Last year, the Bears signed a purchase agreement for the 326-acre site of the former Arlington Park racecourse, and remain in negotiations on a contract for the site. CBS 2's Chris Tye reports.
According to Christopher Placek of the, the Bears haveresumed their studiesregarding the potential development of property the team purchased at Arlington Park for nearly $200 million. Per the report, Bears president/CEO Kevin Warren confirmed the effort in a recent letter to Arlington...
Since taking over as Bears president last year, Warren has shifted the team's focus from building a new stadium in Arlington Heights to keeping them on the lakefront in Chicago. The Bears spent almost $200 million more than a year ago tobuy the site of the Arlington International Racec...
As the Bears keep trying to finagle a new stadium in Chicago, one of their suburban options has gotten a long-awaited boost. Via Mitchell Armentrout of the Chicago Sun-Times, the Bears have reached a tentative deal with Arlington Heights and local school district leaders o...
This week, Aurora revealed that they’ve reached out to the NFL team to pitch the city as a place to build their new stadium. This comes a few weeks after the Bears revealed that the Arlington Park site, which they closed on in February and have begun demolition on this summer,is no...
The Bears had said they would pay for the stadium in Arlington Heights, with taxpayer dollars covering infrastructure costs such as roads and sewers. Those plans stalled, with the team citing a property assessment it said was too high. By staying in Chicago, the Bears would remain tenants rath...
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bears took a major step toward moving out of their longtime home at Soldier Field and into the suburbs by signing a purchase agreement for Arlington Park about 30 miles northwest of the city.
In September 2021 the Bears announced they had reached a purchase and sale agreement to buy the Arlington Park racetrack in Arlington Heights, IL as a potential site for a new stadium. In March 2024 the Bears announced they had shifted their plans to build a new domed stadium to a site so...
Soldier Field is the oldest NFL stadium in operation, having opened in 1924. The Bears have only played there regularly since 1971 when they moved out of Wrigley Field — the 1914-built home of the baseball Cubs on the city’s north side — for more seating capacity. Arlington Heights was...
the stadium idea originally floated with a town meeting at hersey high school 2 1/2 years ago will get a new look. if kevin warren drove to a bears game at soldier field with me, then we had to park and walk to the stadium, he’d sign the arlington heights deal within 48 hours. ...