The Chicago Bears announced their new stadium plans in a big, gleaming, star-spangled announcement on September 8. They would be following a well-worn NFL path of moving out of the city and into the suburbs, building their new home in Arlington Heights, just northwest of the city — bragging about the jobs it would bring, the potential to host a Super Bowl, and stunningly news that the stadium wouldn’t cost the public a cent.
In evaluating options for a new stadium, the focus of the McCaskey family has been clear: build a world-class stadium that requires zero money from the State of Illinois for its construction.
Less than a month later
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