The Chicago Bears secured their future outside of Chicago this week when the franchise purchased a site in the suburb of Arlington Heights for a future stadium.
What that stadium will look like remains to be seen, but Bears quarterback Justin Fields has one demand and he made it clear. He wants to play in a dome that will protect him from the brutal winters on the banks of Lake Michigan.
“I hope we get a dome,” Fields told Pardon My Take. “I don’t care if we’re at Soldier Field, I don’t care if we’re at Arlington Heights. I hope we get a dome.”
Fields elaborated on why he felt that way.
“It is very difficult to adjust to it, especially with the wind,” Fields said. “That’s what I found out. That’s what it’s all about, is the wind. It can be cold. It can be 10 degrees. But, with no wind you’re fine. But with that 15 mile per hour wind, that 20 mile per hour wind, you can’t fight it, it’s tough.
“When it’s that cold, you have to bundle up. I feel way slower in that cold. It’s hard to stay warm in that weather.”
Whether Fields will get his wish in the new stadium remains to be seen.
