THE Chicago Bears are set to leave Chicago and head for Arlington Heights to build a new $4.2billion home.

The Bears have long been planning to move on from Soldier Field, which has been their home since 1971, and build a new state-of-the-art stadium.

In the last few years, the Bears have flirted with the idea of building a new stadium adjacent to Soldier Field in downtown Chicago .

However, CEO Kevin Warren has now explained that the franchise is "extremely focused" on building their new home in Arlington Heights, one of the city's surrounding suburbs.

Speaking to reporters at Halas Hall on Friday, he said: "We strongly believe that is the only location in Cook County that will allow us to build a stadium—the new Chicago Bears stadium—with a fixed roof."

In September 2021, the Be

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