Pritzker Still Optimistic Bears Will Remain in Illinois

CHICAGO –  Governor Pritzker is still optimistic the Bears will stay in Illinois.  The governor says there is a “broad agreement” about legislation that would allow the team to negotiate what it pays in property taxes for the proposed stadium in Arlington Heights.  A committee hearing on that legislation is scheduled this week in Springfield.  Pritzker’s comments came the same day the Indiana House approved legislation to create a stadium authority to fund a new Bears stadium in Hammond.  Pritzker said he is interested to see how the voters of Indiana feel about the massive proposed tax increases needed to build the new stadium.