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Chicago Bears Stadium Plan Hits Snag In Porter County
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InkFreeNews.com
If you ask Porter County Commissioner Jim Biggs, he’ll tell you that hardly anyone in the northwest Indiana county wants their tax dollars to go to a Chicago Bears stadium in neighboring Lake County.
A map showing plans for a “Hammond Bears Stadium Connector” extending the South Shore Line to the proposed Bears Wolf Lake Stadium.
Biggs said the idea that Porter County could get business from the deal is ridiculous, questioning why people would stop to eat in Porter County when there are plans to develop restaurants around the stadium.
In other Bears news, the Indiana South Shore line approved plans to add an extension connecting the Wolf Lake Stadium site to the South Shore Network – the “Hammond Bears Stadium Connector.”
This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Chicago Bears stadium plan hits snag in Porter County as team tests Hammond site