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Determined to stay in Chicago and stymied on the lakefront, the Bears are at least considering the possibility of building a domed stadium to jump-start development of a new neighborhood on the old Michael Reese Hospital site, sources confirmed Tuesday.
Seven months ago, Bears President Kevin Warren summarily dismissed the 48.6-acre Reese site — acquired by the city for an Olympic Village that was never built — even after Friends of the Parks and the Civic Federation had urged the team to consider it.