Chicago Bears

One day before the NFL Draft, the Chicago Bears made another kind of splash as they revealed an inside look for the first time at their proposal to build a new stadium in Chicago.

A proposal for the Bears’ new stadium Wednesday included increased capacity and hopes to become an entertainment hub in the country to host Super Bowls, Final Four games, etc. With the increased capacity and usage, as opposed to Soldier Field, the Bears and the city of Chicago will surely run into traffic problems. Already, traffic problems e...

The Bears announced how they plan to fund a potential new stadium project in Chicago, and how much they believe it will cost. Bears COO and executive vice president of stadium development Karen Murphy said in a presentation on Wednesday that the team expects the entire stadium project to cost $4.7 billion: $3.2 for the stadium itself and just over&...

The Bears unveiled their plans for a new stadium along Chicago’s lakefront in a press conference on Wednesday. They also released renderings, showing their physical outlay for the museum/lakefront campus. Soldier Field, which has been constructed and standing for nearly 100 years, is absent from the renderings. The historic columns, which are...

Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson said on Wednesday that the Bears’ new plan to build a stadium in Chicago will not raise taxes on city residents. “I’m going to repeat that one more time to make sure that everybody gets it,” Johnson during a press conference announcing the plans. “This project will result in no new taxes on the residents...

At the Bears’ press conference for their new stadium at Soldier Field, the team created and played a hype video, highlighting the major points of their new stadium. It should give you chills about the redesigned Chicago lakefront. Here’s the video. Click here to follow the Under Center Podcast.

Ahead of the Bears’ press conference unveiling their plans for a new stadium on Wednesday, they released photographic renderings of the stadium on the lakefront. The renderings include the domed stadium, with the stadium atop the current South Parking lot of Soldier Field. As for Soldier Field, the columns exist, but the stadium is gone. Here...

Bears general manager Ryan Poles goes all-in on offense in the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft in our lastest mock

The Chicago Bears will make a big announcement Wednesday as they reveal some of their first plans for a new, “state-of-the-art, publicly owned enclosed stadium” along Chicago’s lakefront.

The Bears have pledged up to $2 billion in private funding for a stadium. Reports say taxpayers would be on the hook for the rest.

The Bears announced on Tuesday that right tackle Darnell Wright and weakside linebacker T.J. Edwards are last season’s recipients of the team’s Brian Piccolo Award. Since 1970, the team has recognized two players each year– one rookie and one veteran– who best exemplify Piccolo’s courage, loyalty, teamwork, dedication and sense of humor. Piccolo wa...

The Bears have developed a system, and a special symbol, to help them identify their can’t-miss prospects in the draft. If a player exhibits all the traits they want, regardless of whether that player has a first-round grade or a seventh-round grade, the team puts a little Bears head icon on their tag. “We call them the Grizzly,” GM...

The Bears only have four picks in the 2024 NFL Draft, but general manager Ryan Poles isn’t worried about finding a way to add more picks. The state of his fast-improving roster has him confident that four picks will deliver what the Bears need.