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Mayors duel over ‘hazardous waste’ red flag at proposed Bears Indiana stadium site
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One of the biggest questions facing the Chicago Bears this offseason is where the team will play once their Soldier Field days come to an end. While the Bears won't be relocating anytime soon, two frontrunners have emerged as the team's next location: Arlington Heights, Illinois, and Hammond, Indiana.
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Bears fans generally don't seem to be too thrilled with either option, but recently, Arlington Heights Mayor Jim Tinaglia spoke on why he thinks his location would be a better alternative than Hammond due to the hazardous waste sites in that city.
"I would throw up the red caution flags immediately," Tinaglia said, per the Chicago Tribune, via Michael David Smith of NBC Sports' Pro Football Talk. "I've worked on enough sites with gas stations or dry cleaners or some sort of hazardous material to know it contaminates the ground. I would be very concerned about selecting a site like that."
However, Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr. sang a different tune.
"I understand people want to take a close look, but the Bears know far more about environmental concerns in that area than any of us, because they're spending millions of dollars on it," he said.
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The Bears are expected to make a decision on their next home venue soon, with the topic set to be discussed at league meetings this week, per Smith.
Fans have grown to love Soldier Field over the decades, but it's become increasingly obvious that either a major renovation or a move is in order, and the Bears ultimately wound up choosing the latter, although Soldier Field will still be their home for the foreseeable future.
In any case, the Bears' 2026 season is slated to get underway in early September.
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