US EditionArlington Heights Residents Cautiously Optimistic as Bears Stadium Bill Passes Illinois House
The measure would let the Bears seek long-term tax breaks for a $2 billion enclosed stadium, while routing half of special payments to homeowners.
- On Wednesday, the Illinois House passed House Bill 910 by a 78-32 vote, advancing legislation that would allow the Chicago Bears to build a new $2 billion enclosed stadium at the former Arlington International Racecourse.
- The Bears have owned the Arlington Race Track site for more than three years while evaluating competing offers; Indiana lawmakers already authorized a new stadium for the team in Hammond.
- Under the bill, the Bears would make a "payment in lieu of taxes" rather than pay traditional property taxes; the Chicago Teachers Union and Illinois Federation of Teachers wrote the legislation "does not go far enough" for schools.
- The measure now moves to the Illinois Senate, which convenes next week; Gov. JB Pritzker emphasized a "need for speed" in negotiations, warning the Senate has "work to do."
- Pritzker emphasized that if Illinois can "put a bill forward that makes sense," the Bears will likely choose the state over Indiana, as the team prepares to update NFL officials next week.
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* ICYMI: Arlington Heights residents cautiously optimistic as Bears stadium bill passes Illinois House. WGN… Many Arlington Heights residents are hoping to see construction begin soon on a new Chicago Bears stadium after the Illinois House passed House Bill 910 (HB910) on Wednesday night — the so-called megaprojects bill that the Bears have requested to [...]
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Arlington Heights residents cautiously optimistic as Bears stadium bill passes Illinois House
Many Arlington Heights residents are hoping to see construction begin soon on a new Chicago Bears stadium after the Illinois House passed House Bill 910 (HB910) on Wednesday night — the so-called megaprojects bill that the Bears have requested to deliver them property tax certainties in order to build a new stadium.
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