Chicago Bears hear plan to build new football stadium in Naperville

Chicago Bears officials met with Naperville Mayor Scott Wehrli Friday morning to discuss the possibility of abandoning their plans for a new stadium development in Arlington Heights in favor of building it in Napervile. Plans to build “the largest single development project in Illinois history” are “at risk” in Arlington Heights, the Bears said in a statement they released Friday in conjunction with their meeting The Cook County Assessor’s property assessment of the former horsetrack, which is five times the 2021 tax value and three times higher than the recent...