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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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CST Editorial Board

Bears wrong to expect taxpayers to fund any part of Arlington Heights stadium plan

A rendering released by the Chicago Bears on Tuesday shows the view from the site of a proposed stadium, looking southeast at a proposed mixed-use development on the former location of Arlington International Racecourse. (Courtesy of Chicago Bears)

The Chicago Bears are cracking open their playbook this week, providing a glimpse of the stadium and entertainment complex planned for Arlington Heights.

Master plan renderings of the team’s proposal for the 326-acre former Arlington Park Racetrack site convey the massiveness of the proposed project, but not much detail other than a stadium surrounded by green space, roads and a “mixed-use district” of anonymous-for-now structures.

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