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Spiegel & Holmes Show

Is this Bears stadium saga 'the worst story ever'?

Spiegel & Holmes Show

Audacy

Sports

4.2652 Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2026

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Matt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes shared their lengthy list of reasons why the Bears' never-ending stadium saga is the "worst story ever" in Chicago sports.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Go in Odyssey Sports Station.

0:03.3

The score!

0:05.6

This hour is being brought to you by Menards.

0:08.1

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0:10.7

Spiegel and Holmes.

0:11.9

Afternoons on the score.

0:15.2

Mayor Braden Johnson, now walking into our studio.

0:18.3

The Bears have said a lot of things.

0:19.7

What have they told you? Up until April, we were working out a term sheet. So no contact since April, though? No, not since April. All right, can Iowa intercept the Bears as they eye a possible move while a group of state senators seem to think so. I'm a Chicago Bears fan, believe very much that they ought to be based in Illinois, and I'm going to do everything I can without harming the taxpayers of the state of Illinois in the process of making sure that, you know, we can do everything we can to keep them. We're the largest landowner in Arlington Heights. We own 326 acres. Have you driven on that site outside of Illinois? It's like, what, one road? Have you been to the suburbs?

0:54.8

Here's the part that's actually pretty jacked up,

0:56.6

if you're a Bears fan.

0:58.0

Slag heap.

0:58.9

Slag heap.

1:00.0

Slag heap. Yeah. Slag heap. Slag heap. Slag heap. All right, just one more of that, Governor. Do you see J.B. Pritzker as an adversary in this, and do you enjoy that?

1:11.3

No, I don't take pleasure in any one else's... as an adversary in this, and do you enjoy that?

1:11.2

No, I don't take pleasure in any one else's misery.

1:15.7

There is going to be an adjustment period.

1:18.0

People are going to have to be allowed some time to get used to it.

1:23.3

I think Bears fans are up to it.

1:25.4

On behalf of the fine city of Chicago, we apologize if you feel like you've been catching a lot of great. Thank you for joining us this morning. Really appreciate it. I love you guys. I love you guys. I'm a Chicago fan, and I get it, but I'm a fan of the floor. So it's an honor to be here, guys. Thank you very much. God bless.

1:44.3

That is Mayor Thomas McDermott from Hammond, Indiana.

1:47.6

Speaking of the stadium, Dave, I was doing about 75 going past that half-yard line yesterday.

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