Overview
- The team said it will choose between Arlington Heights, Illinois, or Hammond, Indiana by late spring or early summer to keep the project on track.
- Indiana already enacted a framework that the Bears say removes property taxes on a Hammond stadium, giving the club the tax certainty it seeks.
- In Illinois, lawmakers are weighing a plan to freeze property tax assessments on big projects and let developers make payments in lieu of taxes, with the session running through May 31.
- Chairman George McCaskey said there is no deal yet and that staff are completing due diligence at both sites while they wait for a workable framework.
- NFL commissioner Roger Goodell urged a prompt resolution this week, and president Kevin Warren kept 2030 as the target opening if a site is picked and design advances soon.