Laura Washington: Good riddance to the Bears. Soccer is Chicago’s future.
The Chicago Bears are moving to Arlington Heights. The team will pay $197.2 million for Arlington International Racecourse in September 2021. It will be a long road for the team to get the money from the city. They will try to hold up the process for as much pork as they can get. The last time the Bears won a Super Bowl was in 1986. Their current stadium has a capacity of 61,500. Soldier Field is the smallest in the NFL. Chicago Park District has the largest capacity. Bears have complained about the condition of the playing field and the stadium’s configuration.
Laura Washington is a political commentator and longtime Chicago journalist. Her columns appear in the Tribune each Monday.
