@JBPritzker@realDonaldTrump President Clinton passed a law requiring states to regularly maintain and clean voter rolls. If Illinois has been doing that, then there's nothing to "fight like hell" about. If you haven't been scrubbing voter rolls, you aren't protecting anyone's right to vote.
@BullsMuse_ They were never going to see it when a new stadium was built anyway...whether in Arlington Heights, Hammond, or elsewhere. The Bears didn't want to stay at Soldier Field. It wasn't an option.
@PatriarchTree@ChicagoBears IL Democrats are idiots, but the Bears were leaving Chicago regardless. It was always their intention to pay for their own stadium outside of the city limits.
@DarrylConrad A "legit rich owner" of the Bears wouldn't pay for Illinois' bullshit either. I think Tom Waddle said the highest property taxes in the NFL are $10 mil a year. IL expected the Bears to pay several times that, without tax certainty. No sane business would do that.
Even though it was renovated in the early 2000s, the footprint is still small and old. The concourses are narrow, concessions & restrooms are limited, it's the smallest stadium in the NFL, and the playing surface has been a disaster for years. Most importantly, the Bears don't own it.
๐ Thereโs so much ignorance and wrong in your post. The Bears never wanted to move to Soldier Field in the first place in the early 70s; it was meant to be temporary. And staying in Chicago was never a viable option to them, so Chicago citizens aren't even on the hook. The Bears always said they would pay for a new stadium themselves, and still are. They can't afford a $150 mil tax bill every year, so they asked for tax certainty, like every major business in the country. That's how states attract and keep them.
@pa_tall@dabearsblog Soldier Field is nice for a middling college program. It's the smallest stadium in the NFL, and the Bears don't own it. George Halas never intended for the Bears to stay there in the first place. A heritage franchise deserves better.
@TBob53 Love you T-Bob...many late nights spent watching you and Moscona after Tiger games.
No legacies will be tarnished. George Halas wanted away from Soldier Field over 50 yrs ago so he could have his own stadium in the burbs. George McCaskey is fulfilling his grandfather's dream.