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A change from Wrigley to Soldier Field

As playoff baseball returns to Wrigley Field, ChicagoBears.com looks back at when two teams called the ballpark home.

On September 11, 2016, the Bears kicked off their 97th season of play on a sunny Sunday afternoon in Houston against the Texans. The fact that the Bears had to get on a plane to open the regular season was somewhat noteworthy, as the team had started off the year in Chicago every season since 2010. But the fact that the Week 1 tilt was in Houston was an interesting coincidence. Because on that day, in that very same town, was another professional Chicago sports franchise, one that for more than half of the Bears' existence had a direct impact on where the season-opening football game would be played.