<p>The <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears" target="_blank" >Bears</a>’ board of directors met Thursday and decided to move forward with their plans to build a stadium in Indiana, positioning the team to play its home games out of state for the first time in its 106-year history.</p><p>The precise <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears-stadium/2026/06/05/chicago-bears-stadium-illinois-indiana-arlington-heights-hammond-blame" target="_blank" >stadium site</a> in Hammond is to be determined, depending on which permutations of the Wolf Lake property the Bears choose. </p><p>The Bears were lured by a sweetheart deal approved by Indiana three months ago, when lawmakers authorized a stadium authority backed by taxes on admissions, hotels, restaurants and tolls. The Bears have committed $2 billion to their stadium project.