$8.9B Bears Lied to Springfield About Chicago Talks While Demanding $850M in Tax Breaks

Somewhere between Springfield and Chicago, the Bears’ story stopped adding up. While Illinois lawmakers worked late nights hammering out a megaprojects bill tailored to keep the franchise in-state, team executives sat across from those legislators and painted a simple picture: Chicago wasn’t really in play.

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