Bears' proposed stadium site in Hammond is on top of a 'slag heap'

Spiegel & Holmes Show

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4.2 • 652 Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Matt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes had fun with the latest developments and details surrounding the Bears' proposed stadium site in Hammond, Ind. It doesn't sound like a good place to build a state-of-the-art stadium, to say the least.

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0:00.0	WSCR, WSCRFM in HD1, Chicago, and Odyssey Sports Station.
0:07.0	The score!
0:09.2	This hour is being brought to you by Joel Osco.
0:13.7	Spiegel and Holmes, afternoons on the score.
0:16.9	Well, I mean, the best thing to do for Soldier Field is to make sure the bears are playing there.
0:20.3	Look, I still firmly believe that the best place for the Bears to play is in the city of Chicago, they expressed interest.
0:27.5	It's not just the best place for the Bears to play, the late front.
0:31.6	It's the most economically sound as well as economically stable idea for the bears to remain in Chicago.
0:41.2	It's Mayor Brandon Johnson.
0:43.1	We'll get to him in a minute.
0:46.2	Come on, man.
0:48.1	Seriously?
0:48.9	I know.
0:49.3	Yeah, you've got thoughts.
0:51.2	You've got profile worked out.
0:53.1	Got a lot of history.
0:54.4	I really like for him to...
0:57.0	Anyway, we'll get to him in a minute.
1:00.9	But let's get to the idea of the site in Hammond.
1:04.3	We need a Patreon for all the thoughts that Lawrence starts,
1:07.0	and then things better of it halfway through it.
1:09.5	So subscribe to that, and we'll give you all Lawrence's unfiltered thoughts.
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