Ten years from now, with a beautiful, easy-to-access domed stadium in place and having hosted a Super Bowl and a Final Four, absolutely no one will care at all that the Bears' stadium is roughly 3,000 feet on the other side of the state line.
As someone who lived in Northwest Indiana & covered Chicago sports, what’s the difference between Bears in Indiana & Giants/Jets in Jersey?
That area is called Da Region. It’s part of Chicagoland.
If u want the Bears downtown, great. If they’re going to a suburb, Hammond is that