JB Pritzker is more motivated than Illinois House, Senate to get Bears stadium deal done
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What motivates JB Pritzker to keep the Bears in Illinois?
Rahimi Harrison-Grody. That sounds so crazy. 104.3 the score. Wow, I like that. Middays 10 to 2 on 104.3 the score. This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score. We know we've got a lot of calls and texts coming in. We will take them. 312-644-6767. But first, Mark Grody, our dogged reporter, has been on the scene. You were at the rally in Arlington Heights last week. You have more information that you've gathered even since yesterday morning regarding the Bears' latest. I am dogged. There is no doubt about that. Better to be dogged than dogging it, so I appreciate the doggedness. I talked to a lot of people yesterday, and a lot of it has been discussed already. Obviously, I cover the Bears. I've been doing that since 2018, so iron's in the fire there.
People on the AM know this, but maybe not on the FM, our new FM people. I was a reporter, news reporter. in Springfield, Illinois, ladies and gentlemen, for two years of my life where I chased ambulances, but also made my way to the state capitol building when a George W. Bush was campaigning for president and a young Barack Obama. See how I got both sides in? A young Barack Obama was just Jenny from the block. When I would see him.
What insights does Mark Grote provide from the Arlington Heights rally?
Yeah, yeah. And I did not cover the state on an everyday, but I was assigned there every once in a while. So I've got a little bit of experience in all of that. And I will just say this about what is going on with the state. From what I understand, the governor, J.B. Pritzker... is fairly motivated to get this done but there isn't necessarily the same buy-in from the house and the senate which you could look at i think in all sorts of different ways depending on what side of all of this you are on it's good that the governor if you want the bears to build in Illinois, in Arlington Heights, that he is the one that is pretty motivated to get this done. But those of you who are watching out for your taxes, the House and the Senate has your back right now as well.
I wanted to ask you guys on this specifically, and people will weigh in, 312-644-6767. We're taking your phone calls at the top of the hour. But if you're Governor Pritzker, how much of a black mark is it if you are... allowing the bears to leave the state of illinois that's the big question and it i think it's person to person you guys have taken the calls we've read the comments there are people that will say the bears are dead to me if they move to indiana there are people right now that just don't care anymore they just want to know where it's it's going to be there are people who wanted in indiana do you want to know where i am right now with all this i'll tell you where i am with all the only the only time i ever had a had a dog in the race i don't like to say dog in the fight
The only time I ever had that, and this was meatball of me in a little bit, I would have loved for there to have been a path to build downtown, to build the stadium at Soldier Field. I realized that that was not realistic. Honest to God, I'm at a point right now, just from all the conversations I've had over the last week or so, and maybe something, there's been a psychic change in my head, I don't care if they move to Indiana. I really don't. I mean, I see so many different good possibilities for Indiana if it is to go there. That doesn't mean I don't think there's a million great things about Arlington Heights as well. And of course, as somebody who grew up here, grew up a Bears fan, it does feel weird the idea that the Bears have moved to Indiana.
But I'm at a point right now where I honestly – and this has happened organically, like maybe even yesterday where I was like, I'm okay with Indiana if they do it. Like I've been making my peace throughout this whole process, and I've arrived at that. Well, and that's – I think that's fine. My biggest issue has been if you really want to know what everybody thinks, if you want to give everybody their fair say in it, you'd have a ballot issue in Indiana. You would ask the voters what they think of the state.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What motivates JB Pritzker to keep the Bears in Illinois?
0:01–1:22
2
What insights does Mark Grote provide from the Arlington Heights rally?
1:22–8:42
3
How does the Illinois House and Senate's stance affect the Bears stadium deal?
8:42–9:46
4
What are the implications if the Bears move to Indiana?
9:46–10:25
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