US EditionBears Inch Closer to Arlington Heights Stadium After Illinois House Megaprojects Vote
Amended tax incentives would send 50% of payments to property tax relief as lawmakers try to keep the team in Illinois.
- On Wednesday, the Illinois House of Representatives passed a "megaprojects" bill in a 78-32 vote, advancing legislation aimed at keeping the Chicago Bears in Illinois by enabling negotiated property tax payments.
- Under the amended plan, 50% of payment-in-lieu-of-taxes receipts are allocated to property tax relief, with 60% of that amount going to homeowner rebates and 40% to the state's existing fund.
- Despite the House vote, the Bears stated the bill remains "not enough" to make the Arlington Heights site feasible, while Indiana continues incentivizing a potential move to Hammond, Indiana.
- Governor Pritzker's office expressed support for the measure as "an important step," though lead Senate sponsor State Sen. Bill Cunningham said legislators "feel no pressure to take a vote next week."
- The bill now moves to the Illinois Senate, which returns to Springfield on Tuesday, April 28, to begin debate expected to continue over the coming weeks.
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Bears stadium bill passed by Illinois House, advances to Senate, as state lawmakers make bid to keep team in Illinois
Illinois House Bill 910 (HB910) — the so-called megaprojects bill that the Chicago Bears have requested to deliver them property tax certainties in northwest suburban Arlington Heights — was passed Wednesday night by the Illinois House of Representatives by a vote of 78 (yes) to 32 (no).
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The Center SquareIllinois Quick Hits: Bears want more from state
(The Center Square) – The Chicago Bears say a megaprojects bill passed by the Illinois House needs additional amendments in order to make Arlington Heights a feasible stadium site.
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Illinois Advances Plan to Keep Bears in Arlington Heights
Source: Justin Casterline / Getty ILLINOIS –Political leaders moved to block Indiana’s effort to lure the Chicago Bears to a proposed dome in Hammond by approving a “Megaprojects” bill Wednesday. Lawmakers voted 78–32 to pass the measure, which delivers major tax breaks and incentives tied to a possible $2 billion stadium project in Arlington Heights, where the Bears already own land. The plan freezes property taxes, cuts the team’s tax burden b…
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