When Bears president Kevin Warren met Naperville Mayor Scott Wehrli to discuss the possibility of a new Bears stadium in the giant west suburb, the password was 'leverage.' The Bears want an array of 'tax certainties' and other gift-wrapped concessions before ownership commits to building on approximately one-third of the 326 acres that housed Arlington Park.
WHEN BEARS PRESIDENT KEVIN WARREN met Naperville Mayor Scott Wehrli to discuss the possibility of a new Bears stadium in the giant west suburb, the password was"leverage."
From the side of a $5 billion sports entertainment company in which annual franchise profits are goof-proof, that's a marvelous"ask." A parallel reality remains that on event days and nights, surface vehicular traffic from the northeast and east will be brutally disruptive. Even Warren -- who didn't exactly generate a surge from Big Ten overseers to retain his services as commissioner -- appears to understand that.
But the Bears might more simply advance their cause on AP land that they already own if they would produce the comprehensive studies regarding a new stadium on traffic, infrastructure and general impact as promised to area officials close to one year ago. Kevin Warren is trying to find enough of it to get just one timorous suburban region to play the new stadium game the Bears way.News that Shannon Sharpe is leaving FS1's"Undisputed" is about as industry-shaking as hearing that Padma Lakshmi is moving on from"Top Chef." No one watches"Undisputed" and the shows are as strained as a Cowboys roast of Jerry Jones's chauffeur.
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