Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Score callers share how they're feeling about Bears' push for new stadium
26 Feb 2026
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Chapter 1: What are callers saying about the Bears' stadium push?
Rahimi Harrison-Grody. The great Kevin Harlan. I just pulled through the Taco Bell drive-thru, and I've got a couple of big, nasty Supreme Burritos right here waiting to be... You know, the first thing they ask you now, are you using the app? The app? No, I just want my burrito. I don't want to use an app. Bring a lot of mild sauce, because I'm going to squirt it all over the place.
Put some hot sauce on my burrito, baby. Rahimi Harrison-Grody. Middays, 10 a.m. to 2, on The Score. This is Rahimi Harrison-Grote on 104.3 The Score. We've talked a lot about progress being made in the state of Indiana, in the state of Illinois, on the Bears' stadium decisions, at least from a governmental standpoint. So what about you? 312-644-6767 is our number.
Let's go to South Bend and Steve. Hi, Steve.
How are you guys doing today?
We're good. How are you?
I'm doing wonderful. I just wanted to just talk a little bit Not about the politics or anything of the stadium, but logistics. So the site in Hammond is technically closer to Soldier Field than the site in Arlington Heights. And a lot of people are saying, well, we don't want to drive. We don't want to pay the tolls to get to Hammond and all this stuff. It's literally closer.
It's faster also when you get on the tollway and the skyway and stuff. So I'll give you an example. I've worked for the athletic department for over 40 years at Notre Dame. Every home game, you can walk out in our lot, and you will see literally thousands of Illinois plates.
None of them are complaining that they have to take the toll road in, which 99% do, and that it's a 90-minute or more drive to get to South Bend. They're there to enjoy the football game, and they're having a great time. I've never heard anybody complain that, Oh, we have a drive. We had to pay the tolls. It's so far. It, it, it, a football game is like a mini vacation.
People pay what, whatever the, it, I go to the bears games. I've been going for over 50 years. You know, I never thought I'd pay $15 for a beer in my life. You know what I mean? Whatever it is, you got to pay. We're parking a South lot. It's not, it's not $10 anymore. Like it used to be. You've, The cost is not a big of an issue, as everybody's saying.
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Chapter 2: How does the location of Hammond compare to Arlington Heights for the Bears' stadium?
Is that ingress, egress enough on those few days you have every year to pay for everything on time how you want it to? And Indiana does have the room to pay more in taxes if they want. He's correct about that as well.
Steve's right because the price of everything has gone up in the last decade. The price of everything has gone up since the pandemic. Well, no, I'm just saying that we as consumers pay for whatever. Your streaming has gone up. Remember when Netflix was cheap? Netflix used to be cheap. It's not.
People are not, well, the exception of me, people are not just getting rid of their Netflix because the price is going up.
People are.
The profits would tell you otherwise. Look, here's what I think. There will be complaints. If the Bears were to move to Indiana, don't think it's going to happen. But if it happened, there would be complaints. But it wouldn't matter because ultimately, as Steve just laid out, the people who are going to go to the games are still going to go to the games.
There's still a waiting list to get to Soldier Field.
Yeah, I still refrain that the most frustrating part is... You know, we'll take your calls and we like your opinions and varied. But the frustrating part of this is we don't get the accurate. We don't get the accurate sample of of how everybody feels. And every since everybody has to pay for it, I think it should always be voted on. But, you know, you don't get that option in either case here.
This isn't on a ballot in either Illinois or Indiana. We stay with the phones 312-644-6767. And Dave and Lyle, you're on Rahimi Harrison-Grody.
Hey, good show, guys. I just wanted to chime in.
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Chapter 3: What logistical challenges are associated with the Bears' new stadium location?
I've been following this closely. I grew up in that area. I actually grew up in Chicago, stone's throw from Indiana. And I was looking on the map. and trying to decide where this parcel is. Has anybody seen the area that's mapped out? Because I measured it, and it's like 70 acres if you're not going east of Calumet Avenue. And there's a golf course there. I believe that's also a nature preserve.
So if they're only talking about a 70-acre land, I mean, that's barely enough room for the stadium and parking. let alone all the things that they had planned on doing in Arlington Heights. Has anybody seen like a mapped out area that they're talking about?
Well, they don't have a set location. Yeah, they don't have a set location. Like Hammond Mayer said that. Yeah.
Well, it's only the area that I can see in Hammond that would be viable. My bet is if by chance this goes to
indiana it's not going to be in hammond it's going to be in gary or somewhere where they have a bigger area i know they said wolf lake they just don't have the set parameters it's been understood and agreed upon that it will be in hammond at wolf lake yeah well they don't i don't see that they don't have the space there um honestly that's a question to answer i mean they do not have the space to put that facility there if you're talking 70 acres it's not going to work
Well, that's the thing. Because they don't have a set location just yet. And I understand what you're saying. You're looking at the perimeter saying, well, where could they put it? They may have something completely different in mind. I don't know the details because they don't know the details. But certainly there has to be some plan of a plan, if you will.
Concepts of a plan.
Concepts of a plan.
But for real, actually. Not to use it as a joke, but actual understanding.
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Chapter 4: How do Bears fans feel about the potential move to Indiana?
To get to this point.
Right. And so I think that that's very important. Yeah. Adam Hogue had the quote here from the 19th. Hammond Mayor Tom McDermott, still not ready to discuss specific location around Wolf Lake, says it's the Bears project. So it's up to them to decide when to talk about the location. So they have not disclosed the set location yet.
So that's also kind of strange and a good point from our caller about how much land is it really going to take? And are they not saying it because it might be underwhelming? Like that's something people deserve to know as well.
No, I don't think that's what it is. I think they just haven't done the requisite due diligence to figure out exactly where it needs to be.
Well, 312-644-6767 is our number as we continue to discuss what's going on with the Bears stadium. And it's also, I think, important as we wrap up the conversation to understand that this is only part of what is a very long set of steps.
But I remain confident in knowing that the more progress Indiana makes, the more progress Illinois makes, the more the Bears are going to have to actually try to build this stadium.
Oh, no, they're going to build it. And if it progresses through both states like you're talking about.
Guess what they haven't done?
They haven't put shovels in the ground?
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Chapter 5: What are the financial implications of the Bears' stadium project?
And I don't know why. But I am. Can bingo pay for a stadium? Sure. I have been to some very competitive bingo halls in my day. You get the marker out. Can we get a shuffleboard?
The same reason that Social Security is about to run out is the same reason why bingo could pay for the stadium. There's enough people who play bingo now to support that.
I need more people to tell me about these pull tabs because I am curious. And it sounds like a good bar activity.
You know what else is a good bar activity?
Talking about real football?
Drinking.
That too.
Yeah.
Eating. Cheese curds and pull tabs is not a bad idea. It's not a bad idea for a night. Coming up next on Remy Harris and Grody, let's get back to some actual football. And not even actual. There's a bunch of trades being proposed. Spectacular. It's just one of those conceptual days. But I do think some of these could happen. There's a lot of bears being named.
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