Overview
- Kevin Warren, speaking Wednesday at the NFL meetings, set a target to choose a stadium site by late spring or early summer.
- He said only Arlington Heights remains in Illinois, with Hammond, Indiana as the other option, and the team has no deal to evaluate yet.
- Indiana has already approved a framework that created the Northwest Indiana Stadium Authority and locked in tax treatment for a Hammond project.
- Illinois is still reworking a megaprojects bill to offer tax certainty through set payments in place of normal property taxes, with Rep. Kam Buckner aiming to pass it before the May 31 session deadline.
- Following Tuesday's remarks from Roger Goodell urging a resolution "relatively soon," Warren warned that each year of delay adds about $150 million in costs.