Editing Chicago Bears (section)

===Headquarters===
{{Main|Halas Hall}}
The team headquarters, Halas Hall, named after founder [[George Halas]], is in the Chicago suburb of [[Lake Forest, Illinois]]. The Bears practice at adjoining facilities during the season. The location is {{convert|4|mi}} west of the original Halas Hall which had opened in 1977, and it was named after [[George Halas Jr.]], who died unexpectedly in 1979. It was located at [[Lake Forest College]] and contained 2 practice fields (one regulation-size outdoor field as well as a 70-yard practice field) and front office facilities,<ref>The Official Website of the Chicago Bears, [http://www.chicagobears.com/tradition/history_90s.asp Highlights from the 1990s] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080920081541/http://www.chicagobears.com/tradition/history_90s.asp |date=September 20, 2008 }}, chicagobears.com, Retrieved on July 26, 2007.</ref> which is used by the [[Lake Forest Foresters football|Foresters Athletics Department]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Halas Hall|url=https://www.lakeforest.edu/about/ourcampus/tour/halas.php|publisher=lakeforest.edu|access-date=January 8, 2024|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052830/https://www.lakeforest.edu/about/ourcampus/tour/halas.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> The 38-acre complex opened on March 3, 1997, and was expanded in 2013 and 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagobears.com/photos/halas-hall-before-after-12698062#bd0d2af4-3e9a-4ced-ae3e-b9ecbbd5def2|title=Halas Hall before & after|work=ChicagoBears.com|access-date=January 8, 2024|archive-date=October 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014005735/https://www.chicagobears.com/photos/halas-hall-before-after-12698062#bd0d2af4-3e9a-4ced-ae3e-b9ecbbd5def2|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="u926">{{cite web | last=Jahns | first=Adam | title=Feeling at home: What the Bears see | website=New York Times | date=2019-08-29 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/1170142/2019/08/29/feeling-at-home-what-the-bears-see-and-feel-in-their-new-meeting-rooms-at-halas-hall/ | access-date=2024-08-21 | archive-date=August 21, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240821201021/https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/1170142/2019/08/29/feeling-at-home-what-the-bears-see-and-feel-in-their-new-meeting-rooms-at-halas-hall/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

The team also has a {{convert|11,000|sqft|m2}} corporate office in [[Chicago Loop|downtown Chicago]], located at 123 N. Wacker Dr,<ref name="x766">{{cite web | title=Chicago Bears complete downtown office at 123 N. Wacker | website=Chicago Bears | date=2018-09-28 | url=https://www.chicagobears.com/news/chicago-bears-complete-downtown-office-at-123-n-wacker | access-date=2024-08-26 | archive-date=January 8, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108193528/https://www.chicagobears.com/news/chicago-bears-complete-downtown-office-at-123-n-wacker | url-status=live }}</ref> for sales, corporate partnerships and events  departments employees.<ref name="p326">{{cite web | last=Ori | first=Ryan | title=Bear market: NFL team's new downtown Chicago office takes work to 'a whole different level' | website=Chicago Tribune | date=2018-09-25 | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2018/09/25/bear-market-nfl-teams-new-downtown-chicago-office-takes-work-to-a-whole-different-level/ | access-date=2024-08-26 | archive-date=August 26, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240826182748/https://www.chicagotribune.com/2018/09/25/bear-market-nfl-teams-new-downtown-chicago-office-takes-work-to-a-whole-different-level/ | url-status=live }}</ref>