Stadium Plan Unveiled by Bears Faces Economic Challenges
by Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated— Soldier Field opened in 2003 but would be torn down with the old colonnades outside from the original facility left in place near park area.
Honolulu Star-Advertiser—Bears unveil $5 billion plan for lakefront stadium, seek public funding. CHICAGO >> The Chicago Bears unveiled a nearly $5 billion proposal today for an enclosed stadium next door to their current home at Soldier Field as part of a major project that would transform the city’s lakefront, and they are asking for public funding to help make it happen.
Chicago Sun-Times—Bears to unveil plans for ‘state-of-the-art’ lakefront stadium ahead of NFL draft. The plans, according to the team, will include additional green and open space with access to the lakefront and the Museum Campus, which Bears President Kevin Warren called "the most attractive footprint in the world."
The Washington Times—Bears unveil $5 billion plan for lakefront stadium and seek public funding to make it happen. The Chicago Bears unveiled a nearly $5 billion proposal Wednesday for an enclosed stadium next door to their current home at Soldier Field as part of a major project that would transform the city’s lakefront, and they are asking for public funding to help make it happen.