Articles filed under The Sale of Arlington Park
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On the wrong track: a stadium proposal that went nowhere
Mar 13, 2023 3:07 PM - In 1967, White Sox owner Arthur Allyn, Jr. unveiled a visionary plan for a privately funded South Loop stadium for all Chicago sports teams. But the Dearborn Station plan ran into problems with buy-in from other teams and Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley. -
Why Rolling Meadows -- but not Arlington Heights -- got tax proceeds from Bears land deal
Mar 11, 2023 5:00 PM - The state of Illinois and Cook County reaped nearly $300,000 in taxes from the Chicago Bears' purchase of Arlington Park, but -- because of the peculiarities of Illinois property tax code and decades-old annexations -- Rolling Meadows collected nearly $4,000 and Arlington Heights got nothing, the Daily Herald has learned. -
Resident calls Bears tax break a 'stinker,' but Arlington Heights officials don't weigh in yet
Mar 7, 2023 5:00 AM - Arlington Heights officials Monday declined to state a preference on pending state legislation that would give the Bears a massive property tax break at Arlington Park. -
Why Bears land deal prohibiting a casino gets past Arlington Heights ordinance on a technicality
Mar 6, 2023 8:47 AM - Property transfer documents obtained by the Daily Herald reveal the Bears are barred from opening a land-based casino at Arlington Park -- a restrictive covenant that is in conflict with the spirit, if not letter, of a 2021 Arlington Heights village ordinance that sought to preserve gambling options. -
'Complete gridlock': Palatine officials wary of what a suburban Bears stadium could bring
Mar 1, 2023 7:01 PM - During Palatine's State of the Village address, Village Manager Reid Ottesen and Mayor Jim Schwantz said they see the Bears as far from being a done deal and said Palatine could see a significant impact on its roads, especially Northwest Highway. They also said a new Chicago mayor could mean the city doubles down on trying to keep the team. -
Rolling Meadows candidates welcome Bears but fear strain on city services
Feb 28, 2023 5:00 AM - There's no contested election this spring in Arlington Heights -- a critic of possible Bears public subsidies having been tossed from the ballot -- but candidates in Rolling Meadows' lone aldermanic race have a lot to say about the team's possible move next door and its effect on their city. -
Longtime Bears lobbyist who secured Soldier Field financing now trying to do same at Arlington
Feb 25, 2023 5:01 PM - A longtime associate of the Chicago Bears who helped secure the public financing deal for Soldier Field renovations more than two decades ago is now trying to get taxpayers' support for the team's move to Arlington Heights. -
Three school districts select lobbyist to fight Bears legislation
Feb 22, 2023 7:27 PM - All three school districts whose boundaries include the Chicago Bears' 326-acre Arlington Park property are now all on board in hiring a joint lobbyist to oppose, or at least amend, legislation that would give the franchise a massive tax break there. -
O'Donnell: A new Robert Reich video suggests slow brakes on any tax money for the Bears
Feb 19, 2023 6:00 AM - In a new videdo, former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich hammers home the utter folly of any taxpayer money being directed to the construction of a new sports colossus for a private multibillion-dollar athletic entertainment corporation. Jim O'Donnell says that's worth keeping in mind in light of the Bears closing on the Arlington Park property.
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District 211 board delays vote to join others in hiring lobbyist to fight Bears tax break
Feb 16, 2023 11:25 PM - Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 board members voted 3-2 Thursday to postpone joining two neighboring districts in hiring a lobbyist for a proposed state bill offering a tax break to the Chicago Bears' stadium project, until a specific individual is recommended.
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