Mayor Brandon Johnson reveals he's talking to Bears about a stadium again (Hour 2)

Spiegel & Holmes Show

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4.2 • 651 Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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In the second hour, Matt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes reacted to the news that Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson has been talking to the Bears about a new stadium in the city. After that, Spiegel and Holmes discussed how it might be time for Bears chairman George McCaskey to take charge in the organization’s pursuit of a new stadium.

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0:26.8	Could you just start building out there?
0:30.8	Could you really roll the dice and just say, we own the property.
0:32.7	You can get the permits. No, there's all kinds of, there's all kinds of governmental and legislative hurdles that you'd have to clear.
0:38.6	Without the tax?
0:39.3	Your paying, you're paying tax.
0:40.8	You're going to pay 50 million a year.
0:43.0	No, it's not as simple as like going out and like taking a backhoe and say that I'm going to put a foundation here for a dome.
0:52.9	We'll get to the roads later.
0:54.0	I don't think so.
0:55.0	I don't think you can do that.
0:57.0	It's not that simple.
0:58.8	You have to ask the NFL permission?
1:00.4	What about in the lake?
1:04.8	With all the things going on, that idea is getting a little bit better.
1:08.8	Okay?
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