Good afternoon, Chicago.
Less than a year after the Chicago Bears delivered a grand presentation with a vision to build a new multibillion-dollar stadium on the Museum Campus downtown, the train for the stadium project may be switching tracks toward Arlington Heights. After the NFL owners meetings concluded today in Florida, Bears President and CEO Kevin Warren confirmed the team no longer has a singular focus on building its new stadium downtown.
Bears Chairman George McCaskey also said while in Florida today that he is determined to keep the franchise in his family’s hands for a long time to come, emphasizing that he has no desire to entertain thoughts of a sale or power shift.
“We’ve said for many years that we intend to own the Bears for as long as possible,” McCaskey said at the NFL owners meetings. “Another 100 years would be great.”
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