After meeting remotely with Chicago Bears executives, aides to Gov. J.B. Pritzker still expressed skepticism about Chicago stadium plan.
Kevin Warren, president of the Bears, announces plans for an enclosed stadium with open space access to the lakefront on the Museum Campus, at a Soldier Field news conference on April 24, 2024. Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration continued to call the Chicago Bears’ $4.7 billion proposal to build a domed stadium on a reimagined lakefront a “non-starter” following a Wednesday meeting between team executives and top Pritzker aides, the first since last week’s unveiling of the plan.
The meeting was the first tangible move by the Bears since last Wednesday when the team, alongside a supportive Mayor Brandon Johnson, publicly laid out plans for a $3.2 billionAs part of the deal, the state agency for stadium development projects, the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority, would borrow at least $900 million in new cash as well as refinance an existing $430 million in debt that remains from building and renovating Soldier Field and Guaranteed Rate Field where the White Sox play.
The pitching of pictures and renderings is “behind us now,” Pritzker told reporters Wednesday. “We’re just talking about numbers.” The initial reluctance by Pritzker and the Democratic legislative leaders last week sets up up challenging negotiations for the team over the next month. The team will have to convince not only legislative leaders but rank-and-file lawmakers within and outside Chicago.
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