NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell addressed the ongoing evaluations following a national meeting of team owners in Orlando.
“There was a specific update on the Bears with respect to the two sites that they are evaluating that are viable in the Bears’ mind and others, in ours.
One in Illinois and one in Indiana,” Goodell said.
Goodell added that league executives have maintained contact with state leadership regarding the final days of the legislative session.
“That process is going on. The legislature in Illinois is obviously focused on that.
They’re getting into the final days of their session. I’ve spoken to the governor recently,” Goodell said.
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker criticized municipal leadership for lacking concrete financial or structural blueprints to anchor the team permanently within municipal borders.
“As to the prospects for a passage of a bill or what might happen with the Bears, I would say I know the mayor has no plan,” Pritzker said.
“He has come up with no plan at all about how the Bears would end up in the city of Chicago.”
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The general assembly has until the end of the month to resolve the infrastructure funding disagreements before the legislative calendar concludes.
