According to the Chicago Tribune, the Bears' $4.6 billion price tag on their new stadium features around half of the money coming from local tax payers, Bears fans and non-Bears fans alike. The price tag includes $3.2 billion in stadium construction costs plus another $1.4 billion in infrastructure improvements...

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"The Chicago Bears are set to announce a $4.6 billion plan to build a new enclosed stadium and improved lakefront area with half of the money coming from taxpayers, sources said. But the team will have to overcome serious skepticism from several directions," the outlet wrote.

"The stadium itself would cost $3.2 billion to build, with another $1.4 billion in proposed infrastructure improvements, according to sources familiar with the plan who spoke to the Tribune on the condition of anonymity."

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Tasseo•9 months

So what is in the current 14 acres they are looking to build this or are they going to knock down Soldier Field to reuse that land for part and play somewhere else until it's finalized?

Tasseo•9 months

So what is in the current 14 acres they are looking to build this or are they going to knock down Soldier Field to reuse that land for part and play somewhere else until it's finalized?

LSUMANINVA•9 months

Just work with their mayor. I'm sure he can figure out a smart solution.

CanebreakCajun•9 months

Sweet! Plenty of space for refugees.

atltiger6487•9 months

The NFL has revenues of about $20 billion. Let them fund the stadium, not the taxpayers. And didn't they modernize Soldier Field fairly recently. Just stick with that venue. The constant chasing of newer and glitzier stadiums is nauseating.

jlbasm•9 months

Keep doing you Chicago

cajunmud•9 months

Jerry's $1B stadium looking like a pretty smart investment.

tirebiter•9 months

Wow, that is crazy money + $40B in unfunded retirement/pensions, and currently $640M owed from what was $400M in bonds issued 22 years ago. That math won't hunt. Hope that is put to a vote from tax payers. Oh, wait, I still remember Cobb County running over tax payers for the Braves new stadium and surrounding entertainment area and Arthur Blank's palace subsidies in Fulton Co., etc.

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