The proposed move would require an extensive review by local school districts, a park district, and even, potentially, the Northwest Mosquito Abatement District.
Asked whether he would be open to any deal allowing the Chicago Bears to break their Soldier Field lease, Mayor Brandon Johnson said “it hasn’t come up.”
The Chicago Bears have flirted with leaving Chicago and building a stadium in Arlington Heights for more than 50 years.
Chicago Bears President Kevin Warren confirmed at the NFL owners meetings that the team no longer has a singular focus on building its new stadium downtown.
The three candidates spoke to a packed auditorium at the village hall Thursday, vying to succeed Mayor Tom Hayes, who is retiring.
Arlington Heights Mayor Tom Hayes said that reports from local real estate agents that the team had reached a deal to build a new enclosed stadium are “speculation.”
A bill aimed at attracting the Chicago Bears to Northwest Indiana is one step closer to passing onto the Senate after the Indiana House approved its second reading.
A bill aimed at attracting the Chicago Bears, or another sports franchise, to Northwest Indiana passed out of the Indiana House Ways and Means committee Tuesday with two amendments.
The details of the deal revealed Thursday would set the annual tax on the Arlington Heights site at about $3.6 million, down from roughly $8.9 million levied for the 2023 tax year, officials said.
Chicago Bears officials have made a deal over how much property taxes need to be paid for Arlington Heights land.