How close are the Bears to building a new stadium? (Hour 1)
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What recent developments have occurred in the Bears' stadium discussions?
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Rahimi Harrison-Grody, 10-2 on 104.3 The Score.
Dan, thanks for joining us.
Hi, guys. Welcome to the NFL offseason. Oh, we made it. Look at that. The weed man has spoken. The season is over.
Dan, Mark is trying to call you the weed man, and I'm pretty sure that refers to something else. How do you feel about this?
Weed man, weed man, weed man.
Come on in, Mike. Come on, weed man.
All of the people that knew me in childhood just call me Weed. And so my nickname has kind of evolved over the years during various markets and on this station as well. When I was in college, I used to get wicked hammered. My nickname was Puke. Probably would have gotten expelled if I'd let it affect my grades, but I aced all my courses. They called me Ace. It was totally awesome. Got straight Bs. They call me Buzz.
You can call me just about anything you want. Wait, wait, wait. What is your preferred nickname? Because I don't want to call you Weed if you don't already call me Weed. What are you talking about?
We've got to call him Weed now.
I think it's a little more endearing, but that's also Mark Brody who put me onto the Weedsy. Is that... Is that supposed to be my nickname?
That's your nickname. Adam, Dan, we appreciate the time. Sorry, I was just reading something from Adam Schefter. Nothing of note there, unfortunately. Sorry, guys. No problem, Dolores.
We'll talk soon.
Not Dolores.
That's wild. Officer Torres is wild. Her name is Dolores.
Yes, sir.
How are Illinois lawmakers responding to the Bears' stadium proposal?
Okay, listen, I can't just call you weed and be like, okay, thanks, weed.
I'm a no on weed. I just want to be on the record.
Like thinking weed just seems unstable.
I have to do what's right. Weed is for the people. It's the people's weed. Layla Rahimi. Marshall Harris. Mark Grody. Middays 10 a.m. to 2 on Chicago Sports Radio 104.3. The Score.
At least Dan found out what the texter had sent to us yesterday. You sent him that. Ray sent him that offline, so that's good. We have that going for us, team.
What rhymes with Dolores? Mm-hmm.
No, not that one.
Oh.
Oh, the other one. Yeah.
I'm sorry. It's just not safe for work.
There were two texts that I showed some serious restraint in not reading. I thought before I read. I think that's a better version. I guess. Yeah. Yeah.
Because I'm like, I think you still read it, though.
I did, but I don't think I read it on the mic. You left the blanks.
I don't think I read it. You just didn't read it out loud.
On the microphone. But yeah. And as I heard that great open by Tyler Buterbaugh, I was like, it just made me think again. Where did Weir...
come up with Dolores for of all names like why did why was that the name that came to his head yeah that was pretty amazing stuff wasn't it so so that is uh I guess that is just one of the uh conclusions that we have come to as a show is that my alter ego will be Dolores Dan will be the weed man
I love it. Or just weed, I guess. I love what we're building. By the way, on Take the North, because people love this, our episode of what we got right and wrong from the beginning of the season is up.
What role does property tax certainty play in the stadium negotiations?
So if you like talk show hosts admitting things they got wrong and playing back bad predictions, and good ones, and good ones, it's up and running on Take the North right now.
This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score. We thank you for joining us on this Tuesday. And I know that it is a topic that is tedious. It's just basically a lot of people speaking in front of microphones. Gee, why would we be interested in that? Oh, we're a lot of people speaking in front of microphones.
We're entertaining.
Interesting. So the latest on the stadium is... is that there is some movement. Everybody's saying, multiple reports, that the Bears and the Illinois lawmakers are closer on a stadium deal. And this is really birthed from what Jabri Pritzker had to say yesterday when he talked about there being a little bit of movement closer to the concept of the Bears getting some work done in Illinois. So J.B. Pritzker was at an event downstate. He talked about the so-called pilot legislation that would give the team ability to negotiate property tax levels within the village of Arlington Heights at the land they've already purchased for a stadium.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What recent developments have occurred in the Bears' stadium discussions?
0:00–1:41
2
How are Illinois lawmakers responding to the Bears' stadium proposal?
1:41–3:20
3
What role does property tax certainty play in the stadium negotiations?
3:20–7:19
4
How has Indiana's involvement impacted the Bears' plans?
7:19–11:01
5
What are the public opinions on funding the new Bears stadium?
11:01–14:21
6
Why is the concept of eminent domain being discussed in relation to the Bears?
14:21–17:03
7
What are the implications of the Bears' potential move to Indiana?
17:03–19:20
8
What is the future outlook for the Bears' stadium situation?
19:20–43:02
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