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ARLINGTON HEIGHTS – Arlington Heights officials say the Chicago Bears have not ruled out the northwest suburb as a potential new stadium site, even as Indiana lawmakers advanced legislation aimed at bringing the team to Hammond.<\/p>\n
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In a statement released Friday, Arlington Heights village officials said Bears representatives have assured the village that developments in Indiana do not signal a final decision.<\/p>\n
“Bears representatives have repeatedly assured the Village that the news regarding Indiana does not mean that they have made any decisions on a final site location, and that they will continue the frequent and productive discussions that have been underway in Illinois,” the statement in part reads.<\/p>\n
RELATED: Bears to Indiana? Team calls bill ‘most meaningful step’ as new site gains traction<\/a><\/p>\n The statement followed a unanimous vote Thursday by an Indiana House committee to approve a stadium framework bill laying the groundwork for a potential agreement between the state of Indiana and the Bears.<\/p>\n Indiana officials have identified a potential stadium site near Wolf Lake in Hammond, according to Gov. Mike Braun, and established a broad framework to negotiate a final deal.<\/p>\n The proposed lakefront development would include a stadium, concert pavilion, golf course and driving range. The site is about 22 miles from downtown Chicago.<\/p>\n Arlington Heights Village Manager Randy Recklaus participated in a three-hour meeting Wednesday in Springfield with representatives from Gov. JB Pritzker\u2019s office, Illinois House and Senate leadership and the Bears.<\/p>\n “This meeting was highly productive and forward moving, as various aspects of the Mega Project Bill were discussed,” the statement reads.\u00a0<\/p>\n An Illinois House Revenue and Finance Committee meeting scheduled for Thursday, where a Bears-related project bill was expected to be discussed, was canceled.<\/p>\n Village officials said the cancellation was not due to a lack of progress and that discussions continued throughout Thursday and were “highly effective.”<\/p>\n \u00a0“The news from Indiana underscores the need for urgency on this matter for Illinois leadership to work towards passing the Mega Projects Bill.”\u00a0<\/p>\n What’s next:<\/p>\n Arlington Heights officials said the village will continue working with Illinois leaders and the Bears in hopes of reaching agreement on a version of the Mega Projects Bill that can be considered soon in Springfield.<\/p>\n No official decision has been made on the site of the Bears\u2019 proposed new stadium.<\/p>\n The Source: The information in this article was provided by Arlington Heights officials and previous FOX Chicago reporting.\u00a0<\/p>\n Bears<\/a>Arlington Heights<\/a>News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ARLINGTON HEIGHTS – Arlington Heights officials say the Chicago Bears have not ruled out the northwest suburb as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":766583,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2070],"tags":[10654,374,692,391,2493,18167,7,9499,88,6,800],"class_list":{"0":"post-766582","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-bears","8":"tag-arlington-heights","9":"tag-bears","10":"tag-chicago","11":"tag-chicago-bears","12":"tag-chicagobears","13":"tag-cook-county","14":"tag-football","15":"tag-il","16":"tag-news","17":"tag-nfl","18":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116108169106428212","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=766582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/766583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=766582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=766582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=766582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}