Sun-Times/WBEZ Poll: Voters all over the field on Bears’ Arlington play — but almost half would sack any taxpayer dollar request

Chicago Bears fans sit in the rain before a game at Soldier Field in September. Nearly half of respondents to a Sun-Times/WBEZ Poll say they don’t want a penny of taxpayer money to go toward a new stadium development for the team in Arlington Heights. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times-file)

Illinoisans are calling conflicting plays on a potential Chicago Bears move to Arlington Heights, split among those who favor spiking Soldier Field for a new suburban stadium, others who want the team to hold the line on the lakefront — and a large chunk who are punting on the issue.

But an outsized portion of them agree on one point: They don’t want to see any of their tax dollars thrown at the potential suburban mega-development.