Bears' Stadium Drama: Illinois or Indiana?

0:00It's April 6th, NFL News Today starts now. AI powered and always on. Illinois lawmakers head back to Springfield on April 7th, and the Chicago Bears Stadium drama is hitting fever pitch. The team needs a key property tax bill to make their Arlington Heights plan work, but the House wrapped up in late March without a full vote. Without that green light, the Bears are eyeing a move. The bill, called HB910, sailed through the House Revenue Committee back in February. It would let the Bears hammer out a tax-freeze deal straight with Arlington Heights, Cook County, and local schools. Bears brass have called it a must-have, no ifs or buts. Team President Kevin Warren laid it out clear at the NFL meetings, no tax certainty means, no stadium in Illinois. Meanwhile, they've got that locked in Indiana, where the governor signed off on funding for a huge site in Hammond back in February. Bears owned 306 acres in Arlington Heights, but right now it's dead weight without the deal.

1:00ESPN's Adam Schefter dropped word Monday that the Bears will pick a spot in just weeks. League Insider say Indiana's the front runner is Springfield drags its feet. Both Chicago pitches, the spot by Soldier Field, and the Michael Reesite, are off the board after reviews. All eyes on those votes now, with the Bears holding firm and Indiana waiting in the wings. This one's down to the wire.