A group of developers is pushing for the Chicago Bears to consider building their new stadium within city limits and near the shores of Lake Michigan.
Rather than the current site near the Museum Campus, the pitch from GRIT Chicago and Capri Investment Group centers around a $10 billion stadium project that would be located at the site of the former Michael Reese Hospital in the Bronzeville neighborhood.
The plan would feature a 75,000-seat domed stadium at its center, but would also include hotels, retail outlets, restaurants, parking and other amenities, as well as thousands of units of new housing both at the site and nearby, according to a pitch unveiled by developers on Thursday.
In addition, the developers are proposing to build a new CTA Green Line station and a new Metra station to help bring fans in and out of the area around the proposed stadium complex.
The site is the latest Chicago location to be pitched as a potential home for the Bears, with others pushing for the team to consider building a new stadium at the site of Rate Field in the event the White Sox move from the Bridgeport ballpark.
According to renderings, the site would also be located on the west side of DuSable Lake Shore Drive, a key difference to the current stadium that sits closer to the lakeshore. Friends of the Parks, a Chicago-based advocacy group that seeks to protect areas of the lakefront from over-development, supports the Bronzeville project, according to developers.
Part of the drive would also be covered with a new pedestrian walkway and park area that would connect the site to the Lake Michigan shoreline, and that would allow for ease-of-access to the stadium itself on gamedays, according to developers.
The plan would involve demolishing six buildings that are currently home to residents in the area, but work would not begin until those residents are relocated to new housing, according to developers.
As an added incentive, the developers expressed a willingness to purchase the site of the former Arlington International Racecourse from the Bears, which was purchased by the team to construct a domed stadium in suburban Arlington Heights.
The stadium would be publicly owned, and would include construction contributions from the Bears, along with private investment in other portions of the project, according to officials.
In recent years, the Bears had previously rejected the Michael Reese site, arguing the site was too narrow for their vision of an entertainment district and expressing safety concerns about nearby railroads. Developers are hopeful that by connecting the site to the lakefront and by relocating currently existing housing they could expand the site’s footprint by enough acreage to address those concerns, but it’s unclear whether the plan would be suitable to the Bears.
Sources close to negotiations told NBC Chicago they are also skeptical of the plan, and that talks pertaining to keeping the Bears within the state of Illinois are still focused on the Arlington Heights site.
NBC Chicago has reached out to the Bears for comment on the stadium proposal.
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