{"id":523297,"date":"2026-01-17T17:54:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T17:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/523297\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T17:54:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T17:54:11","slug":"chicago-billboard-welcomes-los-angeles-rams-with-cold-message-nbc-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/523297\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago billboard welcomes Los Angeles Rams with cold message \u2013 NBC Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chicagoans and the Bears are no stranger to the cold.<\/p>\n

But it might be a different story for the Los Angeles’ Rams and their fans — and Sunday’s divisional round<\/a> could deliver weather that’s far outside their comfort zone.<\/p>\n

With wind chill values expected to drop into the single digits during the weekend showdown, a Chicago billboard offered a very cold welcome – and it was all in good fun. <\/p>\n

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Credit: Old National Bank<\/p>\n

Chicago ad agency Schafer Condon Carter, in partnership with Old National Bank, posted a message on the Kennedy Expressway billboard directed solely at the playoff opponents.<\/p>\n

“Hey LA, we dare you to lick the goal post. Welcome to Chicago,” the message dared.<\/p>\n

Plenty of fans – and even the Rams – could catch a glimpse of the witty welcome as they arrive in town on Saturday. The message is just temporary, however. It’s slated to remain up throughout the rest of the day.<\/p>\n

After that – it could be taken down and might be replaced with another message.<\/p>\n

But what it might say remains a mystery. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chicagoans and the Bears are no stranger to the cold. But it might be a different story for…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":523298,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5124],"tags":[221801,960,5386,1818],"class_list":["post-523297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago","tag-bears-playoffs","tag-chicago","tag-il","tag-illinois"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115911725423712806","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=523297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}