“Having the Bears at Michael Reese will lift a lot of boats on the South Side,” said Alderman Lamont ... resolve concerns raised by the National Football League regarding the construction ...

At this point, you need to ask what's the point of Matt Eberflus coaching the Bears for another game? There is none.

But the South Side location is mostly on private land, and much like the Bears’ original proposal to build a football stadium in Arlington Heights, there is the option to make it the centerpiece ...

The Chicago Bears previously had rejected the former ... “It would lift the boats on the South Side. We need development,” he said. “We need affordable housing. We also need retail.