{"id":2255644,"date":"2024-05-30T10:14:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T14:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illinois-lawmakers-end-session-without-addressing-funding-for-a-new-bears-stadium\/"},"modified":"2024-05-30T10:15:28","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T14:15:28","slug":"illinois-lawmakers-end-session-without-addressing-funding-for-a-new-bears-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illinois-lawmakers-end-session-without-addressing-funding-for-a-new-bears-stadium\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois legislators conclude session without tackling funding for a new Bears stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fillinois-lawmakers-end-session-without-addressing-funding-for-a-new-bears-stadium%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2255644&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Illinois legislature adjourned its session without addressing funding for the proposed new Bears\u200b stadium, causing delays\u2064 in seeking public \u200bassistance. The Bears unveiled the project in April with a $4.7 billion budget, requiring about \u200c$2 billion from Illinois taxpayers.\u2062 Further decisions on the \u200dstadium project are\u2063 postponed until at\u2064 least fall, if not\u2064 indefinitely. The\u200b Illinois legislature adjourned its session without addressing funding for the \u200dproposed new Bears stadium, causing \u200ddelays in seeking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-emergency-declared-in-texas-amidst-severe-winter-weather\/\" title=\"Federal Emergency Declared In Texas Amidst Severe Winter Weather\">public assistance<\/a>. The Bears unveiled\u2062 the \u200dproject in\u2064 April with a $4.7 billion\u200d budget, requiring \u2062about $2 billion from Illinois\u2062 taxpayers. Further decisions on the stadium project are\u2063 postponed until \u200cat least fall, if not indefinitely.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>(The Center Square) \u2013\u00a0The Chicago Bears will have to wait on public assistance for a new stadium project. <\/p>\n<p>The Illinois legislature, which ended spring session early Wednesday, won\u2019t act on anything regarding a new Bears stadium until this fall at the earliest, if at all. <\/p>\n<p>The Bears unveiled the project in April with a $4.7 billion price tag, which included a domed stadium and surrounding infrastructure. Illinois taxpayers would be asked to cover about $2 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Bears President Kevin Warren was hoping to get shovels in the ground for the project this fall. <\/p>\n<p>The team was facing an uphill battle, and Gov. J.B. Pritzker has repeatedly dismissed the idea of using taxpayer dollars to help.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to be careful about how we use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/remember-when-liberals-thought-corporate-speech-was-evil\/\" title=\"Remember When Liberals Thought Corporate Speech Was Evil?\">public dollars<\/a> and a private business like a professional team, even if they are beloved by so many people, nevertheless are similar to lots of other businesses in the state,\u201d said Pritzker. <\/p>\n<p>Pritzker\u2019s chief of staff Anne Caprara and Deputy Governor Andy Manar met with the Bears, who called it a \u201cproductive conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson supports the project, and said the plan would result in no new taxes on the residents of the city. <\/p>\n<p>The Bears weren\u2019t the only team looking for public money from the state. The White Sox continue to explore building a new stadium, and the Chicago Red Stars women\u2019s soccer team also are in the market for an upgrade.  <\/p>\n<p>Members of the Illinois House Democratic Women\u2019s Caucus backed legislation they said highlights inequities in the women\u2019s professional sports industry in Illinois. The recently filed legislation, sponsored by state Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado, D-Chicago, is designed to enhance inclusivity and ensure equitable support for both men\u2019s and women\u2019s sports, aligning with the state\u2019s broader equity goals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis spring, we have heard a number of costly requests from some of the most successful and celebrated men\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kevin-mccarthy-to-bandwagon-corporate-money-get-lost\/\" title=\"Kevin McCarthy to Bandwagon Corporate Money: Get Lost\">sports franchises<\/a> in our state, while women\u2019s teams do not yet even have a seat at the table with the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilga.gov\/legislation\/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5841&#038;GAID=17&#038;DocTypeID=HB&#038;LegId=154861&#038;SessionID=112&#038;GA=103\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">House Bill 5841<\/a><\/strong> will ensure that as we consider plans from men\u2019s teams, we provide the same consideration to women\u2019s teams,\u201d the caucus said in a statement. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago Bears must postpone seeking public funding for a new stadium as the Illinois legislature adjourned its spring session early. Any decisions on the project, announced by the Bears in April with a $4.7 million budget, are now deferred until at least this fall or possibly indefinitely<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2255645,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AP24019782950877-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2255644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AP24019782950877-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2255644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2255644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2255644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2255645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2255644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2255644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2255644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}