Paris Schutz explains who has the leverage in the Bears' stadium pursuit

Spiegel & Holmes Show

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4.2 • 652 Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2026

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Matt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes were joined by NBC 5 reporter Paris Schutz to discuss the latest developments in the Bears' stadium pursuit and why Sunday represents a pivotal deadline, even if action isn't spurred. Schutz broke down how much leverage the Bears currently have as they consider Arlington Heights and Hammond, Indiana as sites for their new stadium.

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0:00.0	The score!
0:01.6	Spiegel and Holmes, afternoons on the score.
0:04.9	The treasurer of Cook County, Maria Pappas.
0:07.7	Everybody thinks that this is a Bears proposal.
0:10.5	It's not.
0:11.7	It's seven Bears games in Arlington Heights, okay?
0:15.6	And a couple of beginning pre-games, okay?
0:18.9	But it's actually a huge entertainment complex.
0:22.9	George Hallis and Company have been looking at this thing in Arlington's Heights since the 60s and 70s.
0:28.2	And it's getting played in Springfield as, if we don't do this, they're going to take off and they're going to go to Hamid, Indiana.
0:35.8	And last week, what do we find out?
0:37.8	Hamid Indiana is actually a toxic waste dump site. We're going to try. Now, think about that.
0:44.4	We are positioning this as you either go to Arlington Heights or we're going to send this world-class
0:51.2	Bears team to play eight games on a toxic website.
0:55.1	Slaggy.
0:55.7	What are they going to do?
0:56.8	Like, go out there and wear masks while they play?
0:59.8	You know, can you see, can you see the plaintiff's attorneys on LaSalle Street
1:04.7	coming in and saying, lawsuit, lawsuit, lawsuit, they wouldn't even build a playground there.
1:10.2	I don't think Maria Pappas is wrong about the idea of the lawsuits that would follow
1:16.7	something that is built on something that is toxic.
1:21.0	It has just become quite, it has become the circus that everyone who understands or has lived with and through
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