{"id":914938,"date":"2026-06-23T18:13:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T23:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/23\/bears-illinois-solution-hinges-on-new-plan-to-create-local-stadium-authorities\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T18:13:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T23:13:07","slug":"bears-illinois-solution-hinges-on-new-plan-to-create-local-stadium-authorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/23\/bears-illinois-solution-hinges-on-new-plan-to-create-local-stadium-authorities\/","title":{"rendered":"Bears\u2019 Illinois solution hinges on new plan to create local stadium authorities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"Page-content\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\">\n<div data-grid=\"span:6 md:span:12 lg:span:19 hk:span:19\" data-grid-container>\n<p>                        <bsp-page-byline><br \/>\n        <span>\u00a0<svg><use xlink:href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/#dot\" \/><\/svg>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Published\u00a0May 31, 2026 06:48 PM<\/p>\n<p><\/bsp-page-byline><\/p><\/div>\n<div data-grid=\"span:6 md:span:12 lg:span:14 hk:span:12\" data-module data-grid-container>\n<p>Illinois is playing beat the clock in the hopes of keeping the Bears from beating a path to Indiana.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <i>Chicago Sun-Times<\/i>, the legislature has pivoted from a law that would create major property tax incentives to the <span><a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/bears-stadium\/2026\/05\/31\/bears-stadium-bill-springfield-arlington-heights-hammond-indiana\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">potential creation of local stadium-financing authorities<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed law would make the municipality the owners of the stadium and the land on which it is built.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the final day of the Illinois legislative session. The Bears have said they hope to make a decision on a new stadium location in late spring or early summer.<\/p>\n<p>Under the current proposal, the Bears would pay for the stadium, but they would owe nothing in property taxes.<\/p>\n<p>The measure would also keep the door open for Chicago to come up with a strategy for keeping the Bears from moving to Arlington Heights.<\/p>\n<p>Indiana is ready to go with a stadium in Hammond. The overriding question is whether the final Illinois plan, if it passes, will entice the Bears to try to get something done without crossing the border.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> Lyndia Kazmierczak<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi1wFBVV95cUxQNllYWGE2SHJTaDVOdlYtSTB5dlBBaXJNMVJiVUVzMjBnQ2dITUN4bzY3RDh0UHByUWRfNGVCaklESTM2OF9tbDZjbmx4V3pZTmlzRWtiX0FkWE1IMjdFdTNOeVJjY1piUlNuOWtjVWdib3piU21yT2ZSNTFMRU1pZWlJYTdkMEt5MmhxQmpkbHV0ejNVeEJlekhiMGJ0SmJqTE9OcXJmTFhrM2FoYUtscmxCczRzRHRBQjQzSG92cUUyOWdHOW5OSGpqUk5LT0xFZWFoVlpZbw?oc=5\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 Published\u00a0May 31, 2026 06:48 PM Illinois is playing beat the clock in the hopes of keeping the Bears from beating a path to Indiana. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the legislature has pivoted from a law that would create major property tax incentives to the potential creation of local stadium-financing authorities . The<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":914939,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[813,22769],"tags":[7357,8082],"class_list":["post-914938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bears","category-illinois","tag-bears","tag-illinois"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=914938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/914939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=914938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=914938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=914938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}