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'You're wasting our time': Arlington Heights board votes 9-0 against bid to stop Bears incentives
Oct 3, 2022 11:50 PM - After assailing Americans for Prosperity's anti-corporate welfare ordinance at their last meeting, Arlington Heights' mayor and trustees Monday night took their first formal vote to double down on their position against the bid to stop incentives for the Chicago Bears' development. -
Is Arlington Heights ready for the traffic of a new Chicago Bears stadium?
Oct 3, 2022 10:33 AM - How do the Chicago Bears propose to get thousands of fans to games without gridlock if they move to Arlington Heights? And who pays for multimillion-dollar road improvements such as underpasses taking cars from Route 53 to the stadium?
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1ST AND LONG: One year down, many years to go before Bears play in Arlington Heights
Sep 29, 2022 12:48 PM - Bears officials have cautioned there's a long way to go -- perhaps a decade -- before the first snap at a new stadium on the old racecourse grounds. The tentative $197.2 million deal could change the face of the region and a storied NFL franchise for decades to come. -
Arlington Heights panel endorses idea of Bears sportsbook at Arlington Park
Sep 29, 2022 5:30 AM - Bettors were able to place wagers on horses for nearly a century at Arlington Park. Should the Chicago Bears redevelopment there come to fruition, fans may be able to put down money on football games and a whole host of other sports too. -
While Bears evaluate Arlington Park, Hawthorne readies for casino construction
Sep 23, 2022 7:45 PM - Sunday marks the anniversary of the final day of horse racing at Arlington Park. The Arlington Heights oval is expected to remain dormant next year, too, after the Illinois Racing Board's formal award this week of 2023 race dates to Hawthorne Race Course in Cicero -- the owners of which are touting grand plans to start building a casino. -
Daily Herald opinion: The Bears stadium debate is weakened by the interference of outsiders
Sep 21, 2022 5:37 AM - Daily Herald opinion: The interference of an outside group in Arlington Heights' negotiations with the Bears is impeding local government, not helping it. -
'Upsetting to me': Mayor, trustees assail effort to quash incentives for Bears or any business
Sep 21, 2022 2:49 PM - Arlington Heights' elected representatives and staff Monday lambasted a conservative political advocacy group's proposed anti-corporate welfare ordinance, though the village board didn't take a formal vote on it, saying the organization failed to secure enough valid signatures on its petition. -
'Bears cannot develop this property without village approval': Arlington Heights to vote on process
Sep 13, 2022 5:00 AM - Arlington Heights' village board next month could vote on a so-called development road map laying out the village review process of the Chicago Bears' plans for Arlington Park. -
What Bears envision for $5 billion 'magic' makeover at Arlington Park
Sep 10, 2022 5:31 PM - While the Chicago Bears kick off the season at noon Sunday at Soldier Field -- the team's home for more than a half-century -- it could be another decade until their first snap of the pigskin at Arlington Park amid the planning, regulatory approvals and financing needed to make the ambitious $5 billion project a reality. -
'Want to be good neighbors' but 'need help,' Bears execs tell residents about Arlington plans
Sep 9, 2022 5:41 AM - Many clad in blue and orange, hundreds of residents from Arlington Heights and other Northwest suburbs came to the John Hersey High School gymnasium Thursday to get their first look at plans for the Chicago Bears' redevelopment at Arlington Park.
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