Mayor Brandon Johnson met with the Chicago Bears Wednesday in hopes of keeping them at Soldier Field.
At an unrelated event, Johnson did not offer specifics about a plan to keep the Bears in the city, but his first conversation with team management took place.
The pathway to Arlington Heights, on the former racetrack land, was considered a touchdown until the Bears were hit with a huge property tax bill before the stadium is even built. "These conversation are just that conversations no development proposal was submitted to the city, no incentives were discussed or provided by either party," he said."I think the Bears would now consider it, whereas before it was dead because the prior relationship with the then-mayor was so bad," said Marc Ganis of Sportscorp Ltd.
"I think the mayor listening in a first meeting is exactly the right thing to do set a tone, let it be a positive relationship," ganis said.
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