Bears 2026

[Boilernation]

5 minutes ago, Muda69 said:

Let’s hope the Chicago Bears stay in Illinois:

https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/2026/07/20/lets-hope-the-chicago-bears-stay-in-illinois/

Agreed.  A Chicago Bears stadium in Indiana is a losing proposition for Hoosier taxpayers. 

 

Meh, I stopped reading when the author claimed the Bears are trying to get Illinois to build them a stadium. If you can't get that little piece of information correct, how can I trust the rest of your claims? 

 

[Muda69]

35 minutes ago, Boilernation said:

Meh, I stopped reading when the author claimed the Bears are trying to get Illinois to build them a stadium. If you can't get that little piece of information correct, how can I trust the rest of your claims? 

 

So the Bears are now paying 100% of the stadium construction, either in Indiana or Illinois?  If so do you have a link to this recent information?

 

[Boilernation]

2 hours ago, Muda69 said:

So the Bears are now paying 100% of the stadium construction, either in Indiana or Illinois?  If so do you have a link to this recent information?

 

I doubt that's the case in Indiana, but it's always been about Illinois covering infrastructure costs for roads/sewers as well as property tax certainty.  The Bears have always maintained they would pay 100% of the stadium construction in Arlington Heights. 

Here's a link where it was mentioned in the Arlington Heights section of the article.

https://www.fox32chicago.com/sports/chicago-bears-stadium-whats-next-hammond-arlington-heights-chicago

[Muda69]

15 hours ago, Boilernation said:

I doubt that's the case in Indiana, but it's always been about Illinois covering infrastructure costs for roads/sewers as well as property tax certainty.  The Bears have always maintained they would pay 100% of the stadium construction in Arlington Heights. 

Here's a link where it was mentioned in the Arlington Heights section of the article.

https://www.fox32chicago.com/sports/chicago-bears-stadium-whats-next-hammond-arlington-heights-chicago

Thank you for the link.  From the article:

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According to a team consultant report released in the fall of 2025, the Bears said the state will need to pay about $855 million in infrastructure costs to improve the roads and sewer systems for the former Arlington Racecourse site. The team is willing to pay $2 billion of its own money for actual construction of the new stadium.

The Bears should be paying ALL the infrastructure costs, either in Illinois or Indiana.  It is their stadium after all.  Although the "willing" in that last statement is telling. It's basically saying we'll take whatever taxpayer sugar either state is willing to throw our way for construction costs.