Bears keep stadium focus on lakefront despite Springfield funding shutout

Bears Pres. Kevin Warren speaks in front of a rendering of the proposed Bears stadium at the United Club at Soldier Field, Wednesday, April 24, 2024.Pat Nabong/Sun-Times

There’s always next session.

As the Chicago Bears gear up this summer for their upcoming season on the field, they’ll be refining their business pitch off the field after state lawmakers concluded their spring legislative session this week without acting on the team’s request for public dollars to help build a new lakefront stadium.

That pushes their drive for a dome to the fall veto session, when the Bears will try to avoid going three-and-out in their Springfield stadium efforts. They came up empty-handed in a push last year…