Even if some heirs want to cash out, experts say it's unlikely to impact the borrowing capacity the McCaskey family needs to bankroll a new stadium. That's because NFL rules now allow teams to sell up ...

Sports teams seeking funding for new stadiums in Illinois would have to win to get paid under terms of a newly proposed bill.

Disagreements over property taxes and public funding have driven the discussion of the Bears’ desire to leave century-old ...

A new Illinois bill would require sports teams to have a record of winning games before the state would consider spending ...

Professional sports franchises have become accustomed to getting loads of money from government coffers when they want to upgrade the venues they call ...

At least one Illinois politician, State Representative Bob Morgan, would like any funding for the Bears new stadium to be tied to the team's performance. It technically applies to all ...

An Illinois lawmaker introduced a bill this week that would link the use of taxpayer dollars for public sports stadium funding to the performance of the teams.

A proposal in the Illinois General Assembly would make public stadium funding contingent on a team’s on-field success, potentially affecting several franchises seeking taxpayer support ...