CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Mayor Lori Lightfoot confirmed that she is discussing the future of the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field with team management. This comes after reports that the team has been talking with officials in Arlington Heights to move to the site now occupied by Arlington International Racecourse.
Mayor Lightfoot said she has seen the reports that Arlington Heights officials hope to lure the Chicago Bears to their suburb, but she doesn't sound worried yet. She told reporters that the Bears have a lease at Soldier Field until 2033; and "the NFL doesn’t let any teams break their leases."
Besides, "we have a good, working relationship with the Bears. I was just on a call with senior leadership in the last two weeks; so there are things they would like to see differently at Soldier Field, and we want to do whatever we can to accomodate it," Lightfoot said.
“It’s a great, iconic site. But it’s a challenging site, and I think it’s incumbent on us as a city to step forward and look at ways in which we can make sure that the Bears fans, but also the Bears as an organization, have the best opportunities to maximize the fan experience and of course maximize revenues. We’re going to keep those conversations going.”
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