Arlington Heights offer Bears Tax Cuts for Stadium

The link is old but I couldn't find a newer one that had the data I was after.

At any rate, it's viable enough to show that MOST NFL teams... pay rent. They don't own their stadiums. Even the Cowboys pay rent for AT&T to the City of Arlington.

www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders-nfl/stadium-and-rent-details-for-all-32-nfl-teams/

George said Warren is in charge and Warren is saying the opposite.  If he is just playing for the cameras, then he's a damn good actor.  He sounds sincere.

Yeah, I could see them totally screwing this up.

I mean, they already own the land in AH and could easily own the stadium and surrounding amenities.

Why would you want to depend on the Chicago Park District ever again?

Yeah, it's over my head and pay grade for sure.  But it does bring up a good point.  When you go with the City and rent, all you do is pay rent and hope the City doesn't screw you in later years - and they maintain it all well (which hasn't been the case sometimes by the Park District).  But on the other hand, when you own your venue, there is a huge responsibility there... like owning your home versus renting an apartment (obviously a sports venue would be infinitely more than the home comparison in $$$ and responsibility.  The Arlington Heights thing would be branching off in a new business model entirely.  There is 325 acres to be developed into a high-end campus of investments.  A sports franchise would be a part of a much more vast set of business investments.  The professional sports franchise would then become a subset of the family's investments instead of the lone cash-cow for the family.  This is on an entirely different level than inheriting George Halas' football team.  The McCaskey's would be taking a huge step - like some of the big boys who own sports franchises as "part" of their investment portfolio.