It seems there is no such thing as a danger of followers having to root for the Chicago Bears of Anaheim Indiana.
A day after unverified rumors began circulating that the Bears may change their title as a part of a stadium settlement with Indiana, workforce chairman George McCaskey acknowledged that won’t be occurring whereas talking with reporters Thursday. They may stay the Chicago Bears, even in one other state:
“We would be the Chicago Bears whether or not we’re in Arlington or whether or not we’re in Hammond. Our focus is on Hammond, that is the place we’re advancing our efforts and that is the place the majority of our time, consideration and sources are being devoted.”
The Bears have been on the lookout for their post-Soldier Area house for years at this level, with the 2 remaining candidates being the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights, the place the workforce beforehand bought the location of a former racetrack, and Hammond, Indiana.
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The workforce introduced in June it was shifting forward with Hammond, after often signaling frustration with the Illinois state legislature over a scarcity of progress with the Arlington Heights proposal. Crew president Kevin Warren reiterated Hammond was the workforce’s “sole focus” on Thursday.
Hammond is roughly 60 miles from the Bears’ Halas Corridor headquarters in Lake Forest, underscoring how drastic the change may really feel for the town’s followers. McCaskey did his greatest to tamp down these considerations, by way of NFL.com:
McCaskey acknowledged the “nervousness” of a transfer to northwest Indiana for the workforce’s followers.
“However after I’ve pushed that route, aside from an indication telling me so, I would not know that I’ve simply crossed the state border,” he mentioned. “And as Kevin mentioned, as soon as folks see the constructing, as soon as they get in there, as soon as they perceive that our prime precedence from day one was a world-class stadium expertise, we expect we’ll make that adjustment. We predict Bears followers are up for that.”
Thursday noticed Warren announce the workforce has accomplished its evaluation of Hammond’s Misplaced Marsh Golf Course web site and that it was performing due diligence at one other web site on the close by Wolf Lake terminal.