The Chicago Bears embarked on a new era in February with the purchase of a site in Arlington Heights where the team hopes to build a new enclosed stadium with a massive entertainment and residential development.
In April , the team laid out elaborate plans for a new publicly owned domed stadium on the lakefront but left unanswered how the city would pay for expensive infrastructure improvements. The city has an opportunity to build an international attraction that would resonate for generations to come, Warren told a crowd of supporters at the Bears current home, year-old Soldier Field.
What does this mean for the Arlington Heights property? And what about other municipalities that had previously thrown their hat in the ring? An artist's rendering of a new state-of-the-art enclosed stadium with open space access to the lakefront was released by the Chicago Bears on April 24, Renderings of a new state-of-the-art enclosed stadium with open space access to the lakefront were released by the Chicago Bears on April 24, A rendering shows a new enclosed stadium plan with open space access to the lakefront.
An artist's rendering shows a plan for an enclosed stadium with open space access to the lakefront was released by the Chicago Bears on April 24, The facility would seat about 65, for football, with standing room up to 70,, and a capacity of 77, for basketball.
Unlike Soldier Field, it could hold events year-round, including concerts, soccer, college basketball playoffs, or, once in a great while, the Super Bowl. Soldier Field would be torn down, but its colonnades would be saved and 14 acres of athletic fields and open space added in between and to the north of the colonnades, for use by local sports teams, graduations and other events. If approved this year, the stadium would open in Pritzker said.
