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Bears reveal plans for $4.6 billion domed lakefront stadium development: 'This is not an easy project'

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The Bears finally opened the playbook Wednesday on what sources say will be a $4.6 billion project to put a domed stadium on a lakefront site that has rather suddenly become their primary focus.

Just a day before they’re expected to use the first pick in the NFL draft to select quarterback Caleb Williams, the Bears held a news conference at Soldier Field to unveil plans for “a state-of-the-art, publicly owned stadium, along with additional green and open space with access to the lakefront” on the Museum Campus.

“This is not an easy project, but Chicago doesn’t like it easy.