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Bears' search for new home refocuses on suburb

Courtney Cronin

created: May 16, 2025, 10:48 p.m. | updated: May 17, 2025, 2:54 a.m.

(0:51)Open Extended ReactionsLAKE FOREST, Ill. -- The Chicago Bears' plans for a new domed stadium have shifted again. The team is now focused on building a stadium in Arlington Heights, Illinois, where the franchise owns the 326-acre property that previously housed the Arlington International Racecourse. This development comes just over a month after the Bears said they were exploring Arlington Heights and the Chicago lakefront south of the current site of Soldier Field as options. Lat month, the village of Arlington Heights approved a deal to open a formal review of the Bears' $5 billion plan to build a stadium in the suburb. The Chicago Tribune first reported the news of the Bears' plans to focus on Arlington Heights.

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