Michael Reese Chicago site? Bears reconsider new stadium location NBC Chicago [Video]

It appears the Chicago Bears might be taking a step back from their proposed lakefront stadium and reconsidering another location for their massive new venue.

According to Crain’s Chicago Business, sources familiar with the team’s stadium discussions said officials are taking a second look at the former Michael Reese hospital site, despite having publicly written off the location.

While the talks are far from over and decisions are no closer to being made, the consideration of the alternate Chicago site marks the latest shift for the team following funding woes in Springfield.

As of last month, the Bears remained focused on the city’s lakefront as the location for a nearly $5 billion stadium development project, team president Kevin Warren said at the time.

A proposal unveiled earlier this year calls for an enclosed stadium next door to their current home at Soldier Field as part of a major project that would transform the lakefront, but the …