How The Bears Got Nothing From Springfield

About this episode

The episode discusses the failure of Illinois lawmakers to pass a bill that would incentivize the Chicago Bears to build a new stadium in the state.

Despite a Hail Mary heave from the Illinois Senate in the final hours of the spring legislative session, state lawmakers ultimately failed to reach the end zone on a bill incentivizing the Chicago Bears to build a new stadium in Illinois.

Topics covered

• Chicago Bears
• Illinois Senate
• stadium bill
• legislative session
• sports
• politics

Keywords

• Chicago Bears
• Illinois Senate
• stadium
• legislation
• sports politics
• Hail Mary
• bill

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Illinois Senate, Chicago Bears

Places: Illinois

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