Bears announce plan to spend $2 billion on stadium in Chicago
The Chicago Bears are shifting their plans from building a new stadium in Arlington Heights to helping fund a new stadium in the City of Chicago, the team announced Monday morning.
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The Chicago Bears are shifting their plans from building a new stadium in Arlington Heights to helping fund a new stadium in the City of Chicago, the team announced Monday morning.
Leaders in northwest suburban Arlington Heights were caught off guard Monday when they got the news of the Bears' plan to spend $2 billion on a new stadium in Chicago. Despite the surprise of the team's apparent change of heart, there was still a lot of hope in the village.
The Chicago Bears are shifting their plans from building a new stadium in Arlington Heights to helping fund a new stadium in the City of Chicago, the team announced Monday morning. Bears President and CEO Kevin Warren said in a statement the team would contribute over $2 billion to build a new stadium in Chicago.
The decision wasn't final as the Bears and three school districts in the Arlington Heights area have until Saturday to negotiate a lower valuation.
The Chicago Bears lost the latest round in the team's fight to lower the property tax bill for the proposed site in Arlington Heights. The Daily Herald reported the Cook County Board of Review ruled in favor of the existing valuation of the former Arlington Park Racecourse, meaning the Bears would have to pay about $15 million in property taxes.
Last summer -- the suburbs appeared to be on the front burner, with the team spending millions to buy and demolish the old Arlington International Racecourse. But that may be changing, reports CBS 2 Political Reporter Chris Tye.
Last summer -- the suburbs appeared to be on the front burner, with the team spending millions to buy and demolish the old Arlington International Racecourse.
Students cheered as a teacher started a chain reaction after setting up the cereal boxes like dominos.
The kids at Saint Peter Lutheran School in Arlington Heights had a little fun celebrating their donation of more than 500 boxes of cereal to a food pantry.
According to the Daily Herald, the Bears and the three suburban school districts made presentations before the Cook County Board of Tax Review on Tuesday.
The schools cited an appraisal showing the value at $160 million, while the Bears countered with two appraisals of $60 and $70 million.
Yell, clap hands, and use a whistle or air horn to scare them off.
Susan Dornbos and her son, Rhett, built the snow bear on Friday. She says she missed building snowmen and was able to convince one of her sons to help her.
Warren emphasized the focus as being on getting a plan for a new stadium right – regardless of where it ends up being built.
"It will bring tears to my eyes seeing everyone in here because just knowing that without them, I wouldn't be here today."
Cell phone video from a neighbor captured heavy flames coming from the fourth floor of the complex.
The owner of the unit where the fire started wasn't home at the time.
It's possible that it could just be another move to create leverage to get the best deal from Arlington Heights.
Officers are looking for anyone else who may have been part of a similar incident.
On two separate occasions, he's accused of trying to use cash to convince high school girls to get into his vehicle in Palatine. One agreed. Police said she was sexually abused.
The two staffers from Township High School District 214 in the northwest suburbs were treated to dinners and drinks, as well as visits to a racetrack and a distillery last April. It was all paid for by an air conditioning contractor.
The two employees include a maintenance worker and a former operations director at Township High School District 214.
Some of the brave men and women whose job is to keep people safe got a bit of a break on Monday. Members of several Chicago area police and fire departments spent their day on the golf course, where local organizations thanked them for their service. CBS 2's Andrew Ramos had the story.
"It's normally the government's job to pay for those trips to make sure that they aren't influenced improperly."
It's not the kind of competition getting tons of media attention, but it's the experience of the athletes that caught CBS 2's attention.
