{"id":812194,"date":"2026-03-14T17:12:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T17:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/812194\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T17:12:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T17:12:17","slug":"arlington-heights-mayor-bears-could-move-by-end-of-month-without-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/812194\/","title":{"rendered":"Arlington Heights Mayor: Bears Could Move By End of Month Without Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The timeline for the construction of a new Chicago Bears stadium continues to accelerate, and the mayor of Arlington Heights, IL seems to think a location could be decided upon by the end of March.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Mayor Jim Tinaglia suggested during his \u201cState of the Village\u201d address that he believes the Bears will strike a deal to build their new stadium in Indiana by the end of the month if the Illinois legislature doesn\u2019t nail down a deal with the team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cWaiting until the end of May, I think, is a no-go for the Bears,\u201d Tinaglia said (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/arlington-heights-mayor-warns-bears-will-move-to-indiana-without-a-deal-by-end-of-march\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBC<\/a>). \u201cThey\u2019ve already been through the [wringer] too many times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Tinaglia explained that this week is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyherald.com\/20260312\/news\/play-clock-ticking-bears-wont-wait-past-march-for-stadium-deal-arlington-heights-mayor-says\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">big one<\/a> for the team as the Illinois legislature is scheduled to debate tax incentives and other benefits to keep the Bears in Illinois. The Illinois House returns to Springfield on Wednesday for the first time in three weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Previously, a bill advanced out of committee that would allow the Bears to negotiate their property tax payments directly with local governments and school districts for up to 40 years. It has not yet received a vote on the House floor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cI spend a lot of time talking to those guys (the Bears),\u201d Tinaglia said (via D<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyherald.com\/20260312\/news\/play-clock-ticking-bears-wont-wait-past-march-for-stadium-deal-arlington-heights-mayor-says\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">aily Herald<\/a>), \u201cand I can tell you that I know they want to come here. They can\u2019t come here unless they get some help from Springfield on this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Indiana legislature and Governor Mike Braun finalized a stadium bill on February 26th to try to lure the Bears to Indiana. The team has made no commitment on doing so as of right now, and they continue to release statements saying they appreciate the plans that Indiana has put forth, as well as acknowledging that the team continues to work with Illinois on a possible deal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Mayor Tinaglia said that he believes a groundbreaking ceremony could take place as early as this summer in Arlington Heights if the Bears are able to get a deal finalized in Springfield.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The timeline for the construction of a new Chicago Bears stadium continues to accelerate, and the mayor of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":812195,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2070],"tags":[374,692,391,741,2493,7,88,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-812194","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-bears","8":"tag-bears","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-chicago-bears","11":"tag-chicago-bears-news","12":"tag-chicagobears","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116228649843778446","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812194","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=812194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/812195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=812194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=812194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=812194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}