Back to the Chicago Bears Newsfeed

Bears to reveal how they want to pay for a domed lakefront stadium — and what it will look like

Brian Ernst/Sun-Times file photo

The Bears will finally open the playbook Wednesday on building and bankrolling the domed stadium on the lakefront site that has rather suddenly become their primary focus.

Just a day before they’re all-but-certain to use the first pick in the NFL draft to draft quarterback-of-the-future Caleb Williams, the Bears will hold a news conference at Soldier Field to unveil plans for “a state-of-the-art, publicly-owned stadium, along with additional green and open space with access to the lakefront” on the Museum Campus.

Chicagoan Marc Ganis, who has advised numerous NFL teams on stadium financing, called the timing of Bears President Kevin Warren’s stadium reveal “brilliant.