Is Bears leadership on the same page regarding a new stadium location?
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What are the latest developments regarding the Bears' stadium location?
Rahimi Harrison-Grody.
I don't want to break time. I want to yell at Marshall. Can we handle more Anthony Heron?
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This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score. And we understand that the Indiana Senate hearing legislature is set to conclude this week. The 27th is Friday. That is the end of their legislative session. And we continue to get a little more news that came out throughout the weekend. Like, for example... Kevin Warren spoke to Crane's Chicago business, and here is the really sexy and opinionated quote. And by all of that, I mean it's not the case at all. We continue to work with Illinois leadership and appreciate the progress being made. Bears CEO Kevin Warren said today in a statement shared with Crane's. Okay, so acknowledgement is key. And he did acknowledge that there is still a working relationship with the state of Illinois.
Meantime, Indiana Capitol Chronicle, who's been helping outline some of the details going on covering the Indiana Statehouse, had this headline today.
How does the Indiana Senate hearing impact the Bears' stadium plans?
Fiscal impact statement on Bear Stadium bill outlines millions in tax increases. And here's the key number here. The exact cost of the project is unknown at this time. This is Senate Bill 27. Though the Chicago Bears have committed $2 billion, and House Speaker Todd Houston, this is Indiana House Speaker, said Thursday in unveiling the plan that as much as $1 billion in public funding could be involved. So that's three total. And we know that Arlington Heights was estimated at five. So I wonder how much it would be total in the state of Indiana.
It feels like we're all trying to add up the marbles, as it were, and we're coming up short. And we're like, well, where are the rest of these marbles coming from? And this is whether you're talking about the Indiana plan or the Illinois plan. But Indiana's front and center right now because they're the ones who've come out and said, hey, we're about to pass this legislation, get it signed by the governor, and away we go. I think the Bears are doing a good job here, and I'm not saying I approve of or disapprove. I'm just saying they're doing a good job from their vantage point of slow rolling one to the other. Have you guys ever had two job offers at the same time, and you weren't sure what you wanted to do?
and you knew you wanted maybe this from the one job offer and something maybe different from the other job offer to get where you wanted to feel comfortable going ahead, that's what the Bears are doing right now. They're doing the smart thing that any of us would do in a similar financial situation. You know... Two places want you, Illinois, Indiana, and now you've got to sort it out. And there's pros and cons to each side, and some of those pros and cons we don't even know yet because I don't think Indiana and Illinois necessarily know all the details.
Well, and when you start getting into the taxpayers of Indiana, I wonder how, if it's just a formality that they're putting that forth and saying, here's what it is, pander a little bit, because it sure feels like it's going to pass relatively easily and then end up on the governor's desk in Indiana, despite them doing their version of, ready for it, due diligence. So I think it's very interesting that we'll see if it gets clogged up a little bit, but I think it goes quickly. Well, trying to ask for money for your stadium is due diligence. And that's what they didn't do on the Illinois side. And I don't think it's as much competition on the Illinois side because of how they went through that process based on how it's going in Indiana.
In Indiana, there were municipalities who said, Here's our suggested deal. Here's our suggested area. I don't want to say location because the set location has not been dictated yet in Hammond. And then also, well, how are you going to get us money? And they're saying in Indiana, we're going to do a billion dollars levied in taxes. Those taxes will be taxed by the Northwest Indiana Stadium Board. That is the idea behind putting that bill into place.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What are the latest developments regarding the Bears' stadium location?
0:01–1:19
2
How does the Indiana Senate hearing impact the Bears' stadium plans?
1:19–6:34
3
What financial implications are associated with the Bears' stadium bill?
6:34–10:38
4
How does the Bears' leadership compare between Illinois and Indiana?
10:38–13:42
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