Gov. JB Pritzker ruled out a property tax break for a Chicago Bears stadium in Arlington Heights while keeping the door open on infrastructure aid at an Economic Club of Chicago forum Tuesday.

The governor also urged action on pulling public transit out of a budget hole, and spurned a proposed head tax on corporations in the city.

The Bears are pursuing a stadium/mixed-use development at the former Arlington Park and seek an extended property tax reprieve and $855 million in infrastructure subsidies.

Pritzker noted the Bears are a successful franchise valued at $9 billion. “Building a couple billion-dollar stadium for them, promising that they won’t pay any property taxes, we shouldn’t do that. That’s not good for the taxpayers,” he said.

“When companies come to the state of Illino

See Full Page