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On September 29, 2003, the Bears played their first game at the renovated Soldier Field, in which they were defeated by the Green Bay Packers, 38–23. The total funding for the renovation cost $632 million; taxpayers were responsible for $432 million while the Chicago Bears and the NFL contributed $200 million. [27] [28]
Due to the size limitations of the arena, the length of the football field was only 80 yards. In the 1932 season, the Bears and the Portsmouth Spartans tied for first place in the league, and played an "unofficial" championship playoff game at Chicago Stadium on December 18. The Bears won 9–0 and captured the championship before 11,198 fans.
This game was the first time in which the NFL used an 80-yard field: the next occasion was 87 years later, when in 2019, the Raiders and Packers met at IG Field in Winnipeg for a preseason game. IG Field, home to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League, normally has goal posts 110 yards apart. After the posts were moved for ...
The Chicago Bears have set noon Wednesday to announce plans for a new domed stadium on the lakefront. Team officials will make the announcement at Soldier Field, which would be demolished under ...
The first Bears-Packers game after the Aaron Rodgers era will be Sept. 10 at Soldier Field. Fans are expected to get their first good look at the Packers under new quarterback Jordan Love.
The new Chicago Bears Stadium is a proposed fixed-roof stadium to be constructed on the Museum Campus in Chicago, Illinois or possibly in Arlington Heights, Illinois at the site of the former Arlington Park Race Track. It would be the home of the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). Construction is hoped for 2025 and is hoped to ...
The Chicago Bears are prepared to provide $2 billion in private funding for a new publicly owned enclosed stadium and park space in the city, the team confirmed Monday. The lakefront site would ...
The game also was known as the first pro "indoor football" game, as the game took place in indoor Chicago Stadium due to a blizzard at the time. The game also started the forward pass . [ 197 ]