Having grown up in Northwest Indiana I have followed this fiasco with a good deal of interest. I still maintain that this is strictly a negotiating ploy by the Bears. I think the Indiana Governor and Legislature know this as well so they’re just playing along to show how absolutely incompetent Fatass Pritzker and Conehead Mayor Johnson really are. I have to admit it’s been pretty entertaining.
As a Hoosier still in NW Indiana, I agree on both counts.
I agree. It will help them to accelerate attracting smaller and less visible businesses from Chicago.
It sure looked that was for quite a while- and as you say, might still be the Bears raising the ante.
But what if the Bears were offered a deal they just couldn't refuse? How different would a commute to a Hammond stadium for Bears fans differ from the New York fans who go to New Jersey for games?
It's possible that Indiana looks at this as an opening salvo in poaching a lot of Illinoisans unhappy with their high taxes? This could truly transform NW Indiana, which has been regarded as nothing more than an industrial site forever.