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Bears say stadium focus is now Arlington Heights. What does that mean for Soldier Field?

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The Bears appear determined to fulfill their decades-long quest for a domed stadium in Arlington Heights, even though they’re several first downs away from the legislative goal line.

Which begs the question: If the $8.8 billion NFL franchise does leave Chicago, what should become of Soldier Field?

Should the city that visionary planner Daniel Burnham urged to “make no little plans” seize this a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reclaim precious lakefront park land and undo the much-ridiculed spaceship structure atop the historic colonnades that cost Soldier Field its landmark status?

Or should the lakefront stadium that former Mayor Richard M.