Following the Chicago Bears stadium saga is like reading a child’s attempt at filling out a Mad Libs word game.
You folks remember Mad Libs, right?
Anyway, seeing that the Pope has been apprised of the Bears’ stadium situation is a reminder that things can always get weirder on that front:
Kam Buckner tells @CHGO_Bears that Pope Leo is "acutely aware" of what's going on with the Chicago Bears stadium situation.
— Kevin Kaduk | Bears By 7 (@KevinKaduk) June 4, 2026Oh, great! Now we’ve got the Pope involved with the Bears stadium fiasco. Maybe Vatican City has a plot of land for which the Bears can build their new stadium.
Perhaps this could be a good thing. Pope Leo XIV is a known Chicago sports fan. Maybe he can be the one who brings everyone together to knock out a stadium deal. Oh, don’t give me that look! We’ve been following this saga for more than three years. I’m all out of new ideas on how to iron this out quickly and painlessly. So why not try something different?
More on the Bears stadium saga below…
(Photo by Luis C. Medina)Chicago’s last pitch to keep the Bears
Even though the Bears have been crystal clear with their public messaging about being down to Arlington Heights or Northwest Indiana being their only viable options for a new stadium, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson refuses to take “no” for an answer. Hence, he is banging the drum for the 2024 plan that was discussed when the team declared it was planning to build a new stadium downtown along the lakefront.
More on that from CBS News Chicago:
“The best place for a fan to enjoy our Chicago Bears, it’s downtown,” Johnson said during a radio appearance on 104.3 The Score.
The mayor said his plan to keep the Bears in Chicago continues to be the best option.
“We are the only city that has put forth a viable plan for a publicly owned stadium that the people of Chicago could continue to enjoy, and the people of the city would own the stadium,” he said.
Johnson has continued to push for the city’s 2024 plan of relying on the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority and its 2% hotel tax to help fund a new Bears stadium on the lakefront, along with the team paying for a portion of the construction cost.
The pie-in-the-sky plan might sound good to him, but it doesn’t seem feasible in the eyes of the Bears or the NFL. If the Bears don’t stay at Soldier Field, at least there are plans to make the most of what is still considered to be pristine property in downtown Chicago along the lakefront.
What’s up with the phone calls?
This is a must-read thread for those of you who continue to monitor the stadium situation:
Johnson insists the talks included negotiations on terms of a new stadium and the Bears maintain the mayor is overselling it.Bears also insist their only options are Arlington Heights or Hammond.Decision is expected soon and the state didn’t pass the AH legislation…
— Justin Laurence (@jus10chi) June 4, 2026Also needs to be stressed, when Johnson says his plan is the only real proposal on offer for the Bears that the deal hinged on $900M in public subsidies that aren’t likely to be approved.
— Justin Laurence (@jus10chi) June 4, 2026Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson has said that the Bears haven’t talked shop with the city since April. And while I feel that is kind of silence speaks volumes about how the team feels about Chicago’s viability as a stadium option, the optics that come along with the contact that was being made leading up to the team giving the city the quiet treatment doesn’t vibe with what upper-management has been putting out in press releases.
It is moments like that that make me wish that Chairman George McCaskey would step up and be vocal with what he wants. Take charge, dude.
Extra points
This is my new favorite conspiracy theory:.@ProFootballTalk has a theory. Again, it's food for thought.What if the Bears are content with the stadium mess because they have a grander plan?"If it ends up they build a stadium in Chicago, they’re geniuses. Whether it was deliberate or accidental, they’re geniuses." pic.twitter.com/FcK78F4hdU
— 104.3 The Score (@thescorechicago) June 3, 2026 This is the kind of thing I’d normally dismiss out of hand. But this ordeal has been so convoluted that I can’t rule out even the most outlandish theories. Indiana Statehouse reporter Hannah Adamson has some quips from Gov. Mike Braun in this tweet:I asked @GovBraun about the Illinois House adjourning without taking a vote on a @ChicagoBears bill:
“…We move at the speed of business, and that honest conversation we had should have cued them there that they needed to do something other than adjourning without, you know, any result.
“I think that this just puts the punctuation on the fact that [the Bears] were doing their due diligence all along, and I expect them to probably make some formal announcement maybe now in less than a month…”
He went on to say Indiana has been in talks with the team twice a week for months.
A bold proclamation by Hammond Mayor Tom McDermott: “They’re making a huge mistake if they don’t choose Hammond, in my opinion.” (ABC-7)FIND THE BN BEARS PODCAST HERE: Apple | Spotify | YouTube
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