Arlington Heights has remained the logical landing point for a potential move. Besides the land, the Bears are paying the village hundreds of thousands of dollars to cover outside consultants’ evaluations of the proposal. The team has estimated some $855 million in public money would be needed for infrastructure costs to support a stadium there.

The team has been in Chicago for more than 100 years, having moved to the city in 1921 from Decatur, Ill., where they were founded as the Staleys in 1920.

Chicago’s NFL team got social media buzzing late Wednesday with an update to its efforts to find a long-term stadium solution.

The Chicago Bears stadium saga took yet another turn Wednesday as the team announced it would explore building a stadium outside of Illinois due to legislative roadblocks -- and Bears President and CEO Kevin Warren didn't mince words when it came to his reasoning.