Real estate developer Related Midwest is pushing for the Chicago Bears to build their next stadium on the former U.S. Steel South Works site on the city’s Far South Side.
The 200-acre site is near the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park, a massive quantum campus, at 87th Street and DuSable Lake Shore Drive. Related said in a post on its website that a new stadium there would build on the investment already made in the area.
Related Midwest President Curt Bailey told Crain’s Chicago Business that the site is the best possible place for the Bears to stay in Chicago and on the lakefront.
Related says the site has existing infrastructure, plenty of parking, Metra access and room for boat docks and water taxis. It calls the property the only shovel-ready site of its size in the city. The company says a stadium and entertainment district would create thousands of jobs and allow Chicago to host the Super Bowl, concerts and community events. It also says construction is already underway at the adjacent quantum park and at a new Advocate hospital…