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Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium, originally simply Riverfront Stadium, was a 6,200-seat baseball park in Newark, New Jersey built in 1999. It was the home field of the Newark Bears , who played in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball , an independent minor baseball league.
Soldier Field in Chicago is the oldest, having opened in 1924; however, the Bears did not play at Soldier Field until 1971 and did not play there in 2002 while the stadium was under reconstruction, and thus the oldest continuously operating stadium in the NFL is Lambeau Field, hosting the Green Bay Packers since its opening in 1957.
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 new stadium would be constructed on a parking lot just south of Soldier Field, the Bears' home since 1971. The team’s lease at the 100-year-old stadium runs through 2033.
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 city razed the stadium in 2019.
The Bears' $2 billion contribution to the stadium portion still leaves them $1.2 billion short. The rest will come from an already established 2% hotel tax, which will cover $900 million.
It's high time for a new stadium, Soldier Field being the oldest stadium in the NFL, Chicago Bears President Kevin Warren said. Chicago Bears President Kevin Warren announced a new stadium funding ...
In 1989, Soldier Field's future was in jeopardy after a proposal was created for a "McDome", which was intended to be a domed stadium for the Bears, but was rejected by the Illinois Legislature in 1990. Because of this, Bears president Michael McCaskey considered relocation as a possible factor for a new stadium.