Indiana Bears?
We assume this is merely posturing:
The Bears’ sole focus for a new stadium is no longer Arlington Heights — and no longer Illinois.
In the team’s latest change of heart in a yearslong quest for a new home, Bears president and CEO Kevin Warren sent a letter to fans Wednesday evening saying the team will explore other locations for their planned new domed stadium — including northwest Indiana.
Warren wrote that Arlington Heights remains “the best and only path forward in Cook County, given there are no other viable alternatives,” and vowed to explore taking the team elsewhere.
“We need to expand our search and critically evaluate opportunities throughout the wider Chicagoland region, including Northwest Indiana,” Warren wrote. “This is not about leverage. We spent years trying to build a new home in Cook County. We invested significant time and resources evaluating multiple sites and rationally decided on Arlington Heights.”
This is a massive opportunity for political graft and corruption that comes along once in a lifetime and it would be completely believable for Illinois pols to blow the entire operation.
Fun times ahead!
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posted by SCC at 12:01 AM
94 Comments:
The Gary Bears ? lol
The Bears got treated like shit by Lightfoot is how it all started. The Bears are looking to the future. People are moving away and a lot are moving to Indiana
Please Dear God let this be so. I would so love to see Chicago get hard f***ed on this move! 🤞
Shitty ass bears should get out of thos corrupt state while they still can & move to any red state
Hammond Indiana is a whole lot closer to Chicago than Arlington Heights. It’s only 7 miles from the McDonald’s at the Skyway and State line Rd. And 22 miles to Soldiers Field.
Arlington Park is 16 miles from the Cumberland CTA station and 31 miles from Soldiers Field.
Complaining about being in Indiana is like saying if you live in Kenosha (49 miles from Chicago & 149 miles from Lambeau) you must root for the packers instead of the Bears.
Good riddance! The only people benefitting from the Bears being in Chicago are the Bears, the politicians and the Levy Bros! That whole "economic engine" bull crap is a fantasy!
For any young aspiring LEOs tell your sons , daughters whoever wants to be a leo to absolutely jump onto any of those Indiana Depts , if the bears do move , they will need a huge increase in hiring ! and it’s the best in Indiana , your governor , and mayors actually support you and let you chase down the animal .
Too cheap to invest in themselves.
Looking for government money and subsidies again.
a shit-hole team strong arming a broke ass state
I heard a rumor that the Bears are moving across Indianapolis Boulevard into Whiting. The new name is the Whiting Pierogis.
Taxes are a lot lower in Indiana. -Just sayin' I go to Merrillville for my big grocery trip and fill up the tank. It's worth it.
I’m looking to move to Indiana myself
Nobody cares about a new Bears location. Nobody.
If the bears go to the superbowl 🤣they are going to Indiana. If they lose in the playoffs, yes playoffs, they stay in the cesspool of Illinois
Never happen. There was talk of moving to Indiana in 1995
Fuck the national felons league!!! And fuck the bears!!!
Can’t leave fast enough
Love to see it happen. Looking up how much is generated is of course estimated and not made public. How much mortgage is left on shortshanks lakefront fuck up is also unknown. Will illinois sports authority pick up that tab? Ha! They won't even touch what that greasy fucker Landek did to Bridgeview. Bowrowing money to pay that mortgage just grows and grows.
Why shouldn’t the Bears flee Chicago/ Cook County/ Illinois? Everyone else is.
At this point who cares? The thing Illinois truly needs is an immediate federal forensic audit, and the city of Chicago!
sounds like either the city of arlington heights or bears management started to get too greedy
Gary Bears!
Go to Gary. Build a private village with an electric fence and lions surrounding it. Then charge $10 for entry. Make it a Disney type destination..
Game ticket price including free parking, tailgating, byob.....$75.00 per person.
Fuck da Bears. Can’t stand them. They razed a beautiful race track for nothing and left a pit of mud.
I don't blame em at all. Everyone else is leaving Crook County because of taxes and other political shenanigans, why shouldn't they?
Just go already… I could care less. Make the playoffs win the Super Bowl I don’t care. If you’re not going to fund and build youy own stadium then go. Chicago or the State of Illinois can’t afford to build a new stadium for the Billionaires that own the Bears. Build it yourselves already.
I always thought a NW Indiana site would be the best - and funniest - outcome.
Maybe the Bears should be talking to Bovino from ICE. If Illinois didn’t have to come up with a billion dollars last year and another billion in 2026 to feed, house, educate and treat medically illegals Illinois would have a billion dollars to fund a new a new Bears stadium.
This is great news! This would be the biggest downfall for Conehead and Fatass!!! You better believe the Gov of Indiana will do everything possible to fuck over the Prickster.
Playing the power game.
No disrespect to Indiana residents but aren’t they setting Hoosiers up for another Bears vs Cardinals debacle ? or even worse a White Sox-Cubs spectacle ? I am getting a team together to announce just after an lndiana move of a new team named the ChicGo Cons or Chicago Grifters or better yet (Offending no one ) .The Chicago Outfit to replace and keep the NFL in Chicago which was born and organized by a guy named George sitting on a auto running board (look that one up rookies).
Who really cares?
They only play "8" games at Soldier Field. Convert Soldier Field into a music venue.
One Taylor Swift concert brings in more revenue than an entire Bears season.
Can you imagine all the DEI hires and subcontractors that would bump up the costs? Look at what it has done for the Obama library. No firm or person should be discriminated against based on race, gender, etc. The old corruption of political connections was bad but now you have that with a DEI justification to add a few zeros
There is a seldom used racetrack in Will County that would be a nice fit.
Indiana sounds good to me, no outrageous ticket or parkng tax, no weed smell from the toker six rows away and best of all I’ll fuel up and do some shopping after attending the game. Let’s go Bears, out of the people’s republic of Illinois.
Fatso Pigster is just as broke as BLM Brandon. They blew all the money on the illegals.
How long before FatAss and the dems pass a law saying the Bears can't leave Shitcago? Fuck the Bears!
They are funding their own stadium, they are looking for the state to cover infrastructure upgrades and a fair tax deal. Illinois doesn’t want to do anything so Warren is hedging bets. Indiana would love to have them. It would be an economic boom to the area to have a new domed stadium and NFL team there. Illinois will either play ball or watch them walk.
As long as they beat The Pack
The Bears are looking at Chicagos head tax...they know that if it passes and generates money for the city and is deemed a success THE STATE IS GOING TO PASS A HEAD TAX. Even if they move out of Chicago which they certainly will, they won't be able to escape the state. Unless you go now,.Before you say impossible REMEMBER THE STATE IS GOING BROKE FEEDING PUBLIC SECTOR UNIONS AND ILLEGALS. SOMEONE HAS TO FEED THEM.
The New York Giants and Jets play in guess where? You got it, East Rutherford, New Jersey. For exactly the same reasons the Bears are citing in their negotions with the State of Illinois.
The Meadowlands Sports Complex has been open since 2010 and at this point the fact that it’s not in New York is no longer an issue. It is a multi-use sports facility. Surprisingly a little known fact about the Meadowlands is its use as a cemetery. Some conspiracy theorists believe Jimmy Hoffa is entombed in the northeast end zone.
They could move to the Gaza strip, chances are they could strike a great deal there.
No, if they keep strong, this could be a big win for the taxpayers. Does anyone believe that the Bears will generate billions of dollars of economic growth and create millions of jobs? They are a private business. Let them get their own funding. No taxpayer back stop through hidden taxes. As for the infrastructure costs of close to a an estimated billion of dollars of tax payer money, if the stadium was not built, that taxpayer money would not be spent. Spend the money on road and bridge improvement in the rest of the state. Require the Bears to finance the required infrastructure costs if they want the stadium that bad.
Take it from me, Hammond is beautiful in the Fall.
I would love to play poker with Kevin Warren. He can't bluff. Sure Kevin you're moving to Indiana and give up 326 acres in Arlington heights where you can build a domed stadium, casino, hotel, Bears museum, restaurants and have the whole enchilada without sharing like you do now. Building in Arlington would put the Bears in the highest dollar franchise category. Where do you think most Bears fans that go to the games live? Its not Chicago or Indiana. Its the Suburbs. Naperville ticket sales outnumber Chicago ticket sales for games
They will love taxing your pension
They sell more tickets to Naperville residents than Chicago residents.
The Bears are 100% going to Arlington Hts. The City of Arlington Heights and Mount Prospect are currently tearing up Euclid Ave. installing an entire new sewer and drainage to accommodate the new stadium. Also an acquaintance of the family has been given the contract for all the food locations inside the stadium; refrigerators, counters etc. etc. It's done AH is the location.
The Bears are whining - the state doesn’t care look at all Chicago and the state loose. The Bears still have tax payers paying for the revamp of the old soldier field and yes if the Bears went to Arlington heights it would cost the state money to add lanes to 53 - and infrastructure. So why would the state want to do that when the state is broke.
Everyone says traffic would be easier in Arlington heights. I don’t see it a 2 lane Route 53 and the congestion getting to the game. The city should just do the vision the Bears had for a new stadium in the south lot and tear down McCormick place east that is empty anyways.
Thats great if you live in Illinois making higher wages and drive to Indiana where its cheaper. The reason its cheaper is the pay scale in Indiana is 12 percent lower than Illinois. The people that live there make less money than you living in Illinois, thats why the stuff is cheaper.
Been to more than a few Mud wrestling venues. Great entertainment.
Seriously?
It's 13 miles and a 17-20 minute drive from Cumberland Ave. Plus there is a metra station right at the Arlington Heights location. Multiple ways to get to Arlington Heights; I94, I294, Route 53, Rand Road, I290. Places to eat in the area of AH out ways Hammond by miles. No comparison how AH is a better location than Hammond.
Right you are, and the highway goes right by it. All it's used for now is storage.
Does anyone thing that any red states will open up their taxpayers wallets to the Bears? Sooner or later a "deal" will be cut by our great forward thinking politicians.
Less and less people care about football, and sports in general. My self-included. People talking incessantly about their favorite team is pointless. Watching them on TV and yelling at the TV screen is even more ridiculous. The days of appointment TV are over IMHO. And we are better off because of it.
whiting pierogis teeee heeeee i love pierogis
Absolutely. 8 games. That’s it
Bravo!
Who cares. Fuck the NFL gang banging thug teams. Can't even bet on the games anymore because of them and their stupid shithead penalties that cost you money when it changes the point spread
I concur. Fuck Chicago.
100%👍🏻
Dont let the door hit you in the ass on the way out!
Let them and their greedy family leave! Don’t care one bit about the bears or the shithole “Chicago “
The 2.5% they tax your pension will easily be made up in property and sales tax savings. Pay attention.
They could move a few miles west of AH into a different county and save millions in taxes.
Is the place with the frog legs still open?
Brandon and his fellow progressives talk about taxing the rich. They bash Trump for his tax cuts to the rich, but they don't have any problem to offer tax breaks and taxpayer spending to a rich sports team get richer. Look at what New York State spend to keep their football team in Buffalo. Good use of taxpayer monies? But Trump is the problem giving tax breaks to the rich.
https://frontiergroup.org/articles/buffalo-bill-new-yorks-12-billion-subsidy-bills-new-stadium/
"if you live in Kenosha (49 miles from Chicago & 149 miles from Lambeau) you must root for the packers instead of the Bears"
Well duh. Once you live north of The Cheddar Curtain, the Bears are anathema.
Another tax to be added to sports event tickets too,
“They make it hard for me to win…at being a gambler.” HAHAHAHAHA
That’s a fun fest every July , and you don’t have to worry about yutes attacking you
Horse racing is a dying industry, the new generation is not going to see, or gamble on horses. What ever becomes of that property will have to deal with the Cook Co. shake down.
And fuck Illinois. Fuck Pritzker.
Indiana has a flat income tax rate of 3%. There is also a county income tax rate with the average being 1.5% but can go all the way up to 3. So unless they have a special rate for retirement income, you looking at a rate around 4.5% or above for income. But as stated property and sales tax are lower.
And the other blm-loving/police-hating leaves as well !
Yeah, nevermind that the entire league continuously spits on law enforcement, the anthem and the flag while celebrating criminals and supporting blm.
You’re an idiot!
Better make sure its not one of the many areas one of those huge resource sucking data centers has decided to plop down in Indiana.
This is bullshit, a childish gambit to scare the Legislature into action but even the Legislature isn't naïve enough to believe it.. If the State had half a brain, they would now offer the Bears only a cut throat deal cause the Bears have been exposed. As another post points out, they cannot replicate the huge amount of land to develop like in AH, right next to an expressway. This demonstrates that Kevin is an amateur' negotiator. They cannot go to Indiana as they would lose some fan base and lose seasons tickets owners. And the name of the game is revenue.
Jurassic park stadium
Now youse can't leave !
Phil Schmidt. Long gone me thinks
The Skyway McDonalds has been gone for many tears. It was a greater pee pee stop after drinking in Indiana.
Recall Mayor Richie Daley tore up Meigs Field at 2am and inked a deal with Gary Airport which kept the right wing of the Illinois Uniparty/Combine (Gov Jim Edgar) from seizing control of Midway & Ohare. At that time, there was talk of a third airport in Peotone which had the potential to take jobs & tax revenues from Daley/Chicago. Ford Heights and the Bears should do a joint venture with Indiana and plop the Bears in Dyer, IN. Anything is possible in the Peoples Republic of Crook County. Heck, Robbins and the closed garbage incinerator might want to get involved.
Probably more than half of NWI residents moved here from Illinois and are Bears fans. More are moving here everyday. So I don’t see an issue with season ticket holders or a loss of Bears fans at all
Illinois will likely add ion a "resort" fee for hotels and entertainment venues including sports.
Mr.Anti-football, get back to your video war game league and stay in the basement. Why are you so angry that some people enjoy football and socializing.
those people are moving to NWI to avoid higher cost of living in Illinois. they don't have $2,000 for season tickets plus whatever the Bears are charging for "seat licensing"
For Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action purposes, are the Bears: (1) Black Bears; (2) Brown Bears; (3) Polar ( I.e., White) Bears; (4) Panda ( I.e., Asian) Bears?
Look at all you billionaires telling other billionaires how to run a business. Why not just buy it? Oops, I forgot I was talking to millionaires. No wait, hundred thousanders. Hundred thousanders are are a billionaires best advisor, I don’t know how but they’re are! I have friends that are hundred thousanders but I don’t talk to them. I would invite a few over on Christmas but they’ll fill their clothes and my backyard with cigar smoke and my pup will go to bed angry at me for not listening to him and allowing that stuff to hit my sensitive nose.
You think the shitbags selling candy in the lots is bad now, wait til the team moves to the hood of NW Indiana. True monsters of the midway
No one cares where "Duh Bears" play...
Fyi RT53 already has new added lanes. Done deal!
County income tax in Porter county is .5% and coming soon to cash strapped illinois, a tax on your pension and social security.
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