The Chicago Bears have selected Manica Architecture to help with initial plans for their proposed NFL stadium at the site of Arlington International Racecourse in the city’s northwest suburbs, team officials confirmed.
David Manica, owner of Kansas-City based Manica Architecture, said he could not comment on the project. Interviews were held in late January, industry sources said. Overall, Manica Architecture has been on a hot streak.
— Venues Now
The 98-year-old Soldier Field in the South Loop, the Bears' home since 1971, is being abandoned and recast as a campus-type “cross-section of heavyweights in the city’s business and cultural spheres,” according to the Chicago Tribune. The franchise has been looking for a way out of the iconic Neoclassical delisted landmark since nearly the beginning of their tenure there, and will now look to decamp to a former horse racing site in the city’s northwest suburbs.
Kansas City-based Manica Architecture will reportedly look to its $2 billion Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas and HKS’ mixed-use So-Fi Stadium megadevelopment as models. The Bears now have to decide whether or not to break their current lease on Soldier Field, which would require paying the city a steep $84 million penalty should they choose to do so before it expires in 2033.
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