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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Bears take ‘meaningful step’ towards leaving Chicago after key bill unanimously passes

The Bears have played at Chicago's Soldier Field since 1971 - (Getty Images)

The Chicago Bears' potential move to Indiana has taken another step forward after a key committee approved a plan to create an agency that would help get a stadium built.

The Indiana House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee passed a bill establishing a Northwest Indiana Stadium Authority to finance, construct and lease a stadium by a 24-0 margin. The Bears are looking at a tract of land near Wolf Lake in Hammond, Indiana.

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