Whether the planned taxes in the legislation would be enough to pay off the construction cost is highly uncertain, some analysts say. Just as whether the Bears will move to Indiana depends on
whether Illinois will make a better offer, the financing of the Hammond site depends on a lot of unknowns. Chief among them, Geoffrey Propheter said, is the ultimate cost of buying land, building and maintaining a stadium and the lost opportunity of what else could be done with the money if it didn’t go toward the stadium. Related articles: |