A new name is not in the cards, but the Chicago Bears are still leaning east as the franchise scours for a new stadium site.
Chairman George H. McCaskey said rumors of renaming the team as the Indiana Bears or including the city of Hammond, Indiana,?are inaccurate. Because the state of Indiana made a team-friendly offer from the Bears¡¯ perspective, McCaskey and the management team are inching ever closer to taking the team out of Chicago.
¡°We will be the Chicago Bears whether we¡¯re in Arlington (Heights, Illinois) or whether we¡¯re in Hammond,¡± McCaskey said on Thursday at his annual training camp news conference. ¡°Our focus is on Hammond, that¡¯s where we¡¯re advancing our efforts and that¡¯s where the bulk of our time, attention and resources are being devoted.¡±
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