The Chicago Bears debuted plans April 24 to build a $4.6-billion domed stadium on property in the city’s Museum Campus overlooking Lake Michigan. Insisting it no longer plans to build a stadium in the suburbs, the team said it would demolish its reconstructed in 2003 home, Soldier Field, and replace it with gardens and athletic fields.
Only Soldier Field’s colonnades would be preserved under the plan that also calls for creating a 14-acre campus with panoramic views of the lake and cityscape that would include athletic fields, parks, a promenade and a plaza where food and beverages would be sold.