Grote: Arlington Heights is taking Bears' threat of an Indiana stadium seriously
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What recent news prompted a rally in Arlington Heights?
Layla Rahimi, Marshall Harris, Mark Grody, Rahimi Harrison Grody on 104.3 The Score.
Okay, so let's recap. Oh, this is Brody's Cage the Elephant. There's been a lot of news on this show today. And I don't necessarily know that we planned on all this news to happen, but it's happened. Cage the Elephant is part of Innings Fest. And if you're going this weekend to Tempe for Innings Fest, congratulations. You made an excellent decision. Brody and I are jealous because the lineup looks amazing.
Including Cage the Elephant.
Yes, which is why this is playing, and Ryan Dempster added to that, and then we found out that Ryan Dempster sings It's All Coming Back to Me Now, which was the song that I said made me feel something when I heard Tom Ricketts say, we need to win more World Series. Yes, you do. It's All Coming Back to Me Now. Then... We just heard from Bruce Levine, who gave us some really important information as to, for example, how the Dodgers business model works. And then he also talked to Davis Martin, and he's at Cubs camp right now, regarding the news surrounding Tony Clark, the Players Association president, having to resign. And then on top of all of that, Mark Grody's like, oh, let me tell you about going to this rally in Arlington Heights.
And then you drop some real news bombs here. So let's reset and reevaluate and explain the Bears likelihood of being in Indiana, what you heard, what the attitude is toward the Arlington Heights and surrounding areas leaders who would be affected by the Bears stadium. And then also the important nugget of everybody seems to be acknowledging the obvious, which is they're behind schedule. Yeah. You know, in order of importance, how would you like people to go about this info?
Well, yeah, I went to the rally last Wednesday, as I explained a little bit earlier, in Arlington Heights at the Doubletree Hotel. And then I'd spend some time afterwards there. And then I spent some time on the phone the next couple of days talking to all the different parties and was given information, some on the record, some off record. So I guess I'm not exactly where – I guess I'll start with the Indiana portion of this, and that is the theme, again, at the meeting was if there were two things that they kind of admitted – It was not a cocky rally. This was not people like chanting things and cheering and giving standing ovations every two minutes. It was very well done, very streamlined with multiple representatives from multiple towns in the northwest suburbs admitting that they are way behind for all the reasons that they're way behind right now.
And that is because the state basically early on said no to the Bears. So they are acknowledging that they are way behind. They are acknowledging that this is Indiana versus Illinois. They are acknowledging that Indiana is absolutely serious about it. What people should get out of their minds is the Portage part of it. It's Hammond or Bust when we talk about the Bears. If they were to potentially move to Indiana, it would be Hammond and Northwest Indiana instead of farther downstate in Portage.
According to your sources.
According to my sources, yes, yes. That is probably a good idea to get your mind out of that. One of the other important part to this is, or just conceptually, is... Speaking to one of the officials from one of those towns in the northwest suburbs, off the record, in a conversation, this person surmised that the Bears would, there's no way George McCaskey could stomach the idea of moving to Indiana. could not, as it was put to me, could not handle that press conference. They must win. We know the Bears have lost some press conferences in their time. Ownership has lost some press conferences. This person said there is no way they could handle losing this press conference. But I also have come to understand that there's no way the Bears would have ever, ever, ever, ever considered Indiana if they weren't serious about Indiana.
So even if George was going through some personal emotions about, I can't move the Bears to Indiana, he got over them.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What recent news prompted a rally in Arlington Heights?
0:01–5:38
2
What insights did Mark Grote gain from attending the Bears rally?
5:38–6:44
3
How serious is the threat of the Bears moving to Indiana?
6:44–10:02
4
What challenges are Arlington Heights leaders facing regarding the Bears stadium?
10:02–13:51
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