Debating the Bears’ long-term home stadium & ownership future

The Charter: A Chicago Bears Podcast

Chicago Sports Network

Football, Sports, Sports:football

4.4 • 699 Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

It has been in the news for years and recently resurfaced that the Bears are possibly looking for a new stadium, and it could be in Arlington Heights. What is going on right now? Ken Davis, Eric Strobel, and Tony Gill debate the pros and cons for leaving their current home -- historic Soldier Field -- and what the chances are that the team actually would make this move at some point. Later in the pod, the crew discusses the rumors that the McCaskey family is considering selling the team. Crazy week for the Bears.(1:30) - Pros and cons of the Bears moving to Arlington Heights(10:20) - Will Chicago taxpayers be willing to help pay for a new stadium in the city?(21:30) - Other NFL teams that play outside of the city they represent (Cowboys, 49ers, etc.)(32:40) - Could the narrative about the "Bears only play defense" change in a new stadium?(41:20) - Are the McCaskey's actually looking to sell the Bears?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	It's all here.
0:02.4	A no hitter, Grand Slam!
0:04.6	Have all the fun you want.
0:06.5	Every moment, every game.
0:08.6	Make sure you guys tune in.
0:10.2	Catch the White Sox only on NBC Sports Chicago.
0:19.3	Welcome to the Undercenter podcast presented by St. Xavier University with our Bears contributor Eric Strobel.
0:25.3	On the show and running the show, of course, we have Tony Gill and I'm Kenneth Davis.
0:29.2	On today's show, we got to talk about the supposed move.
0:32.5	I don't know how it's going to affect you.
0:33.9	I'll tell you how it affects me.
0:35.2	And that's perhaps in the future the Bears moving to Arlington Heights. This has been bandy about for much. So we're going to give our opinions.
0:42.3	Eric, going to help us break down the pros and the cons. And a little bit later, we're taking a little
0:46.8	stab at rumors about the Bears, perhaps selling the team and our thoughts on if they should sell the team
0:52.1	and when they should sell the team.
1:00.9	Thank you. and our thoughts on if they should sell the team and when they should sell the team. Welcome to the Undercenter podcast presented by St. Xavier Unity.
1:05.0	We have our Paris distributor, Eric Strubble Strobes.
1:09.0	We have Tony Gill chiming in and running the show, and I am Kent Davis.
1:14.3	This episode, we got a couple of topics we want to talk about, all right?
1:17.9	A couple things that we've read and a couple things we've heard.
1:20.0	One from February, our Adam Hogue wrote an article talking about perhaps the Bears moving out to
1:25.5	all the time.
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