Lightfoot scenarios for Soldier Field include dome or letting Bears head to the suburbs

Mayor Lori Lightfoot has decided to propose a plan to dome Soldier Field - an expensive and controversial idea, but one that might get the Chicago Bears to reconsider their impending move to a new stadium in Arlington Heights.

At a press conference scheduled for this Monday, July 25, Lightfoot is expected to pitch three possible scenarios as to how to position the historic stadium, one of the anchors of the lakefront museum campus.

According to multiple sources close to the matter, one option will call for effectively letting the Bears go and somewhat improving the facility for its other major tenant, Chicago Fire F.C., and other potential users.

A second plan would extensively modernize the facility, making it "dome ready," as one insider put it.

• See the full report at Crain's Chicago Business.