Dear Bears’ Season Ticket Subscriber:
It’s official! The Bears are moving to Soldier Field. This change should be considered as a temporary one as we are confident that a new stadium will be completed in Chicago within the next four years…
— Start of a letter from the CHICAGO BEARS FOOTBALL CLUB, INC. to season-ticket holders about how their Wrigley Field seats will be transferred to Soldier Field, dated May 17, 1971
Everything that Chicago fans like to think about ourselves starts in the elements. Our fandom doesn’t work if confined to the United Center.