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Memorial Stadium is a stadium on the campus of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in Champaign, Illinois, United States.The stadium, used primarily for football, is a memorial to the university's students who died in World War I; their names are engraved on the nearly 200 pillars surrounding the stadium's façade. [5]
In 2002 the Bears selected the University of Illinois Memorial Stadium as the site of home football games during the renovation of Soldier Field (the agreement also included the preseason games of the 2003 season). [20] In the past the Bears also held two preseason games in the stadium in 1974 and 1975 (both against the St. Louis Cardinals).
Before they moved into the stadium, the Chicago Bears had played select charity games at Soldier Field as early as 1926, when they played their former crosstown rivals, the Chicago Cardinals. [11] The Cardinals also used the stadium as their home field for their final season in the city in 1959 .
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 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 Chicago Bears unveiled a nearly $5 billion proposal Wednesday for an enclosed stadium next door to their current home at Soldier Field as part of a major project that would transform the city ...
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The Chicago Bears' proposal to fund a new lakefront stadium remains a “non-starter," Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker's office said after top aides met with team officials on Wednesday. The Bears ...