If a Bears stadium isn’t built in Arlington Heights, village leaders already listed what can’t be constructed on the site

Even with plans to build an NFL football stadium in Arlington Heights on hold – for now – the Chicago Bears remain the largest landowner in the northwest suburb. But the team’s president offered no ideas for what would be constructed on their property there should they choose to stay at Chicago’s lakefront.

Last year, the Bears purchased the former Arlington International Racecourse in Arlington Heights, an expansive 326-acre parcel that the team had proposed redeveloping to include an enclosed football stadium...