Samm Quinn The Illinois Legislature faces an 11:59 p.m. deadline to adjourn its spring session.
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The change in strategy reflects growing concern in the Illinois Senate that the sprawling House bill approved in April may be too unwieldy to pass before adjournment this weekend.
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Mayor Brandon Johnson’s office says there have been “several” meetings in recent months about the logistics of building a new lakefront stadium in Chicago.
The bill was approved in a bipartisan 72-38 vote after a series of amendments and backroom jockeying played out in the state Capitol.
Both the Bears and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker say negotiations are progressing. But continued opposition from Chicago legislators underscores the contrast with Indiana.
The Indiana Senate is set to vote as soon as Thursday afternoon on legislation that would authorize the financing and construction of a stadium in Hammond.
The governor said his staff, legislators and Bears representatives met Wednesday for three hours to discuss legislation that might be needed for the team to build a stadium in Arlington Heights.
“The team has been clear that at this point their choices are either the Arlington Heights site, or Indiana,” the mayor of Arlington Heights wrote in the letter to state officials.
