Discussions over where to build a new Chicago Bears stadium feel like they’ve been going on for years, but could a final choice be close?
While Bears President and CEO Kevin Warren didn’t give a specific deadline for talks when chatting with reporters in Phoenix during NFL meetings in the Valley, he did say that the team is hoping to make a decision on their future home by late spring or early summer.
Warren said the team is still focused on two locations for a stadium. Arlington Heights, in which the team owns a parcel formerly occupied by the Arlington International Racecourse, is one of those sites, as is a site in Hammond that has been earmarked for the purposes of a new stadium by legislation passed in the state of Indiana.
Warren said the team was pleased with that legislation, but that they are positive about ongoing talks on multiple bills in the state of Illinois.
“They’re both excellent sites, and we’re focused on making sure we build a world-class stadium,” he said. “(Bears fans) deserve a world-class stadium and a world-class experience.”
In Illinois, the Bears are waiting on the outcome of talks over several key pieces of legislation. One is known as a PILOT (payment in lieu of taxes) bill that would lock in the team’s property tax rates at the Arlington Heights site, giving the team what Warren called “tax certainty” as they embark on a construction project.
Other legislation would also be discussed over infrastructure improvements around the proposed stadium site, with the Bears hoping to not just build a football facility but also a mixed-use development that would include retail and performance space, among other items.
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