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Chicago mayor, Bears' Kevin Warren issue joint statement. Jul 27, 2023 17:36:42 GMT -6 bears40 likes this

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Something is "up" here and the Bears building a stadium in the City is definitely a possibility. It won't be a Soldier Field face lift thing but a brand new stadium in the City. The Bears can walk away from the stadium build in Arlington Park and not get hurt. Just because they bought that AP property doesn't mean that is a done deal for building a stadium there. I don't think the AP people understand this. I really believe the tax stakeholders in the Arlington Park deal got greedy and crapped the bed here. This new CEO Warren seems like one sharp dude who will get this stadium deal done and done right.

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Chicago mayor, Bears' Kevin Warren issue joint statement. Jul 27, 2023 20:47:20 GMT -6 bears40 likes this

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Jul 27, 2023 19:04:55 GMT -6 desertdweller said:

I was hoping for a state of the art, mind blowing stadium.

I'll laugh if Chicago offers Soldier Field to the Bears, just to keep them there.

I think the Bears are done with Soldier Field, just as they walked away from Wrigley Field in 1970. They will build a new state of the art stadium. But the location of that stadium may, or may not be in Arlington Park now. I love how Warren can just let these municipalities - including the City of Chicago - come to them and offer their best deal. Competition is a good thing. Arlington Park seems to think they can do anything they want and the Bears "have" to build on that property now. But that's not the case. They can off-load that property and build elsewhere. It would be a shame if that happens. And so unnecessary. It just sounds like typical government tax bodies wanting to get a bit greedy here and it will blow up in their faces. There should be a middle-ground where these entities get a boat load of tax money but without going overboard taxing the Bears. Building that state of the art facility on the old AP race grounds along with an entire district of associated business in that area - will bring in a lot of new tax revenue and jobs. It would be so much more than just a football stadium. It could be VERY special for Arlington Heights.

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Chicago mayor, Bears' Kevin Warren issue joint statement. Jul 28, 2023 3:17:56 GMT -6 JABF and bears40 like this

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Jul 27, 2023 20:47:20 GMT -6 JABF said:

Jul 27, 2023 19:04:55 GMT -6 desertdweller said:

I was hoping for a state of the art, mind blowing stadium.

I'll laugh if Chicago offers Soldier Field to the Bears, just to keep them there.

I think the Bears are done with Soldier Field, just as they walked away from Wrigley Field in 1970. They will build a new state of the art stadium. But the location of that stadium may, or may not be in Arlington Park now. I love how Warren can just let these municipalities - including the City of Chicago - come to them and offer their best deal. Competition is a good thing. Arlington Park seems to think they can do anything they want and the Bears "have" to build on that property now. But that's not the case. They can off-load that property and build elsewhere. It would be a shame if that happens. And so unnecessary. It just sounds like typical government tax bodies wanting to get a bit greedy here and it will blow up in their faces. There should be a middle-ground where these entities get a boat load of tax money but without going overboard taxing the Bears. Building that state of the art facility on the old AP race grounds along with an entire district of associated business in that area - will bring in a lot of new tax revenue and jobs. It would be so much more than just a football stadium. It could be VERY special for Arlington Heights.

I think at the end of the day, replacing Philips with Warren will be about as big a benefit to the Bears as replacing Pace with Poles.

I just wish he had been hired at the same time as Poles was hired. Then he would likely not have purchased the race track property until he had a lot of this stuff in writing (and legally binding writing).

This just reinforces for me how dysfunctional and destructive that parts of the McCaskey family and their inner circle of business friends have been for the Bears since the days of Jim Finks and Jerry Vainisi as GMs whoo actually had total control over personnel and other football related hiring. Admittedly, The early days of Jerry Angelo were pretty good (especially in the early Angelo drafts). But a lot of it was, at best, average. Then Emery and Pace were xxxxxxxx (expletive deleted).

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Chicago mayor, Bears' Kevin Warren issue joint statement. Jul 28, 2023 6:54:56 GMT -6 Whisky Beer Bob likes this

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Jul 28, 2023 3:17:56 GMT -6 dachuckster said:

Jul 27, 2023 20:47:20 GMT -6 JABF said:

I think the Bears are done with Soldier Field, just as they walked away from Wrigley Field in 1970. They will build a new state of the art stadium. But the location of that stadium may, or may not be in Arlington Park now. I love how Warren can just let these municipalities - including the City of Chicago - come to them and offer their best deal. Competition is a good thing. Arlington Park seems to think they can do anything they want and the Bears "have" to build on that property now. But that's not the case. They can off-load that property and build elsewhere. It would be a shame if that happens. And so unnecessary. It just sounds like typical government tax bodies wanting to get a bit greedy here and it will blow up in their faces. There should be a middle-ground where these entities get a boat load of tax money but without going overboard taxing the Bears. Building that state of the art facility on the old AP race grounds along with an entire district of associated business in that area - will bring in a lot of new tax revenue and jobs. It would be so much more than just a football stadium. It could be VERY special for Arlington Heights.

I think at the end of the day, replacing Philips with Warren will be about as big a benefit to the Bears as replacing Pace with Poles.

I just wish he had been hired at the same time as Poles was hired. Then he would likely not have purchased the race track property until he had a lot of this stuff in writing (and legally binding writing).

This just reinforces for me how dysfunctional and destructive that parts of the McCaskey family and their inner circle of business friends have been for the Bears since the days of Jim Finks and Jerry Vainisi as GMs whoo actually had total control over personnel and other football related hiring. Admittedly, The early days of Jerry Angelo were pretty good (especially in the early Angelo drafts). But a lot of it was, at best, average. Then Emery and Pace were xxxxxxxx (expletive deleted).

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The family is going to benefit financially, in a big way, by hiring Warren as the new president and CEO of the Bears. And the cool thing is that the fans of the team will benefit too. Making money and putting a great team on the field each year are not mutually exclusive. It took a long time for the family to figure this out. I am so thankful we have Warren and Poles now. It is a night-and-day difference. I don't expect them to be perfect. They will undoubtedly make their share of mistakes along the way. But I do believe they are going to be a fantastic combo leading the Bears forward.

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