{"id":868717,"date":"2026-04-17T22:48:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T22:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/868717\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T22:48:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T22:48:32","slug":"good-news-coming-about-the-chicago-bears-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/868717\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Good news\u2019 coming about the Chicago Bears stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Every week or so, someone in the Chicago media fires out some information about the Chicago Bears\u2019 quest for a new stadium. Much of it is speculation, some is sourced, and some of it is just cheap \u2018look at me, I can talk about the Bears stadium and get some engagement\u2019 content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">This latest stadium update still isn\u2019t anything concrete, but based on how the wind is blowing, it does feel like they\u2019re getting closer to a real resolution.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cI am more convinced than ever that the Bears will be building their new stadium in Arlington Heights,\u201d he reported. \u201cI expect a vote in the next 10 days to approve the Mega Projects bill. And, it will be a bipartisan deal that gets it done. Hallelujah.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">This morning, Illinois State Representative Kam Buckner was a guest on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thescorechicago\/status\/2045137118020735243\" rel=\"nofollow\">Chicago\u2019s 104.3 The Score<\/a>, and he also made it sound like the deal to stay in state was near the goal line. \u201cNext week is a big week for us,\u201d as Illinois lawmakers are meeting again in Springfield. Buckner added, \u201cThe Bears know where we are, and I think we\u2019ll have some good news in very short order.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">However, <a href=\"https:\/\/nwitimes.com\/news\/state-regional\/government-politics\/article_82d8d035-122c-4d3e-984c-ef0d64d7e722.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">on Friday<\/a>, members of the Bears, including team president Kevin Warren, were in Hammond, Indiana, to discuss their new stadium with Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Momentum is growing, and a touchdown is imminent, but whether that\u2019s in Illinois or Indiana remains to be seen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">I know, I know, we\u2019ve been hearing the deal was on the doorstep for a while now, but this isn\u2019t the same old Bears.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">This version of the Bears knows how to punch it in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">But this version of the Bears also has a flair for the dramatic, so it may not happen until the clock strikes zero.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Every week or so, someone in the Chicago media fires out some information about the Chicago Bears\u2019 quest&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":846930,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2070],"tags":[374,692,391,741,2493,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-868717","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-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116422494941446321","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868717","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=868717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/846930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=868717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=868717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=868717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}