(The Center Square) – The Chicago Bears on Wednesday unveiled details about a proposed new stadium complex on the lakefront in which the NFL team will seek taxpayer funding, something that is not sitting well with Illinois’ governor and legislative leaders.
The team is planning to build a state-of-the-art, domed lakefront stadium near Soldier Field, its current stadium. The Bears said they’d provide over $2 billion for the project, which they said would cover over 70% of the costs. But projections put the total price tag at around $4.7 billion.
The Bears said the project would create 43,000 temporary construction jobs and generate $8 billion in economic impact. Such economic impact numbers provided by other major professional sports teams have been challenged and often debunked in other regions of the country.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson was on hand with the Bears for the announcement and said the stadium complex could host numerous
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