The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team in the National Football League (NFL) based in Chicago, Illinois. The Bears compete in the National Football Conference (NFC) North division along with the Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, and Minnesota Vikings. The team plays its home games at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois.
Soldier Field opened in 1924; The Bears moved in 1974. The stadium is open air with a capacity of 61,500 making it the third smallest in the NFL. Soldier Field is also home to the Norther Illinois University (NIU) Huskies college football team. It has also hosted NCAA & Hockey games as well as International soccer matches such as the Mens & Women’s FIFA World Cup, and the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the Special Olympics, Rugby Union Matches and scores of major concerts from Jonny Cash & Barbara Streisand to Madonna, Pearl Jam, Bon Jovi and Jay-Z.
Chicago boasts a foodie’s dream. There are a ton of great restaurants to be had in the Windy City has has four iconic dishes; deep dish pizza, Chicago-style hot dog, popcorn and the Italian beef sandwich. For Deep-Dish Pizza nobody beats Lou Malnati’s. For Chicago-style hot dogs head on over to Portillo’s. Since 1949, Garrett Popcorn has been making freshly made kettle popcorn and finally for the best Italian beef sandwich there’s no other like Al’s Italian Beef.