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Spiegel & Holmes Show

Bears are talking to Illinois again regarding stadium legislation

Spiegel & Holmes Show

Audacy

Sports

4.2652 Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Matt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes shared an update on what they've deemed to be the "worst story ever," the Bears' never-ending pursuit of a new stadium.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:03.3

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0:07.4

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0:09.4

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0:11.5

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0:13.8

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0:19.7

The score!

0:21.1

Spiegel and Homes, afternoons on the score.

0:23.9

Many people are asking the question.

0:25.9

Yeah, go ahead.

0:26.7

Are the millions or the billions of dollars spent on illegal aliens more valuable to the city of Chicago than the Chicago Bears and the revenue that they generate?

0:37.1

Well, thank you for your question.

0:39.0

And I hope you're not necessarily implicating the Bears have officially left Chicago

0:43.1

because it's not the case, as you may have seen.

0:45.6

We know that there's been no environmental study done in Hammond.

0:48.8

There's no commitment from the local authority of the taxes that would be needed in

0:53.8

order to build the stadium.

0:55.2

And then three, we've just recently found out, if you've actually read this, that the NFL has

0:59.3

indicated that the site that is being discussed is not even large enough for the type of

1:03.6

development that the bears would need. And then finally, as you know, the Illinois Senate passed

1:08.9

a bill that essentially created a framework and a structure that already exists that we have.

1:13.7

There's no proposal or plan for the Bears anywhere in Illinois or outside of Illinois, with the exception of the plan that I put forth a couple of years ago.

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