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Above the press boxes, the stadium featured a Hall of Fame bearing the names of famed players from the Bears and the Eagles and baseball players from Newark. The stadium cost $34 million to build. It was sold to a developer in 2016 for $23 million, and the site was designated for a commercial-residential project named Riverfront Square.
The Bears inaugurated their new park, Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium, in Newark on July 16, 1999. Over the years, the Bears attracted star talent to their club. Ozzie Canseco played for the Bears in 2000 and 2001, and his brother José Canseco was with the team for part of 2001 as well.
The Bears played in the stadium until World War II; the Newark Bombers would play in the same league and stadium in 1946 after the war ended. In 1963, another Bears franchise would arrive when the Paterson Miners of the Atlantic Coast Football League moved to Newark, took on the Bears name, and played through 1965; its last year in Newark was ...
(The Center Square) – As the Chicago Bears continue to push for public funds for a new lakefront stadium, the team now says they have reached a deal with Arlington Heights on property taxes. The ...
Is this the end of midwestern football as we know it?
Gov. JB Pritzker is not certain whether a new partially taxpayer-funded new stadium for the Chicago Bears should be a priority for the state, seen here on the the House floor in the Illinois State ...
The Bears' plan calls for $3.2 billion for the new stadium plus an additional $1.5 billion in infrastructure. The team and the city said the project would add green and open space while improving access to the city’s Museum Campus.
The station opened on July 17, 2006, when an extension from Newark Penn Station opened to Broad Street station. [4] Riverfront Stadium station attained its name from the Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium, an independent baseball league ballpark. The station was located next to the entrance to Gate C; however, the stadium closed in 2013, and the ...