Overview
- The amended bill would create a Northwest Indiana Stadium Authority empowered to issue bonds, acquire land, and finance, construct, and lease a stadium.
- Indiana officials have signaled the state could provide up to $1 billion in support, while House leaders said the Bears have discussed a roughly $2 billion private investment.
- An Illinois House Revenue and Finance Committee hearing on a Bears-related tax and infrastructure framework was canceled at the team's request, according to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s spokesman.
- The Bears still own the Arlington Heights property tied to a nearly $5 billion redevelopment and previously sought about $855 million in Illinois infrastructure funding.
- The proposed Hammond site near Wolf Lake sits close to the Illinois border about 22 miles from downtown Chicago, and the team remains under contract at Soldier Field through 2033.