Editing Chicago Bears (section)

===Training camp locations===
From its inception until 1930 the Staleys/Bears conducted their summer training camp in their home stadiums: [[Staley Field]] ([[Decatur, Illinois]]) and later [[Wrigley Field|Cubs' Park]] ([[Chicago]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/trainingcamps.html|title=NFL training camp Sites|work=Pro Football Archives|access-date=September 19, 2023|archive-date=October 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231007040029/https://www.profootballarchives.com/trainingcamps.html|url-status=live}}</ref>  In 1930 they first moved to [[Mills Stadium]] in Chicago and from 1931 to 1934 to [[Loyola University Chicago]], [[Logan Square, Chicago|Logan Square Baseball Park]], [[Notre Dame University]] and [[Lane Tech College Prep High School]], respectively.<ref name="c170">{{cite web | last=Walker | first=Rhiannon | title=Flashback: Bears first training camp away from Chicago? Notre Dame | website=Chicago Tribune | date=2015-07-24 | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2015/07/24/flashback-bears-first-training-camp-away-from-chicago-notre-dame/ | access-date=2024-08-26 | archive-date=April 3, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403155201/https://www.chicagotribune.com/2015/07/24/flashback-bears-first-training-camp-away-from-chicago-notre-dame/ | url-status=live }}</ref> In 1935 they began to conduct training camps at a prominent location, when they started practicing at [[St. John's Northwestern Military Academy]] ([[Delafield, Wisconsin]]) for a decade.<ref name="training camps"/>

In 1944 they moved to [[Saint Joseph's College (Indiana)|St. Joseph's College]] in [[Rensselaer, Indiana]] and stayed there for 30 years. This location was the place of the famous automobile accident on July 27, [[1964 Chicago Bears season|1964]] that killed Bears players [[Willie Galimore]] and [[Bo Farrington]], after Galimore's [[Volkswagen Beetle|Volkswagen]] left the road on a curve and rolled, a few miles from the team's training camp.<ref name="gfkiac">{{Cite news |date=July 27, 1964 |title=Galimore, Farrington killed in auto crash |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TsAhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=35wFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5213%2C5606806 |work=Reading Eagle |location=(Pennsylvania) |via=Google News |page=19 |agency=Associated Press |access-date=September 20, 2023 |archive-date=October 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231007040029/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TsAhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=35wFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5213,5606806 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=July 27, 1964 |title=Bears' Galimore, Farrington killed |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=J_hYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TvcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2378%2C4832466 |work=The Bulletin |location=(Bend, Oregon) |page=8 |via=Google News |agency=UPI |access-date=September 20, 2023 |archive-date=October 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231007040031/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=J_hYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TvcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2378,4832466 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="bthcv">{{Cite news |date=July 28, 1964 |title=Bears to honor crash victims |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=T8AhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=35wFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4399%2C5941302 |work=Reading Eagle |location=(Pennsylvania) |page=19 |agency=Associated Press |via=Google News |access-date=September 20, 2023 |archive-date=October 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231007040030/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=T8AhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=35wFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4399,5941302 |url-status=live }}</ref>

From 1975 to 1984 they conducted their summer training camp in [[Lake Forest College]], at the original [[Halas Hall]] (the practice and front office facility for the Bears from 1977 until 1997).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1997-09-28-9709280230-story.html|title=COLLEGE FEELS LOSS OF BEARS|work=Chicago Tribune|date=September 28, 1997|access-date=September 22, 2023|archive-date=October 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231007040031/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1997-09-28-9709280230-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The practice field was later renamed Farwell Field and serves as the main field for [[Lake Forest Foresters football|Foresters football]] and soccer.

From 1984 to 2001, the Bears held pre-season training camp in [[Ralph E. Davis Pioneer Stadium]] at [[University of Wisconsin–Platteville]]. They were considered a member of the "Cheese League" that in 1999 consisted of the [[Green Bay Packers]], [[New Orleans Saints]] and [[Kansas City Chiefs]], with each team practicing at a different university in Wisconsin.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120912075532/http://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/article/20026 "Bears ponder migration from Wisconsin,"] ''Street & Smith's Sports Business Journal''</ref> In 2001, the [[Illinois General Assembly]] asked the Bears to move to an Illinois practice facility in order to raise funds for remodeling [[Soldier Field]]. Before the Bears left, they donated $250,000 to UW–Platteville for a new computer lab, which was named "The Bears Den".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wkow.com/story/13866043/plateville|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424200645/http://www.wkow.com/story/13866043/plateville|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 24, 2014|title=UW-Platteville reflects on Bears training camps|access-date=November 13, 2016}}</ref> On [[Tornado outbreak of June 16–18, 2014|June 16, 2014]], the stadium was damaged by a [[tornado]] and the Bears donated $50,000 to the school relief fund.<ref name="donation">{{cite web|last1=Erickson|first1=Paul|title=Chicago Bears to donate $50,000 to tornado relief|url=https://www.uwplatt.edu/news/chicago-bears-donate-50000-tornado-relief|website=University of Wisconsin-Platteville|accessdate=April 11, 2016|date=July 10, 2014|archive-date=May 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505125438/https://www.uwplatt.edu/news/chicago-bears-donate-50000-tornado-relief|url-status=live}}</ref>

From 2002 to 2019, the Bears held their summer training camp at [[Olivet Nazarene University]] in [[Bourbonnais, IL|Bourbonnais]]. Although the Bears had an agreement to continue practicing there through 2022,<ref>{{cite web|last=Mayer|first=Larry|url=http://www.chicagobears.com/news/article-1/Bears-ONU-reach-nine-year-agreement/8dd0ee74-ad98-4777-8128-e29f2bdfc00a|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130816064145/http://www.chicagobears.com/news/article-1/Bears-ONU-reach-nine-year-agreement/8dd0ee74-ad98-4777-8128-e29f2bdfc00a|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 16, 2013|title=Bears, ONU reach nine-year agreement (Archive)|publisher=Chicago Bears|date=August 12, 2013|access-date=August 12, 2013}}</ref> they moved the camp permanently into the recently renovated Halas Hall in 2020.<ref name="MayerJan2020"/>
[[File:Halas-hall-bears-2014.jpg|thumb|[[Halas Hall]] in [[Lake Forest, Illinois]], is the Bears' headquarters.]]