This Bears stadium project is becoming political & partisan
Spiegel & Holmes Show
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🗓️ 19 February 2026
⏱️ 8 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | You know, got to think of the fans and think of the taxpayers. I think Papa Bear would agree with that. |
| 0:07.4 | And I don't think Papa Bear wants, it's one thing to move from Decatur to Chicago for the Bears, but not to move out of Illinois. |
| 0:17.6 | All right. So here's the thing. I love Governor Quinn. He and I have had wonderful conversations about the White Sox three years. |
| 0:23.6 | I disagree with him vehemently on this thing. I don't know what George Hallis would want. I also don't think that the fight song is a binding contract. |
| 0:33.6 | So, like, it doesn't bother me, like, the idea of, of the Bears maybe playing someplace else. |
| 0:40.4 | And what I've been trying to figure out is, is there, is the connection, what is the |
| 0:46.5 | connection for Bears fans who, seemingly today, by the way, judging by some of the stuff |
| 0:53.7 | that I saw on social media, |
| 0:55.5 | seemingly today figured out that a site in Hammond or Gary was only like 10 miles away from |
| 1:03.8 | Soldier Field. Yeah. It's a lot closer than Arlington Heights was. |
| 1:10.5 | Yeah, you know, I can't speak to those reactions of those folks that you're talking about. |
| 1:17.9 | But I think there's something deeper going on with the fan base, and we can take some calls in the next hour about their reaction to this |
| 1:29.2 | and some of it is based on what we talked about like the feeling of being manipulated some of |
| 1:34.7 | it is also a deep-seated apparent loathing for indiana or condescension towards indiana |
| 1:43.4 | that helps them. |
| 1:45.6 | Like, there's, there's been some ugliness that has come out on a few different sides of this. |
| 1:51.1 | And there's also, like, some partisan politics stuff that's going on as well. |
| 1:54.1 | 100%. |
| 1:55.1 | Oh, man, it's like, but, but, you know, somebody I respect a lot and her name is your mother. |
| 2:03.2 | Like, has that feeling of like, oh, no, I very much do care where they play because it needs not to be Indiana. |
| 2:11.6 | Yeah, but there are a lot of people who feel that way, man. |
| 2:13.6 | She's never been to a game in Soldierfield. |
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