New Delhi, June 10 -- The Chicago Bears have played in this city for more than a century, and they spent Tuesday being courted like a free agent. In Springfield, Governor J.B. Pritzker told reporters he would be "happy to call a special session" to get a stadium deal done. A state line away, the mayor of Hammond, Indiana, was talking up a golf course he thinks the franchise might want to build on instead.

"They've got to figure out how they can get the legislature, both sides, around the same bill, and I would be happy to call a special session."

The day captured how completely the leverage has flipped. A week ago the Bears were the supplicant, watching their bill die on the General Assembly's final day. Since then the team has turned i...