Chicago Bears receive another warning from Gov. JB Pritzker’s office about stadium

Chief of Staff for Illinois Gov.

JB Pritzker, Anne Caprara, had a strong message in response to a Chicago Tribune report regarding the Chicago Bears stadium project and the state.

Per Dan Petrella, despite publicly stating his concern over using pubic funding to help build the stadium, Pritzker has spent $100,000 in taxpayer funds to hire an outside legal consultant as the state talks with the Bears about the stadium project.

The Chicago Bears and Gov.

JB Pritzkers office have been talking The Bears hired an adviser with close ties to Pritzkers political operation, per an open records request obtained by the Chicago Tribune.

The report suggested that talks between the Bears and Pritzkers office have gone deeper than what the governor has wanted to portray to the press.

The Bears advisor reached out to Caprara in an email, hoping to discuss plans after CEO Kevin Warren set his sights on Arlington Heights as the location for the stadium.

The Bears hoped to deliver significant wins for the administration.

In response to the CT report, Caprara sent a message that Pritzker has no plans to support funding for the stadium unless Illinois receives something substantial in return.

Back on here briefly to respond to this bc its absurd, Caprara posted on X.

No one in the Govs office or in state government is an expert in NFL finances.

The governor has been clear that hes not going to support state funding for a new stadium unless the state got something substantial in return.

Back on here briefly to respond to this bc its absurd.

No one in the Govs office or in state government is an expert in NFL finances.

The governor has been clear that hes not going to support state funding for a new stadium unless the state got something substantial in return.

https://t.co/GeoNDCPPdc Anne Caprara (@anacaprana) May 29, 2025 The Bears have been warned to make it worth it to Pritzker Caprara defended the $100,000 in advisory fees, claiming that nothing salacious was uncovered in the report.

We needed to understand what the state should ask for in any negotiations with the Bears, she wrote .

We hired someone who understands NFL finances to help us do that well.

Would the @chicagotribune like us to just enter negotiations w/o that kind of knowledge? Caprara wrote that Pritzkers position on building the stadium has not changed since hiring the advisor.

But we do know the Bears are still trying to sweeten the pot for the administration.

Building a stadium isnt cheap for taxpayers.

It appears that trying to figure out how much subsidy the government should give is also an expensive prospect.

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