Arlington Heights offer Bears Tax Cuts for Stadium

I will have you take back your words about Ted Philips. He was instrumental in the 85 Bears Superbowl run.

He, you know, got ALL of the rental cars the Bears needed at the Superbowl. Like, all of them. Who knows what might have happened if he didn't do that. Besides quite a bit of walking. And taxi cabs.

Is that a euphamism?

It sure looks that way.  I don't understand why, but what do I know?  Not much.  But I would think the lakefront stadium would be a hard sell to taxpayers who are still on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars for the Soldier Field upgrade (over 20 years ago).  This is a different era with taxpayers.  A multi-billion dollar lakefront Bears stadium just doesn't seem like something taxpayers would welcome.  Wouldn't you think that it would be political suicide to help the McCaskeys to another helping at the taxpayer's table?  I think so.

The revenue for the McCaskey's would seem to be greater with the 325 acre campus in Arlington Heights... and they have received news of tax breaks there recently... sounds like everything they wanted, pretty much.  J. B. Pritzker and Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson would surely not risk the backlash of gifting the McCaskey's with another taxpayer provided stadium.