The Chicago Bears have said that they will be moving their home stadium from Illinois to Hammond, Indiana. The decision will place the team outstide the statefor the first time in its 106-year history. 

“Yesterday, the Chicago Bears Board of Directors met and voted to advance our stadium development project in Hammond, Indiana, with the exact site to be selected. We believe a world-class stadium project in Hammond will transform the region, connecting Northwest Indiana to the South Side of Chicago through the Loop and across neighborhoods and suburbs stretching north of the city,” a statement from Bears Chairman George H. McCaskey and President & CEO Kevin Warren said. 

“It will bring Chicagoland together and deliver new opportunities to its residents and businesses,” the statement added. 

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