An electronic billboard towering near the former site of Arlington International Racecourse, which the Chicago Bears now owns, will stay up another year – over one village trustee’s objection, desp…
An electronic billboard towering near the former site of Arlington International Racecourse, which the Chicago Bears now owns, will stay up another year – over one village trustee’s objection, despite the town’s ban on such advertising and because it could show “good faith” as Arlington Heights continues to woo the NFL football team there.
The trustee explained that when the former owners of the racetrack, Churchill Downs Inc., was first granted permission to have that outdoor advertisement, the racetrack was the largest employer in the village. She said part of the goal in approving it was so racetrack visitors would also patronize other village businesses.
“Although we do have a policy of not having billboards in Arlington Heights,” Hayes said, “we do have exceptions to our policies and our ordinances. This calls for such an exception. I’ve been in favor of this billboard from the start.” Nevertheless, Hayes has said Arlington Heights would not count itself out of the running and would continue to work to have the Bears play in his town.
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