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@danwiederer Indiana is better for Illinois

Imagine getting to keep NFL franchise and a lot of the traffic it drives, for free, because another state paid for it

No risk ROI

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@extramicrowave Wrong

They’re begging Indiana to pay for it

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@AndrewBrandt They eroded their leverage with Ind. Hammond is more appealing to Chicago bloc than AH. It gives Chicago and Illinois some milk without buying cow
And it keeps Bears while also giving Pritzker political loss, which is what some Illinois republicans want

Brought out IN too soon

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@DanWolken Right, asking conference HQ if they support superleague is like asking PAC and Big 12 if they support P2

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@paschutz Which is why it was a big misstep by Warren, if the Bears prefer AH site

They made it more difficult to get votes

You don’t use IN until after voting in Illinois

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@RobertJSalvador @ChicagoBears And you did nothing

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@realEstateTrent Booming?

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@iammikedix @Chicago_NFL AH deal? By getting votes in last week’s bill

Odds of that eroded when Bears presented better option (Wolf Lake) for Chicago voters, losing Chicago votes for AH deal

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@DouglasTS @JWMediaDC Agree. B12 competing w/ ACC. They needed ESPN to decline option. Now need BIG

If BIG adds ND & best ACC, B12 survives as ESPN/Fox filler conference, with some Paramount. Would love to see espn use this as way to be long on BIG & ND, plus share DTC w/ Fox

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@slmandel Fox decided that

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@DouglasTS @JWMediaDC I think they’re in trouble either way. They really need BIG to gut ACC, otherwise espn has all they need in M2 filler
Without ESPN, what’s the market? PAC found out it’s not much

Redbird/Paramount interesting. Can they get entities willing to invest major $$ to disrupt?

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@FlowsAndolini How much are 40 year old stadiums in Hammond worth?

Bears will be crawling back to Chicago imo.

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@iammikedix @Chicago_NFL Bears want AH.
They eroded the ability to get that with NWI play

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@DouglasTS @JWMediaDC Why? Before hand just means you have all buyers hesitant to spend, saving to try to get BIG
After, you’re more likely to have motivated buyers

I think they’re also hoping BIG does to ACC what we did to PAC

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@ComatoseCaleb @FlowsAndolini Why would they? They have the leverage. Bears want AH, yet the ROI is good for Illinois if they move closer to Chicago in Wolf Lake. A lot of the milk without buying cow. Plus that type of site less likely to cannibalize other Illinois commercial areas that pay more in taxes

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@ComatoseCaleb @FlowsAndolini So? Stadium grift is prevalent. That’s IN problem. We can keep Bears and some of commerce for free

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@FlowsAndolini And that mall likely loses some business to the AH development Bears want

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@jc_bradbury Fans of political parties care far more than fans of the Bears

IMO Illinois taxpayers are fortunate that republicans think they benefit from having Bears leave state under Pritzker.

Chicago and Illinois will retain some commerce without any giving in to extortion

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@Kirsten_Tanis1 Warren has cried wolf too many times

Go. It’s a free stadium that keep a lot of business in Chicago

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@JendersII Where would they build in Chicago?

He’s awful, but also irrelevant

Downtown doesn’t have what Bears want

AH does, but Bears are bad at politics