# CHICAGO | New Chicago Bears Stadium **URL:** \ **Category:** Proposed\ **Created:** [June 30, 2022, 7:40pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-new-chicago-bears-stadium/21477 "2022-06-30T19:40:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mackensen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mackensen/32/138218_2.png) [@Mackensen](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Mackensen)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 7:40pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-new-chicago-bears-stadium/21477/1 "2022-06-30T19:40:09Z")
> **[Chicago Bears Stadium Could Include Minor League Baseball Complex](https://therealdeal.com/chicago/2022/06/30/minor-league-baseball-complex-aired-for-new-chicago-bears-stadium/)** > > The Chicago Bears’ new stadium in the suburb of Arlington Heights could include a minor league baseball complex > **[Chicago Bears: Minor-league baseball complex in Arlington Heights?](https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-chicago-bears-arlington-park-progress-20220630-uvrsbq76jngfxnwcccz6vglfvu-story.html)** > > The Chicago Bears are making progress toward completing their deal to move to Arlington Heights. One outsider has proposed adding a minor-league baseball complex to the site. ---
**Author:** ![007](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/007/32/119215_2.png) [@007](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/007)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-new-chicago-bears-stadium/21477/2 "2022-06-30T21:14:18Z")
> **[New Documents Reveal Details On Chicago Bears Stadium In Arlington Heights](https://www.sportsmockery.com/chicago-bears/new-documents-reveal-details-on-chicago-bears-stadium-in-arlington-heights/)** > > The Chicago Bears are making progress towards their dreams of a new stadium. Now some new wrinkles have come into the fold. ---
**Author:** ![007](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/007/32/119215_2.png) [@007](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/007)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 1:05pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-new-chicago-bears-stadium/21477/3 "2022-07-10T13:05:37Z")
> **[Bears shut down Soldier Field dome proposal, renovations to keep team in...](https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/bears-shut-down-soldier-field-dome-proposal-renovations-to-keep-team-in-downtown-chicago/amp/)** > > The Bears are poised to relocate to Arlington Heights and have a lease with Soldier Field expiring in 2026 ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 10:23pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-new-chicago-bears-stadium/21477/4 "2022-07-25T22:23:18Z")
> **[NFL Reportedly Encouraging Chicago Bears Move To Arlington Heights](https://www.sportsmockery.com/chicago-bears/nfl-reportedly-encouraging-chicago-bears-move-to-arlington-heights/)** > > The Chicago Bears didn't need extra incentive to leave Soldier Field. That hasn't stopped the NFL from giving it to them anyway. ---
**Author:** ![mcart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mcart/32/84718_2.png) [@mcart](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mcart)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 10:52pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-new-chicago-bears-stadium/21477/5 "2022-07-27T22:52:56Z")
> **[Chicago unveils trio of renovation schemes for historic Soldier Field](https://www.archpaper.com/2022/07/chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-unveils-trio-renovation-soldier-field/)** > > Three renderings visualize possible futures for Chicago's NFL stadium Soldier Field, due for renovations and an expansion. The best of these options would be to modify it for different events. Maybe a main purpose soccer field, with lots of different events to compliment it. (Like concerts). I just don’t see the nfl team sticking around, so spending a lot of money to renovate a stadium for that purpose only for them to leave is a bad idea. But who knows, maybe they’ll stay. ---
**Author:** ![007](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/007/32/119215_2.png) [@007](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/007)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2022, 3:05pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-new-chicago-bears-stadium/21477/6 "2022-07-29T15:05:07Z")
> **[Mayor Lori Lightfoot unveils Soldier Field dome plan, among 3 proposals to...](https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-chicago-bears-soldier-field-dome-lightfoot-pitch-20220725-dvxyufcsgzbctd4wzlbqy2xl6q-story.html)** > > Lightfoot’s proposals raises many questions, including how another renovation would be funded. ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/d/5/d5829b650d61868647024c0c08b2e7f2e5accf1c.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 1:36pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-new-chicago-bears-stadium/21477/7 "2022-08-05T13:36:52Z")
> **[No public money for Bears stadium? Conservative group wants village to ban...](https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20220802/no-public-money-for-bears-stadium-conservative-group-wants-village-to-ban-subsidies-for-businesses)** > > A conservative political advocacy group -- with its state chapter office in Rolling Meadows in the shadow of Arlington Park -- is gathering signatures to petition the Arlington Heights village board to pass an anti-corporate welfare ordinance banning... ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 9:29pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-new-chicago-bears-stadium/21477/8 "2022-08-23T21:29:58Z")
> **[Arlington Heights voters in poll oppose tax dollars for Bears, but mayor...](https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20220823/arlington-heights-voters-in-poll-oppose-tax-dollars-for-bears-but-mayor-calls-questions-slanted)** > > An overwhelming majority of Arlington Heights residents want the Chicago Bears to build a new stadium at Arlington Park, but more than two-thirds of them don't want taxpayer money to help pay for it, according to the findings of a new poll. But... ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2022, 8:30pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-new-chicago-bears-stadium/21477/9 "2022-08-31T20:30:51Z")
> **[A Chicago Bears Move to Arlington Heights: "It's a Matter of When, Not If"](https://www.bleachernation.com/bears/2022/08/30/a-chicago-bears-move-to-arlington-heights-its-a-matter-of-when-not-if/)** > > "They want to get out of Soldier Field." ---
**Author:** ![007](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/007/32/119215_2.png) [@007](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/007)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-new-chicago-bears-stadium/21477/10 "2022-09-01T14:11:23Z")
What about the old stadium? ---
**Author:** ![barnhillj](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/barnhillj/32/60680_2.png) [@barnhillj](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/barnhillj)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 4:00pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-new-chicago-bears-stadium/21477/11 "2022-09-01T16:00:39Z")
It’s too old, it’s too small. It’s in a beautiful location, but difficult to get to for most of the fans. And it was ruined when the spaceship landed on it in 2003… ---
**Author:** ![007](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/007/32/119215_2.png) [@007](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/007)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-new-chicago-bears-stadium/21477/12 "2022-09-01T16:08:37Z")
> [@barnhillj](#): > > spaceship landed on it in 2003… What?? ---
**Author:** ![rgarri4](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/rgarri4/32/57140_2.png) [@rgarri4](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/rgarri4)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 4:44pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-new-chicago-bears-stadium/21477/13 "2022-09-01T16:44:47Z")
Locals nickname the current renovation the Spaceship because of its alien shape and juxtaposition to the neo-classical original stadium. ---
**Author:** ![mcart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mcart/32/84718_2.png) [@mcart](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mcart)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 4:55pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-new-chicago-bears-stadium/21477/14 "2022-09-01T16:55:31Z")
As for the Arlington move. I kind of hope they keep the racetrack. It would be a great addition to the new stadium, and could be a draw even when the games aren’t being played. ---
**Author:** ![007](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/007/32/119215_2.png) [@007](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/007)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-new-chicago-bears-stadium/21477/15 "2022-09-02T16:02:21Z")
> **[Chicago Bears to present concept plans for a new stadium, entertainment...](https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-chicago-bears-stadium-arlington-heights-meeting-20220901-ggbwgrz5bfff3bynbuygz62jv4-story.html)** > > Officials said they’ll present conceptual plans for a transit-oriented, mixed-use entertainment district anchored by a stadium in what they say would be one of the largest development projects in Illinois history. ---
**Author:** ![Dtuly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@Dtuly](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Dtuly)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 8:04pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-new-chicago-bears-stadium/21477/16 "2022-09-02T20:04:52Z")
The juxtaposition is one of my favorite parts of the stadium. It really emits the Chicago energy, old neoclassical buildings intermixed with the new modern glassy facade. Better than destroying the oldest stadium in the NFL! ---
**Author:** ![007](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/007/32/119215_2.png) [@007](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/007)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2022, 6:37pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-new-chicago-bears-stadium/21477/17 "2022-09-03T18:37:43Z")
> **[Bears To Discuss Details Of New Arlington Heights Stadium](https://therealdeal.com/chicago/2022/09/02/bears-to-unveil-details-of-arlington-heights-stadium/)** > > Team signed purchase agreement for former Arlington Racetrack ---
**Author:** ![mcart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mcart/32/84718_2.png) [@mcart](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mcart)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 6:36pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-new-chicago-bears-stadium/21477/18 "2022-09-06T18:36:24Z")
**Here’s the Bears’ vision for Arlington Heights** _The team says it will not seek public funding for a new stadium, but it will for the rest of a surrounding entertainment district in the northwest suburb._ [https://www.chicagobusiness.com/comm…-plan-unveiled](https://www.chicagobusiness.com/commercial-real-estate/chicago-bears-arlington-heights-stadium-plan-unveiled) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/6/3/638fb64f12ff130a5f78103cbb6f133050f79b8e.png) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/b/d/bd7f8279c81aa3e91320283f235de62c937a163b.png) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/8/8/88cacbd80104ded0858fcf8e7b63cee0ab9824a9.png) ---
**Author:** ![mcart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mcart/32/84718_2.png) [@mcart](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mcart)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 8:40pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-new-chicago-bears-stadium/21477/19 "2022-09-06T20:40:13Z")
The guys who designed allegiant stadium in Vegas are apparently designing this one so it should be good. [https://www.manicaarchitecture.com/page/allegiant-stadium](https://www.manicaarchitecture.com/page/allegiant-stadium) ---
**Author:** ![007](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/007/32/119215_2.png) [@007](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/007)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 7:23pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-new-chicago-bears-stadium/21477/20 "2022-09-07T19:23:58Z")
> **[Bears Reveal Initial Masterplan For Potential Arlington Heights Complex -...](https://chicagoyimby.com/2022/09/bears-reveal-initial-masterplan-for-potential-arlington-heights-complex.html)** > > Initial details have been revealed for the potential sports and entertainment complex for the Chicago Bears at 2200 Euclid Avenue in Arlington Heights. [Next page](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-new-chicago-bears-stadium/21477.md?page=2)