George McCaskey vowed Thursday the Bears would “be good neighbors” with Arlington Heights residents if the team follows through with a plan to build a massive stadium in the northwest suburb — but the chairman cautioned “we will need help” from taxpayers to fulfill their complete vision for the football mecca.
Putting a preliminary price tag of at least $5 billion on the ambitious development slated for the shuttered Arlington International Racecourse, McCaskey noted that most of his family’s wealth is vested in the team — so they’d need some of the costs subsidized to cross the goal line.
