Arlington Heights

The Chicago Bears are busy looking for a new head coach and general manager, but another project that could be picking up steam is the potential purchase of Arlington International Racecourse, with team brass saying that they are focusing on evaluating the property as the potential site of a new stadium.

NBC Sports Chicago analysts break down the Chicago Bears’ decision to fire their general manager Ryan Pace after also firing head coach Matt Nagy.

NFL teams playing their home games in suburbs of their namesake cities is nothing new, but the Chicago Bears could soon join that list if they ultimately build a stadium in suburban Arlington Heights.

The Chicago Bears are one step closer to moving out of the city after signing a purchase and sale agreement for the entire Arlington Park land parcel in Arlington Heights. Here is the side-to-side aerial view of Soldier Field and Arlington International Racecourse.

The Chicago Bears made a massive splash on Wednesday when it was announced that they have agreed to buy Arlington International Racecourse, but now officials are left to question what a reality would look like if the Bears decided to move from Soldier Field and out to the suburbs.

Home to the Chicago Bears since 1971, some fans say they’re not ready to see their favorite team leave Soldier Field. NBC 5’s Vi Nguyen reports.

The Chicago Bears are closer to leaving downtown Chicago after signing an agreement for an Arlington Heights site. NBC 5’s Kate Chappell reports.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Wednesday called on the Chicago Bears to “come to the table” if they want changes made to Soldier Field after the team signed a purchase agreement this week for Arlington Park, but she made clear the city’s iconic stadium will remain – with or without a football team to call it home.

A Chicago suburb will pay $275,000 to a former police officer who says colleagues discriminated against him because of his Assyrian and Iraqi heritage.

Looking to up your brunch game? Matt and Cortney head to Scratchboard Kitchen in Arlington Heights to check out the restaurant’s scratch-made food and drinks sourced from local ingredients.

A potential move has at least some Chicago Bears fans excited about the possibilities even if seeing a founding NFL franchise move out of the city it has called home for a century would be tough.

Beyond that, if the Bears do move out of Soldier Field, Ditka thinks their next stadium should not have a roof.

In light of recent rumblings that the Chicago Bears could potentially explore a new stadium site in suburban Arlington Heights, the team announced Thursday that it has submitted a bid to purchase the Arlington International Racecourse.

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After the Chicago Bears announced that the team had submitted a bid to purchase Arlington International Racecourse, presumably in a bid to build a stadium at the site, Mayor Lori Lightfoot fired back, dismissing the bid as a “negotiating tactic” that is merely “noise,” rather than a legitimate concern. In the mayor’s scathing statement, she says that the Bears...

The Chicago Bears have been a fixture at Soldier Field since 1971, but the team’s relationship with the stadium has often been a contentious one, filled with threats to potentially move if the facility was not improved. The latest potential threat in that chain was reported on Thursday, when the team officially announced that it has submitted an offer to…

The village of Arlington Heights confirmed it was made aware earlier Thursday that the Chicago Bears submitted a bid for the purchase of the Arlington International Racecourse Property site “as a potential home for a new stadium for the team,” which currently plays at Soldier Field.

The Chicago Bears have flirted with the idea of potentially seeking out a site for a new stadium, but the team escalated things on Thursday when they announced that they have submitted a formal bid to purchase Arlington International Racecourse. The site, located in Arlington Heights, has been rumored to be on the Bears’ radar for some time now, but…

The off-duty Chicago police officer who was killed when an SUV he was driving slammed into a power pole early Monday has been identified.

Arlington International Racecourse kicked off what is likely the track’s final horse racing season on Friday. NBC 5’s Sandra Torres reports.