Bears' Stadium Plan Raises Questions as Taxpayers Still Owe $589M on Soldier Field

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The Chicago Bears' announcement Monday that they plan to help build a publicly owned stadium along Lake Michigan raised questions, as taxpayers still owe hundreds of millions of dollars on the team's existing long-time home, Soldier Field.

As reported by NBC affiliate WMAQ, Bears president Kevin Warren confirmed that the team intends to invest more than $2 billion of private funding into the project, but it will likely cost much more than that — with the proposed domed stadium likely in the neighborhood of $3 billion, not including development of the surrounding area.

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