Bears stadium deal with Illinois gaining momentum as deadline nears
Time is running out for the Bears and Illinois to strike a deal to keep the team in the state, but things are trending in the right direction.
The Chicago Bears' stadium saga continues to roll on well into April with the team still working to determine the location for their next home. Indiana has put all their pieces into place and is ready to go with their Wolf Lake site in Hammond, while Illinois continues to slowly move their legislation along down in Springfield to try and pass the needed megaprojects bill to ensure tax certainty. But that may be picking up steam with the state getting close to passing the bill.
State representative Kam Buckner, who has been spearheading negotiations on the stadium issues, joined 104. 3 The Score's Mully & Haugh on Friday to discuss the stadium bill, and he believes a resolution is going to come quickly. "As the old church folks used to say, 'Soon and very soon,'" Buckner said when asked about a possible deadline.
"I don't know exactly when we're going to get this done, but listen, when I say we're on the punch list stuff, we are there. We got another day here in Springfield where we're going to hammer some other things out. Next week is a big week for us...
I think we'll have some good news in short order. " Buckner isn't the only one optimistic about a deal. Around the same time as Buckner was on The Score, ESPN 1000 host David Kaplan was also sharing information that this bill was trending in the right direction.