Bears reconsider Michael Reese site for new lakefront stadium

The Chicago Bears previously had rejected the former Michael Reese Hospital property as site for a new stadium, calling it unsuitable and too narrow. But the team apparently is reconsidering that decision and taking a fresh look at the land, which is along the lakefront just south of McCormick place, seen in the background.Sun-Times file photo

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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…