Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said that he expects the General Assembly to “pass legislation incentivizing” a Bears stadium and other major development projects “before the end of the spring legislative session,” with a May 31 deadline. Pritzker said that he “expects both chambers to vote on an amended megaprojects bill by the end of the month.” Pritzker also noted that Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has “‘no plan’ to keep the team” in the city. Pritzker said, “I’d love them to be in the city, but we’re three years in now, and he still has no plan.” Johnson earlier this month made a “last-ditch effort to claim the Bears needed to keep playing their home games in Chicago.” Johnson’s office in a statement “pushed back on Pritzker’s assessment and said it’s continuing to work on a solution” (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 5/18). The Bears saga is the “latest example of how the governor and the mayor frequently have differing agendas” (CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS, 5/18).
Illinois Gov. expects spring vote on Bears stadium bill
