CHICAGO (WGN) — In an open letter sent to fans Monday afternoon, on the precipice of the Chicago Bears' 106th season, team president and CEO Kevin Warren said it's been chosen where the Bears' new stadium will be built and that the team is planning a bid to host the Super Bowl as soon as 2031.
Warren's letter Monday confirmed what WGN-TV's Patrick Elwood first reported over the weekend, that the Bears' stadium project was advancing in Arlington Heights.
"In evaluating options for a new stadium, the focus of the McCaskey family has been clear: build a world-class stadium that requires zero money from the State of Illinois for its construction," Warren wrote. "We are partnering with political, labor, business, and community leaders across Illinois to develop a plan for property tax certain