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Team president Kevin Warren says the Chicago Bears hope to choose a site for an enclosed stadium in Illinois or Indiana late this spring or early in the summer. Warren told reporters at the NFL meetings in Arizona that the Bears are in an “excellent” position as they mull building a new home on land they own in suburban Arlington Heights, Illinois, or in Hammond, Indiana, even though they had hoped to start construction last year. Indiana lawmakers are attempting to lure them from the Windy City with a plan to finance and build a domed stadium in Hammond, about 25 miles from their current home on Lake Michigan’s shore. The Illinois General Assembly has responded with legislation that would give tax breaks to so-called megaprojects of at least $100 million.