Arlington Heights has remained the logical landing point for a potential move. Besides the land, the Bears are paying the village hundreds of thousands of dollars to cover outside consultants’ evaluations of the proposal. The team has estimated some $855 million in public money would be needed for infrastructure costs to support a stadium there.

The shovels have yet to hit the ground at the Chicago Fire’s new privately funded $750 million soccer stadium in the South Loop, but we already know who will be serving up food and beverage.