where do you live? Chicago. Excuse me? Chicago. It's in Illinois. Layla Rahimi. Marshall Harris.
What are the implications of the Bears' potential move to Indiana?
Mark Grody. Middays 10 a.m. to 2 on Chicago Sports Radio 104.3 The Score.
Hello and good morning. What's your DEFCON level at when it comes to Bears Stadium? How do you feel about it today? What a roller coaster 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. Titanic.
It's been 84 years.
Which one is more real than the new Bears Stadium? The Titanic, which sunk, is still more real than the new Bears Stadium.
That movie was a documentary, right?
Come back, Jack!
How is the Illinois government responding to the Bears' stadium negotiations?
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. Oh. 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.
What specific financial proposals are on the table for the Bears' new stadium?
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.
How does the Bears' situation compare to other NFL stadium deals?
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.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are the latest developments in the Bears' stadium situation?
0:01–1:15
2
How do Chicago fans feel about the possibility of the Bears moving?
1:15–1:50
3
What are the implications of the Bears' potential move to Indiana?
1:50–2:39
4
How is the Illinois government responding to the Bears' stadium negotiations?
2:39–3:13
5
What specific financial proposals are on the table for the Bears' new stadium?
3:13–4:05
6
How does the Bears' situation compare to other NFL stadium deals?
4:05–5:02
7
What are the environmental considerations for the proposed Hammond site?
5:02–6:07
8
What are the next steps for the Bears in their stadium negotiations?
6:07–40:19
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