Chicago Mayor Proposes $2.2 Billion Plan To Entice NFL Team To Stay; Bears Moving On To Safer Suburb

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - JULY 29: Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot appears on stage during Lollapalooza 2021 at Grant Park on July 29, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois.

On Monday, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot proposed a $900 million to $2.2 billion Hail Mary offer to convince the Bears to stay in their home stadium of over 50 years.

However, the Chicago Bears stated in a press release earlier this month that they wouldn’t consider any other offers, even for their home stadium, Soldier Field. The NFL team reaffirmed that sentiment to ESPN this week, noting that they were set on moving to another location over 30 miles away.

“As part of our mutual agreement with the seller of that property, we are not pursuing alternative stadium deals or sites, including renovations to Soldier Field, while we are under contract,” stated the team.

The Bears plan to move to Arlington Park, the longtime site of Churchill Downs’ thoroughbred racing in Arlington Heights. That area experiences well below the national median of crime levels, according to multiple crime statistic analyses. Census data reports that the area has a median household income of over $100,200, and just over four percent of residents were in poverty.

[i]It's sad to see this once great city circling the drain.[/i]

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Iwillwait · M

Perhaps new leadership and policies need to be in place. Scary to think how high the crime rate is there.

Budwick · 70-79, M

@Iwillwait [quote]Perhaps new leadership and policies need to be in place.[/quote]

Yeah, perhaps! LOL

Iwillwait · M

@Budwick How is she still in office? When does your vote happen?

Budwick · 70-79, M

@Iwillwait She assumed office on May 20, 2019. Her current term ends on May 15, 2023. Lightfoot is running for re-election for Mayor of Chicago in Illinois. She declared candidacy for the general election scheduled on February 28, 2023

She kicked off her reelection campaign just last month. There's a video of her first day campaigning from a local TV channel. If you watch the video, notice that the venues are places like homeless shelters!
https://abc7chicago.com/mayor-lori-lightfoot-re-election-chicago-2022/11938010/

carpediem · 61-69, M

@Iwillwait Get a load of this...... the people running against her were EVEN WORST.

rfatoday · 61-69, M

@Iwillwait True. But the real impediment to good leadership is the local electorate. They worship failure and abhor success most likely because they don't know the difference or don't care. So the same idiots get put in office each election cycle. Over time the good folks end up leaving.

carpediem · 61-69, M

@rfatoday The city has virtually no Republican candidates. Democrats have created this mess 100% on their own.