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May 20, 2025

Bears shift focus for new stadium back to the suburbs

By ANDREW SELIGMAN
AP Sports Writer

Photo by Andrey Krav, via iStock [enlarge]
Soldier Field, which opened near Chicago’s lakefront in 1924, it is the oldest stadium in the NFL.

CHICAGO — The Chicago Bears seem to have shifted their attention for a new enclosed stadium back to the suburbs from the city's lakefront, citing “significant progress” with local leaders to build on a tract of land they own in Arlington Heights.


 
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