CHICAGO — The Bears are shifting their focus to stay within the Metropolis of Chicago with plans to construct a brand new stadium south of Soldier Subject, a supply aware of the workforce’s plan advised ESPN.
The information comes practically 13 months after the Bears closed on the 326-acre property that previously housed Arlington Worldwide Racecourse in Arlington Heights, Illinois. The workforce signed an settlement in 2021 to buy the property for $197.2 million however has not begun growing the positioning that was anticipated to characteristic a multibillion-dollar stadium undertaking and embody eating places, retail house and actual property.
The Bears are planning to speculate greater than $2 billion in personal cash right into a publicly owned domed stadium and park house that may characteristic year-round group facilities, a supply mentioned. Although the workforce has not launched renderings of its proposed lakefront stadium, a supply confirmed the situation can be instantly south of the present website of Soldier Subject and preserve parking within the south lot.
“The Chicago Bears are proud to contribute over $2 billion to construct a stadium and enhance open areas for all households, followers and most people to take pleasure in within the Metropolis of Chicago,” Bears workforce president and CEO Kevin Warren mentioned in a press release to ESPN. “The longer term stadium of the Chicago Bears will deliver a transformative alternative to our area — boosting the financial system, creating jobs, facilitating mega occasions and producing tens of millions in tax income. We look ahead to sharing extra info when our plans are finalized.”
Soldier Subject is at the moment the smallest stadium within the NFL, with a capability of 61,500. The Bears’ plan is to stay there till a brand new stadium is constructed, a supply mentioned, at which period the present website can be torn down except for the constructing’s colonnades. The plan, then, can be to assemble parks and athletic fields for public use on the positioning.
The Bears’ present lease at Soldier Subject is about to run out in 2033.
A supply mentioned the stadium undertaking will create 20% extra space on the museum campus (which encompasses Soldier Subject in addition to three notable museums) for the general public to make use of year-round, versus solely throughout Bears house video games.
A current unbiased ballot performed by McGuire Analysis surveyed 500 registered voters residing within the Metropolis of Chicago on a number of matters associated to the development of a brand new Bears stadium.
In accordance with outcomes obtained by ESPN, 80% of these polled supported a domed stadium that may host main occasions all year long on the museum campus, whereas 77% supported the proposed location as a result of efforts to maintain the Bears within the Metropolis of Chicago. The outcomes concluded that greater than six in 10 Chicagoans help utilizing public cash for a publicly owned stadium.
Throughout a group assembly in September 2022 when the workforce revealed its plan for the Arlington Park website, chairman George McCaskey mentioned the Bears would “search no public funding for direct stadium construction development” however would wish help to finish the remainder of the multibillion-dollar undertaking.
The general public element for the proposed lakefront stadium shouldn’t be but recognized.
The Bears started exploring choices for a brand new stadium past Arlington Heights final summer time once they introduced that these plans had been “in danger” as negotiations over property taxes reached a $100 million deadlock.
“The property’s unique evaluation at 5 instances the 2021 tax worth, and the current settlement with Churchill Downs [the property’s former owner] for 2022 being thrice greater, fails to mirror the property shouldn’t be operational and never commercially viable in its present state,” the Bears mentioned in a press release in June 2023.
The Bears met with mayors from Naperville and Chicago to discover various stadium websites, whereas Waukegan, a northern Illinois suburb, and Aurora, a suburb 40-plus miles west of Chicago, additionally pitched the workforce on constructing a stadium there.
Warren and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson issued a joint assertion after assembly final June about their dedication to engaged on a plan to maintain the Bears in Chicago. The 2 have met a number of instances since.
“As we speak we met and mentioned our shared values and dedication to the town of Chicago, the significance of deep roots and the necessity for equitable group funding all through the town,” the June 2023 assertion learn. “We’re each dedicated to the concept the town and its main civic establishments should develop and evolve collectively to satisfy the wants of the longer term. We look ahead to persevering with the dialogue round these shared values.”
Ought to the Bears succeed of their plan to construct a brand new lakefront stadium, a supply indicated the workforce doubtless will put the Arlington Park property up on the market.
CHICAGO — The Bears are shifting their focus to stay within the Metropolis of Chicago with plans to construct a brand new stadium south of Soldier Subject, a supply aware of the workforce’s plan advised ESPN.
The information comes practically 13 months after the Bears closed on the 326-acre property that previously housed Arlington Worldwide Racecourse in Arlington Heights, Illinois. The workforce signed an settlement in 2021 to buy the property for $197.2 million however has not begun growing the positioning that was anticipated to characteristic a multibillion-dollar stadium undertaking and embody eating places, retail house and actual property.
The Bears are planning to speculate greater than $2 billion in personal cash right into a publicly owned domed stadium and park house that may characteristic year-round group facilities, a supply mentioned. Although the workforce has not launched renderings of its proposed lakefront stadium, a supply confirmed the situation can be instantly south of the present website of Soldier Subject and preserve parking within the south lot.
“The Chicago Bears are proud to contribute over $2 billion to construct a stadium and enhance open areas for all households, followers and most people to take pleasure in within the Metropolis of Chicago,” Bears workforce president and CEO Kevin Warren mentioned in a press release to ESPN. “The longer term stadium of the Chicago Bears will deliver a transformative alternative to our area — boosting the financial system, creating jobs, facilitating mega occasions and producing tens of millions in tax income. We look ahead to sharing extra info when our plans are finalized.”
Soldier Subject is at the moment the smallest stadium within the NFL, with a capability of 61,500. The Bears’ plan is to stay there till a brand new stadium is constructed, a supply mentioned, at which period the present website can be torn down except for the constructing’s colonnades. The plan, then, can be to assemble parks and athletic fields for public use on the positioning.
The Bears’ present lease at Soldier Subject is about to run out in 2033.
A supply mentioned the stadium undertaking will create 20% extra space on the museum campus (which encompasses Soldier Subject in addition to three notable museums) for the general public to make use of year-round, versus solely throughout Bears house video games.
A current unbiased ballot performed by McGuire Analysis surveyed 500 registered voters residing within the Metropolis of Chicago on a number of matters associated to the development of a brand new Bears stadium.
In accordance with outcomes obtained by ESPN, 80% of these polled supported a domed stadium that may host main occasions all year long on the museum campus, whereas 77% supported the proposed location as a result of efforts to maintain the Bears within the Metropolis of Chicago. The outcomes concluded that greater than six in 10 Chicagoans help utilizing public cash for a publicly owned stadium.
Throughout a group assembly in September 2022 when the workforce revealed its plan for the Arlington Park website, chairman George McCaskey mentioned the Bears would “search no public funding for direct stadium construction development” however would wish help to finish the remainder of the multibillion-dollar undertaking.
The general public element for the proposed lakefront stadium shouldn’t be but recognized.
The Bears started exploring choices for a brand new stadium past Arlington Heights final summer time once they introduced that these plans had been “in danger” as negotiations over property taxes reached a $100 million deadlock.
“The property’s unique evaluation at 5 instances the 2021 tax worth, and the current settlement with Churchill Downs [the property’s former owner] for 2022 being thrice greater, fails to mirror the property shouldn’t be operational and never commercially viable in its present state,” the Bears mentioned in a press release in June 2023.
The Bears met with mayors from Naperville and Chicago to discover various stadium websites, whereas Waukegan, a northern Illinois suburb, and Aurora, a suburb 40-plus miles west of Chicago, additionally pitched the workforce on constructing a stadium there.
Warren and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson issued a joint assertion after assembly final June about their dedication to engaged on a plan to maintain the Bears in Chicago. The 2 have met a number of instances since.
“As we speak we met and mentioned our shared values and dedication to the town of Chicago, the significance of deep roots and the necessity for equitable group funding all through the town,” the June 2023 assertion learn. “We’re each dedicated to the concept the town and its main civic establishments should develop and evolve collectively to satisfy the wants of the longer term. We look ahead to persevering with the dialogue round these shared values.”
Ought to the Bears succeed of their plan to construct a brand new lakefront stadium, a supply indicated the workforce doubtless will put the Arlington Park property up on the market.
CHICAGO — The Bears are shifting their focus to stay within the Metropolis of Chicago with plans to construct a brand new stadium south of Soldier Subject, a supply aware of the workforce’s plan advised ESPN.
The information comes practically 13 months after the Bears closed on the 326-acre property that previously housed Arlington Worldwide Racecourse in Arlington Heights, Illinois. The workforce signed an settlement in 2021 to buy the property for $197.2 million however has not begun growing the positioning that was anticipated to characteristic a multibillion-dollar stadium undertaking and embody eating places, retail house and actual property.
The Bears are planning to speculate greater than $2 billion in personal cash right into a publicly owned domed stadium and park house that may characteristic year-round group facilities, a supply mentioned. Although the workforce has not launched renderings of its proposed lakefront stadium, a supply confirmed the situation can be instantly south of the present website of Soldier Subject and preserve parking within the south lot.
“The Chicago Bears are proud to contribute over $2 billion to construct a stadium and enhance open areas for all households, followers and most people to take pleasure in within the Metropolis of Chicago,” Bears workforce president and CEO Kevin Warren mentioned in a press release to ESPN. “The longer term stadium of the Chicago Bears will deliver a transformative alternative to our area — boosting the financial system, creating jobs, facilitating mega occasions and producing tens of millions in tax income. We look ahead to sharing extra info when our plans are finalized.”
Soldier Subject is at the moment the smallest stadium within the NFL, with a capability of 61,500. The Bears’ plan is to stay there till a brand new stadium is constructed, a supply mentioned, at which period the present website can be torn down except for the constructing’s colonnades. The plan, then, can be to assemble parks and athletic fields for public use on the positioning.
The Bears’ present lease at Soldier Subject is about to run out in 2033.
A supply mentioned the stadium undertaking will create 20% extra space on the museum campus (which encompasses Soldier Subject in addition to three notable museums) for the general public to make use of year-round, versus solely throughout Bears house video games.
A current unbiased ballot performed by McGuire Analysis surveyed 500 registered voters residing within the Metropolis of Chicago on a number of matters associated to the development of a brand new Bears stadium.
In accordance with outcomes obtained by ESPN, 80% of these polled supported a domed stadium that may host main occasions all year long on the museum campus, whereas 77% supported the proposed location as a result of efforts to maintain the Bears within the Metropolis of Chicago. The outcomes concluded that greater than six in 10 Chicagoans help utilizing public cash for a publicly owned stadium.
Throughout a group assembly in September 2022 when the workforce revealed its plan for the Arlington Park website, chairman George McCaskey mentioned the Bears would “search no public funding for direct stadium construction development” however would wish help to finish the remainder of the multibillion-dollar undertaking.
The general public element for the proposed lakefront stadium shouldn’t be but recognized.
The Bears started exploring choices for a brand new stadium past Arlington Heights final summer time once they introduced that these plans had been “in danger” as negotiations over property taxes reached a $100 million deadlock.
“The property’s unique evaluation at 5 instances the 2021 tax worth, and the current settlement with Churchill Downs [the property’s former owner] for 2022 being thrice greater, fails to mirror the property shouldn’t be operational and never commercially viable in its present state,” the Bears mentioned in a press release in June 2023.
The Bears met with mayors from Naperville and Chicago to discover various stadium websites, whereas Waukegan, a northern Illinois suburb, and Aurora, a suburb 40-plus miles west of Chicago, additionally pitched the workforce on constructing a stadium there.
Warren and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson issued a joint assertion after assembly final June about their dedication to engaged on a plan to maintain the Bears in Chicago. The 2 have met a number of instances since.
“As we speak we met and mentioned our shared values and dedication to the town of Chicago, the significance of deep roots and the necessity for equitable group funding all through the town,” the June 2023 assertion learn. “We’re each dedicated to the concept the town and its main civic establishments should develop and evolve collectively to satisfy the wants of the longer term. We look ahead to persevering with the dialogue round these shared values.”
Ought to the Bears succeed of their plan to construct a brand new lakefront stadium, a supply indicated the workforce doubtless will put the Arlington Park property up on the market.
CHICAGO — The Bears are shifting their focus to stay within the Metropolis of Chicago with plans to construct a brand new stadium south of Soldier Subject, a supply aware of the workforce’s plan advised ESPN.
The information comes practically 13 months after the Bears closed on the 326-acre property that previously housed Arlington Worldwide Racecourse in Arlington Heights, Illinois. The workforce signed an settlement in 2021 to buy the property for $197.2 million however has not begun growing the positioning that was anticipated to characteristic a multibillion-dollar stadium undertaking and embody eating places, retail house and actual property.
The Bears are planning to speculate greater than $2 billion in personal cash right into a publicly owned domed stadium and park house that may characteristic year-round group facilities, a supply mentioned. Although the workforce has not launched renderings of its proposed lakefront stadium, a supply confirmed the situation can be instantly south of the present website of Soldier Subject and preserve parking within the south lot.
“The Chicago Bears are proud to contribute over $2 billion to construct a stadium and enhance open areas for all households, followers and most people to take pleasure in within the Metropolis of Chicago,” Bears workforce president and CEO Kevin Warren mentioned in a press release to ESPN. “The longer term stadium of the Chicago Bears will deliver a transformative alternative to our area — boosting the financial system, creating jobs, facilitating mega occasions and producing tens of millions in tax income. We look ahead to sharing extra info when our plans are finalized.”
Soldier Subject is at the moment the smallest stadium within the NFL, with a capability of 61,500. The Bears’ plan is to stay there till a brand new stadium is constructed, a supply mentioned, at which period the present website can be torn down except for the constructing’s colonnades. The plan, then, can be to assemble parks and athletic fields for public use on the positioning.
The Bears’ present lease at Soldier Subject is about to run out in 2033.
A supply mentioned the stadium undertaking will create 20% extra space on the museum campus (which encompasses Soldier Subject in addition to three notable museums) for the general public to make use of year-round, versus solely throughout Bears house video games.
A current unbiased ballot performed by McGuire Analysis surveyed 500 registered voters residing within the Metropolis of Chicago on a number of matters associated to the development of a brand new Bears stadium.
In accordance with outcomes obtained by ESPN, 80% of these polled supported a domed stadium that may host main occasions all year long on the museum campus, whereas 77% supported the proposed location as a result of efforts to maintain the Bears within the Metropolis of Chicago. The outcomes concluded that greater than six in 10 Chicagoans help utilizing public cash for a publicly owned stadium.
Throughout a group assembly in September 2022 when the workforce revealed its plan for the Arlington Park website, chairman George McCaskey mentioned the Bears would “search no public funding for direct stadium construction development” however would wish help to finish the remainder of the multibillion-dollar undertaking.
The general public element for the proposed lakefront stadium shouldn’t be but recognized.
The Bears started exploring choices for a brand new stadium past Arlington Heights final summer time once they introduced that these plans had been “in danger” as negotiations over property taxes reached a $100 million deadlock.
“The property’s unique evaluation at 5 instances the 2021 tax worth, and the current settlement with Churchill Downs [the property’s former owner] for 2022 being thrice greater, fails to mirror the property shouldn’t be operational and never commercially viable in its present state,” the Bears mentioned in a press release in June 2023.
The Bears met with mayors from Naperville and Chicago to discover various stadium websites, whereas Waukegan, a northern Illinois suburb, and Aurora, a suburb 40-plus miles west of Chicago, additionally pitched the workforce on constructing a stadium there.
Warren and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson issued a joint assertion after assembly final June about their dedication to engaged on a plan to maintain the Bears in Chicago. The 2 have met a number of instances since.
“As we speak we met and mentioned our shared values and dedication to the town of Chicago, the significance of deep roots and the necessity for equitable group funding all through the town,” the June 2023 assertion learn. “We’re each dedicated to the concept the town and its main civic establishments should develop and evolve collectively to satisfy the wants of the longer term. We look ahead to persevering with the dialogue round these shared values.”
Ought to the Bears succeed of their plan to construct a brand new lakefront stadium, a supply indicated the workforce doubtless will put the Arlington Park property up on the market.
CHICAGO — The Bears are shifting their focus to stay within the Metropolis of Chicago with plans to construct a brand new stadium south of Soldier Subject, a supply aware of the workforce’s plan advised ESPN.
The information comes practically 13 months after the Bears closed on the 326-acre property that previously housed Arlington Worldwide Racecourse in Arlington Heights, Illinois. The workforce signed an settlement in 2021 to buy the property for $197.2 million however has not begun growing the positioning that was anticipated to characteristic a multibillion-dollar stadium undertaking and embody eating places, retail house and actual property.
The Bears are planning to speculate greater than $2 billion in personal cash right into a publicly owned domed stadium and park house that may characteristic year-round group facilities, a supply mentioned. Although the workforce has not launched renderings of its proposed lakefront stadium, a supply confirmed the situation can be instantly south of the present website of Soldier Subject and preserve parking within the south lot.
“The Chicago Bears are proud to contribute over $2 billion to construct a stadium and enhance open areas for all households, followers and most people to take pleasure in within the Metropolis of Chicago,” Bears workforce president and CEO Kevin Warren mentioned in a press release to ESPN. “The longer term stadium of the Chicago Bears will deliver a transformative alternative to our area — boosting the financial system, creating jobs, facilitating mega occasions and producing tens of millions in tax income. We look ahead to sharing extra info when our plans are finalized.”
Soldier Subject is at the moment the smallest stadium within the NFL, with a capability of 61,500. The Bears’ plan is to stay there till a brand new stadium is constructed, a supply mentioned, at which period the present website can be torn down except for the constructing’s colonnades. The plan, then, can be to assemble parks and athletic fields for public use on the positioning.
The Bears’ present lease at Soldier Subject is about to run out in 2033.
A supply mentioned the stadium undertaking will create 20% extra space on the museum campus (which encompasses Soldier Subject in addition to three notable museums) for the general public to make use of year-round, versus solely throughout Bears house video games.
A current unbiased ballot performed by McGuire Analysis surveyed 500 registered voters residing within the Metropolis of Chicago on a number of matters associated to the development of a brand new Bears stadium.
In accordance with outcomes obtained by ESPN, 80% of these polled supported a domed stadium that may host main occasions all year long on the museum campus, whereas 77% supported the proposed location as a result of efforts to maintain the Bears within the Metropolis of Chicago. The outcomes concluded that greater than six in 10 Chicagoans help utilizing public cash for a publicly owned stadium.
Throughout a group assembly in September 2022 when the workforce revealed its plan for the Arlington Park website, chairman George McCaskey mentioned the Bears would “search no public funding for direct stadium construction development” however would wish help to finish the remainder of the multibillion-dollar undertaking.
The general public element for the proposed lakefront stadium shouldn’t be but recognized.
The Bears started exploring choices for a brand new stadium past Arlington Heights final summer time once they introduced that these plans had been “in danger” as negotiations over property taxes reached a $100 million deadlock.
“The property’s unique evaluation at 5 instances the 2021 tax worth, and the current settlement with Churchill Downs [the property’s former owner] for 2022 being thrice greater, fails to mirror the property shouldn’t be operational and never commercially viable in its present state,” the Bears mentioned in a press release in June 2023.
The Bears met with mayors from Naperville and Chicago to discover various stadium websites, whereas Waukegan, a northern Illinois suburb, and Aurora, a suburb 40-plus miles west of Chicago, additionally pitched the workforce on constructing a stadium there.
Warren and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson issued a joint assertion after assembly final June about their dedication to engaged on a plan to maintain the Bears in Chicago. The 2 have met a number of instances since.
“As we speak we met and mentioned our shared values and dedication to the town of Chicago, the significance of deep roots and the necessity for equitable group funding all through the town,” the June 2023 assertion learn. “We’re each dedicated to the concept the town and its main civic establishments should develop and evolve collectively to satisfy the wants of the longer term. We look ahead to persevering with the dialogue round these shared values.”
Ought to the Bears succeed of their plan to construct a brand new lakefront stadium, a supply indicated the workforce doubtless will put the Arlington Park property up on the market.
CHICAGO — The Bears are shifting their focus to stay within the Metropolis of Chicago with plans to construct a brand new stadium south of Soldier Subject, a supply aware of the workforce’s plan advised ESPN.
The information comes practically 13 months after the Bears closed on the 326-acre property that previously housed Arlington Worldwide Racecourse in Arlington Heights, Illinois. The workforce signed an settlement in 2021 to buy the property for $197.2 million however has not begun growing the positioning that was anticipated to characteristic a multibillion-dollar stadium undertaking and embody eating places, retail house and actual property.
The Bears are planning to speculate greater than $2 billion in personal cash right into a publicly owned domed stadium and park house that may characteristic year-round group facilities, a supply mentioned. Although the workforce has not launched renderings of its proposed lakefront stadium, a supply confirmed the situation can be instantly south of the present website of Soldier Subject and preserve parking within the south lot.
“The Chicago Bears are proud to contribute over $2 billion to construct a stadium and enhance open areas for all households, followers and most people to take pleasure in within the Metropolis of Chicago,” Bears workforce president and CEO Kevin Warren mentioned in a press release to ESPN. “The longer term stadium of the Chicago Bears will deliver a transformative alternative to our area — boosting the financial system, creating jobs, facilitating mega occasions and producing tens of millions in tax income. We look ahead to sharing extra info when our plans are finalized.”
Soldier Subject is at the moment the smallest stadium within the NFL, with a capability of 61,500. The Bears’ plan is to stay there till a brand new stadium is constructed, a supply mentioned, at which period the present website can be torn down except for the constructing’s colonnades. The plan, then, can be to assemble parks and athletic fields for public use on the positioning.
The Bears’ present lease at Soldier Subject is about to run out in 2033.
A supply mentioned the stadium undertaking will create 20% extra space on the museum campus (which encompasses Soldier Subject in addition to three notable museums) for the general public to make use of year-round, versus solely throughout Bears house video games.
A current unbiased ballot performed by McGuire Analysis surveyed 500 registered voters residing within the Metropolis of Chicago on a number of matters associated to the development of a brand new Bears stadium.
In accordance with outcomes obtained by ESPN, 80% of these polled supported a domed stadium that may host main occasions all year long on the museum campus, whereas 77% supported the proposed location as a result of efforts to maintain the Bears within the Metropolis of Chicago. The outcomes concluded that greater than six in 10 Chicagoans help utilizing public cash for a publicly owned stadium.
Throughout a group assembly in September 2022 when the workforce revealed its plan for the Arlington Park website, chairman George McCaskey mentioned the Bears would “search no public funding for direct stadium construction development” however would wish help to finish the remainder of the multibillion-dollar undertaking.
The general public element for the proposed lakefront stadium shouldn’t be but recognized.
The Bears started exploring choices for a brand new stadium past Arlington Heights final summer time once they introduced that these plans had been “in danger” as negotiations over property taxes reached a $100 million deadlock.
“The property’s unique evaluation at 5 instances the 2021 tax worth, and the current settlement with Churchill Downs [the property’s former owner] for 2022 being thrice greater, fails to mirror the property shouldn’t be operational and never commercially viable in its present state,” the Bears mentioned in a press release in June 2023.
The Bears met with mayors from Naperville and Chicago to discover various stadium websites, whereas Waukegan, a northern Illinois suburb, and Aurora, a suburb 40-plus miles west of Chicago, additionally pitched the workforce on constructing a stadium there.
Warren and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson issued a joint assertion after assembly final June about their dedication to engaged on a plan to maintain the Bears in Chicago. The 2 have met a number of instances since.
“As we speak we met and mentioned our shared values and dedication to the town of Chicago, the significance of deep roots and the necessity for equitable group funding all through the town,” the June 2023 assertion learn. “We’re each dedicated to the concept the town and its main civic establishments should develop and evolve collectively to satisfy the wants of the longer term. We look ahead to persevering with the dialogue round these shared values.”
Ought to the Bears succeed of their plan to construct a brand new lakefront stadium, a supply indicated the workforce doubtless will put the Arlington Park property up on the market.
CHICAGO — The Bears are shifting their focus to stay within the Metropolis of Chicago with plans to construct a brand new stadium south of Soldier Subject, a supply aware of the workforce’s plan advised ESPN.
The information comes practically 13 months after the Bears closed on the 326-acre property that previously housed Arlington Worldwide Racecourse in Arlington Heights, Illinois. The workforce signed an settlement in 2021 to buy the property for $197.2 million however has not begun growing the positioning that was anticipated to characteristic a multibillion-dollar stadium undertaking and embody eating places, retail house and actual property.
The Bears are planning to speculate greater than $2 billion in personal cash right into a publicly owned domed stadium and park house that may characteristic year-round group facilities, a supply mentioned. Although the workforce has not launched renderings of its proposed lakefront stadium, a supply confirmed the situation can be instantly south of the present website of Soldier Subject and preserve parking within the south lot.
“The Chicago Bears are proud to contribute over $2 billion to construct a stadium and enhance open areas for all households, followers and most people to take pleasure in within the Metropolis of Chicago,” Bears workforce president and CEO Kevin Warren mentioned in a press release to ESPN. “The longer term stadium of the Chicago Bears will deliver a transformative alternative to our area — boosting the financial system, creating jobs, facilitating mega occasions and producing tens of millions in tax income. We look ahead to sharing extra info when our plans are finalized.”
Soldier Subject is at the moment the smallest stadium within the NFL, with a capability of 61,500. The Bears’ plan is to stay there till a brand new stadium is constructed, a supply mentioned, at which period the present website can be torn down except for the constructing’s colonnades. The plan, then, can be to assemble parks and athletic fields for public use on the positioning.
The Bears’ present lease at Soldier Subject is about to run out in 2033.
A supply mentioned the stadium undertaking will create 20% extra space on the museum campus (which encompasses Soldier Subject in addition to three notable museums) for the general public to make use of year-round, versus solely throughout Bears house video games.
A current unbiased ballot performed by McGuire Analysis surveyed 500 registered voters residing within the Metropolis of Chicago on a number of matters associated to the development of a brand new Bears stadium.
In accordance with outcomes obtained by ESPN, 80% of these polled supported a domed stadium that may host main occasions all year long on the museum campus, whereas 77% supported the proposed location as a result of efforts to maintain the Bears within the Metropolis of Chicago. The outcomes concluded that greater than six in 10 Chicagoans help utilizing public cash for a publicly owned stadium.
Throughout a group assembly in September 2022 when the workforce revealed its plan for the Arlington Park website, chairman George McCaskey mentioned the Bears would “search no public funding for direct stadium construction development” however would wish help to finish the remainder of the multibillion-dollar undertaking.
The general public element for the proposed lakefront stadium shouldn’t be but recognized.
The Bears started exploring choices for a brand new stadium past Arlington Heights final summer time once they introduced that these plans had been “in danger” as negotiations over property taxes reached a $100 million deadlock.
“The property’s unique evaluation at 5 instances the 2021 tax worth, and the current settlement with Churchill Downs [the property’s former owner] for 2022 being thrice greater, fails to mirror the property shouldn’t be operational and never commercially viable in its present state,” the Bears mentioned in a press release in June 2023.
The Bears met with mayors from Naperville and Chicago to discover various stadium websites, whereas Waukegan, a northern Illinois suburb, and Aurora, a suburb 40-plus miles west of Chicago, additionally pitched the workforce on constructing a stadium there.
Warren and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson issued a joint assertion after assembly final June about their dedication to engaged on a plan to maintain the Bears in Chicago. The 2 have met a number of instances since.
“As we speak we met and mentioned our shared values and dedication to the town of Chicago, the significance of deep roots and the necessity for equitable group funding all through the town,” the June 2023 assertion learn. “We’re each dedicated to the concept the town and its main civic establishments should develop and evolve collectively to satisfy the wants of the longer term. We look ahead to persevering with the dialogue round these shared values.”
Ought to the Bears succeed of their plan to construct a brand new lakefront stadium, a supply indicated the workforce doubtless will put the Arlington Park property up on the market.
CHICAGO — The Bears are shifting their focus to stay within the Metropolis of Chicago with plans to construct a brand new stadium south of Soldier Subject, a supply aware of the workforce’s plan advised ESPN.
The information comes practically 13 months after the Bears closed on the 326-acre property that previously housed Arlington Worldwide Racecourse in Arlington Heights, Illinois. The workforce signed an settlement in 2021 to buy the property for $197.2 million however has not begun growing the positioning that was anticipated to characteristic a multibillion-dollar stadium undertaking and embody eating places, retail house and actual property.
The Bears are planning to speculate greater than $2 billion in personal cash right into a publicly owned domed stadium and park house that may characteristic year-round group facilities, a supply mentioned. Although the workforce has not launched renderings of its proposed lakefront stadium, a supply confirmed the situation can be instantly south of the present website of Soldier Subject and preserve parking within the south lot.
“The Chicago Bears are proud to contribute over $2 billion to construct a stadium and enhance open areas for all households, followers and most people to take pleasure in within the Metropolis of Chicago,” Bears workforce president and CEO Kevin Warren mentioned in a press release to ESPN. “The longer term stadium of the Chicago Bears will deliver a transformative alternative to our area — boosting the financial system, creating jobs, facilitating mega occasions and producing tens of millions in tax income. We look ahead to sharing extra info when our plans are finalized.”
Soldier Subject is at the moment the smallest stadium within the NFL, with a capability of 61,500. The Bears’ plan is to stay there till a brand new stadium is constructed, a supply mentioned, at which period the present website can be torn down except for the constructing’s colonnades. The plan, then, can be to assemble parks and athletic fields for public use on the positioning.
The Bears’ present lease at Soldier Subject is about to run out in 2033.
A supply mentioned the stadium undertaking will create 20% extra space on the museum campus (which encompasses Soldier Subject in addition to three notable museums) for the general public to make use of year-round, versus solely throughout Bears house video games.
A current unbiased ballot performed by McGuire Analysis surveyed 500 registered voters residing within the Metropolis of Chicago on a number of matters associated to the development of a brand new Bears stadium.
In accordance with outcomes obtained by ESPN, 80% of these polled supported a domed stadium that may host main occasions all year long on the museum campus, whereas 77% supported the proposed location as a result of efforts to maintain the Bears within the Metropolis of Chicago. The outcomes concluded that greater than six in 10 Chicagoans help utilizing public cash for a publicly owned stadium.
Throughout a group assembly in September 2022 when the workforce revealed its plan for the Arlington Park website, chairman George McCaskey mentioned the Bears would “search no public funding for direct stadium construction development” however would wish help to finish the remainder of the multibillion-dollar undertaking.
The general public element for the proposed lakefront stadium shouldn’t be but recognized.
The Bears started exploring choices for a brand new stadium past Arlington Heights final summer time once they introduced that these plans had been “in danger” as negotiations over property taxes reached a $100 million deadlock.
“The property’s unique evaluation at 5 instances the 2021 tax worth, and the current settlement with Churchill Downs [the property’s former owner] for 2022 being thrice greater, fails to mirror the property shouldn’t be operational and never commercially viable in its present state,” the Bears mentioned in a press release in June 2023.
The Bears met with mayors from Naperville and Chicago to discover various stadium websites, whereas Waukegan, a northern Illinois suburb, and Aurora, a suburb 40-plus miles west of Chicago, additionally pitched the workforce on constructing a stadium there.
Warren and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson issued a joint assertion after assembly final June about their dedication to engaged on a plan to maintain the Bears in Chicago. The 2 have met a number of instances since.
“As we speak we met and mentioned our shared values and dedication to the town of Chicago, the significance of deep roots and the necessity for equitable group funding all through the town,” the June 2023 assertion learn. “We’re each dedicated to the concept the town and its main civic establishments should develop and evolve collectively to satisfy the wants of the longer term. We look ahead to persevering with the dialogue round these shared values.”
Ought to the Bears succeed of their plan to construct a brand new lakefront stadium, a supply indicated the workforce doubtless will put the Arlington Park property up on the market.