Chicago Bears stadium plans on agenda as NFL owners meet

Tuesday, May 19, 2026 5:10AM CT
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Tuesday could mark the next step toward a new Chicago Bears stadium.

The NFL owners meeting begins Tuesday in Orlando and the Chicago Bears stadium search is on the agenda.



Bears CEO Kevin Warren has said the team will have a decision on new stadium plans by "late spring, early summer."

The Bears are planning to provide the NFL with an update on their future plans at the league's meeting.



The team has said Arlington Heights and Hammond, Indiana, are the only options. If they do stay in the state, Governor JB Pritzker says it will be in Arlington Heights at the former racetrack property the team owns.

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If it's not there, they will pursue the offer from Indiana to build a stadium in Hammond.

As lawmakers consider a so-called megaprojects bill that would give the Bears a property tax break on a new stadium in Arlington Heights the Governor Pritzker expressed frustration at Mayor Brandon Johnson's Chicago push

"I know that the mayor has no plan. He has come up with no plan at all about how the Bears would end up in the city of Chicago. So, that's problematic. I'd love them to be in the city, but we're three years in now, and he still has no plan," Pritzker said.



The mayor's office responding in part saying:

"The City's proposal remains the only plan centered on public ownership alongside a funding mechanism that does not burden property taxpayers while keeping the Bears in Chicago."

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