Beginning this summer, the Bears will conduct their entire training camp at Halas Hall, the team's state-of-the-art facility in Lake Forest.
Fans will still have the opportunity to watch practices for free at Halas Hall. A limited number of free tickets will be available to attend the practices. Additional details regarding the training camp schedule and free public tickets will be announced in the spring.
The Bears will conduct training camp at Halas Hall for the foreseeable future, ending their 18-year stint at Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais. Prior to that, the Bears held camp at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville for 18 summers from 1984-2001.
"We will host training camp practices at Halas Hall in 2020, while maintaining a public component to many of the sessions to incorporate our loyal and passionate fans," said Bears president and CEO Ted Phillips.
The Bears are grateful to ONU as well as the communities of Bourbonnais, Bradley and Kankakee for their support.
"Olivet Nazarene University continues to be a valued and committed partner," Phillips said. "But with the recent investment in our campus expansion and state-of-the-art facilities in Lake Forest, we feel it is important to stay home for training camp. We would like to thank Olivet Nazarene University, including president John Bowling, and the Bourbonnais community for their 18 years of partnership and hospitality."
The Bears last held training camp at Halas Hall during nine summers from 1975-83. In returning home, they're following a league-wide trend.
In 1990, only three NFL teams held training camp at their home facilities. But this summer the Bears will be among 25 of 32 teams that won't travel to a different location. Teams that have recently returned home for camp include the Jets, Giants, Eagles, Cardinals, Bengals, Ravens and Vikings.
Last August the Bears unveiled an expanded Halas Hall, highlighted by a 162,500-square foot football operations addition to the already-existing 143,000-square foot facility and a 30,600-square-foot remodeling project on the northeast side of the building.
Position meeting rooms and the draft room doubled in size, while coaches' offices increased by 50 percent. A 3,250-square-foot players' lounge was created, along with an a 1,700-square-foot player locker room. The coaches/scouts locker room was also expanded and now includes a sauna and steam room.
The weight room increased by 2,000 square feet, while the equipment room, recovery space and nutrition/fuel station doubled in size. The equipment room now includes a helmet-fitting room, footwear- and shoulder pad-fitting area, sewing room and high-density storage cabinets. Additionally, the sports medicine space is four times larger than the original area and features two hydrotherapy pools, two plunge pools, a float pod, sauna and steam room. A 13,000-square-foot indoor turf space was also added.
Through a separate construction project, two additional football fields were built to the east of the Walter Payton Center, which allows the Bears to spread out the field use over four fields. That project also included the addition of a training slope, a storage facility and a practice viewing suite for corporate partners.
Thank you to all of the fans that came to support the team at Training Camp in Bourbonnais from the first practice in 2002 through the last summer in 2019.
![2002 - The practice fields at Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/mh67y0zug2wvpibwwokx.jpg)
2002 - The practice fields at Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais
![2002 - Stretching](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/pboouook5y9aomvvzntd.jpg)
2002 - Stretching
![2002 | James "Big Cat" Williams](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/ygxoexjjig3hltp7o76u.jpg)
2002 | James "Big Cat" Williams
![2003 - Rex Grossman](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/frzucwdzt1f9aiucpzje.jpg)
2003 - Rex Grossman
![2003 - Marc Colombo](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/dsypj96ww7ysyocudkgj.jpg)
2003 - Marc Colombo
![2004 - A young fan with a Brian Urlacher cutout](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/spi4ou5myenlhwfbkg4y.jpg)
2004 - A young fan with a Brian Urlacher cutout
![2004 - Practice in Bourbonnais](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/s0uprz2si20ulfx3nown.jpg)
2004 - Practice in Bourbonnais
![2004 - Lovie Smith, Olin Kreutz](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/bgun1dxoqgmqukdqffkv.jpg)
2004 - Lovie Smith, Olin Kreutz
![2004 - Practice in Bourbonnais](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/eei4cy3kv8mr7stnlj2k.jpg)
2004 - Practice in Bourbonnais
![2005 - Lovie Smith signs autographs after practice](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/iddjyl9xkxp1swysj9km.jpg)
2005 - Lovie Smith signs autographs after practice
![2005 - Brian Urlacher](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/jkdzyznu1teahpl9n9zc.jpg)
2005 - Brian Urlacher
![2005 - Quarterbacks](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/dbe1fkout7c044h7vrvp.jpg)
2005 - Quarterbacks
![2005 - Charles Tillman](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/fazfpii8j4dltoiebneu.jpg)
2005 - Charles Tillman
![2006 - Desmond Clark, Brian Urlacher](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/pf9l9hgcjeufpq8fpbl0.jpg)
2006 - Desmond Clark, Brian Urlacher
![2006 - Brian Griese, Jamaal Green](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/rnqmhuq8fzbux5pb9p59.jpg)
2006 - Brian Griese, Jamaal Green
![2006 - Muhsin Muhammad](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/wehopngllmpebyssuxd8.jpg)
2006 - Muhsin Muhammad
![2007 - Olin Kreutz, Rex Grossman](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/k8rgui110siaprptagtw.jpg)
2007 - Olin Kreutz, Rex Grossman
![2007 - Brian Urlacher & the defense at practice](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/zbs9swwmlxlibwzndfuh.jpg)
2007 - Brian Urlacher & the defense at practice
![2007 - Cedric Benson, Brian Urlacher](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/hjr1y2nlmjjkydhdwllw.jpg)
2007 - Cedric Benson, Brian Urlacher
![2007 - Lovie Smith](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/wui3xfx0flhlj2f5kpeg.jpg)
2007 - Lovie Smith
![2008 - Matt Forte](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/dcuuycm2ddp1psudlrqv.jpg)
2008 - Matt Forte
![2008 - Lovie Smith](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/s4hzzbfhhbxjcyqvu27o.jpg)
2008 - Lovie Smith
![2008 - Brian Urlacher](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/l4rv6fvlhql1gi7zpxpj.jpg)
2008 - Brian Urlacher
![2009 - Jay Cutler](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/kd490wswmp6thka3l1a7.jpg)
2009 - Jay Cutler
![2009 - Devin Hester](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/ofvgothblghtigrnv5xb.jpg)
2009 - Devin Hester
![2009 - Brian Urlacher, Lance Briggs, Israel Idonije](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/c0dtfhwhixe1mmzm16iu.jpg)
2009 - Brian Urlacher, Lance Briggs, Israel Idonije
![2009 - Devin Hester](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/twwu5wgbt63isn61jwi8.jpg)
2009 - Devin Hester
![2010 - Johnny Knox](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/otd1nu1apote81lri2hy.jpg)
2010 - Johnny Knox
![2010 - Julius Peppers](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/kzxjegcif8czz1oi22zt.jpg)
2010 - Julius Peppers
![2010 - The defense during practice](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/avuj9chmdy8xdebha88y.jpg)
2010 - The defense during practice
![2011 - Anthony Adams](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/waqluvq3n8fqe1auycep.jpg)
2011 - Anthony Adams
![2011 - Lance Briggs, Brian Urlacher](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/awvgwen9uzjblgbhl1m4.jpg)
2011 - Lance Briggs, Brian Urlacher
![2011 - Offensive Line](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/ieapmqkmnj3r98xwpuie.jpg)
2011 - Offensive Line
![2011 - Charles Tillman](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/g8mgtp1imrw03evucoga.jpg)
2011 - Charles Tillman
![2011 - Practice in Bourbonnais](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/einnqx5ml2wii79q0jon.jpg)
2011 - Practice in Bourbonnais
![2011 - Practice in Bourbonnais](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/p5nkn0bff8xhm7dr8goc.jpg)
2011 - Practice in Bourbonnais
![2012 - Brandon Marshall](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/cbqa5g82fwzjbi7i2b33.jpg)
2012 - Brandon Marshall
![2012 - Kahlil Bell](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/ezmfny9qxy7a7iqeekon.jpg)
2012 - Kahlil Bell
![2012 - Brandon Marshall, Jay Cutler](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/cnw5rvhpabuvqi0slurt.jpg)
2012 - Brandon Marshall, Jay Cutler
![2012 - Charles Tillman signs autographs](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/dm5ooaemqq16ejg0jloy.jpg)
2012 - Charles Tillman signs autographs
![2012 - Israel Idonije](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/aospcxzywlju3m4pa8ks.jpg)
2012 - Israel Idonije
![2012 - Robbie Gould, Adam Podlesh](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/edpvfysa4uhguwkw7hpo.jpg)
2012 - Robbie Gould, Adam Podlesh
![2013 - Jay Cutler](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/o41lbif8lotovmmduava.jpg)
2013 - Jay Cutler
![2013 - Robbie Gould, Adam Podlesh](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/gszkzw7g0wohve4ztk1y.jpg)
2013 - Robbie Gould, Adam Podlesh
![2013 - Matt Forte](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/ysxdlt8v7w5cjsyfbqrm.jpg)
2013 - Matt Forte
![2013 - Roberto Garza signs autographs](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/sgqq4iz9cripcx8krpd7.jpg)
2013 - Roberto Garza signs autographs
![2014 - David Bass](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/gawit7lhsl5nkaqyovci.jpg)
2014 - David Bass
![2014 - Ego Ferguson, Kyle Fuller](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/l2dhmbiwtrumirzfklpk.jpg)
2014 - Ego Ferguson, Kyle Fuller
![2014 - Charles Tillman](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/htk1reqktmkh21obopov.jpg)
2014 - Charles Tillman
![2014 - Lance Briggs](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/rnfwigoaarq6rxezzzbz.jpg)
2014 - Lance Briggs
![2014 - Matt Slauson, Stephen Paea](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/scmwcacet50rdh2zl1ko.jpg)
2014 - Matt Slauson, Stephen Paea
![2014 - D.J. Williams, Demontre Hurst](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/l5gpphhcczfete2rcmzo.jpg)
2014 - D.J. Williams, Demontre Hurst
![2014 - Fans in Bourbonnais](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/erkqrzvm7tjxnbs5ysuh.jpg)
2014 - Fans in Bourbonnais
![2015 - Matt Forte](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/h534da4bauasmmdulghs.jpg)
2015 - Matt Forte
![2015 - Ego Ferguson](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/xyy47yzpfzvoufnhkjbh.jpg)
2015 - Ego Ferguson
![2015 - Martellus Bennett](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/ko2ga3cxqwu64mxzn1za.jpg)
2015 - Martellus Bennett
![2015 - Kyle Fuller](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/uadxx6vq4cnijktriczy.jpg)
2015 - Kyle Fuller
![2015 - Kyle Long](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/juok1xvrmwe0twhnxwlk.jpg)
2015 - Kyle Long
![2016 - Will Sutton, Zach Miller](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/p81iba5u07f83uytwqvj.jpg)
2016 - Will Sutton, Zach Miller
![2016 - Danny Trevathan](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/ofh0sfxktouf7hyhook0.jpg)
2016 - Danny Trevathan
![2016 - Practice in Bourbonnais](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/wesm2hlgufbbzxl26qjf.jpg)
2016 - Practice in Bourbonnais
![2017 - Pat O'Donnell](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/utsyawnkkdghha7vfa9k.jpg)
2017 - Pat O'Donnell
![2017 - Akiem Hicks](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/xs5lzypgs5udp0wwizgs.jpg)
2017 - Akiem Hicks
![2017 - Eric Kush](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/wja1uewzy3tawrvvyxzb.jpg)
2017 - Eric Kush
![2017 - Practice equipment in Bourbonnais](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/lbfu2do19ebze9dcttws.jpg)
2017 - Practice equipment in Bourbonnais
![2017 - Mitchell Trubisky with a young fan](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/rlszj4g363wfr8gdq1bb.jpg)
2017 - Mitchell Trubisky with a young fan
![2018 - Mitchell Trubisky](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/cgabihclrpl8yhfdon4f.jpg)
2018 - Mitchell Trubisky
![2018 - Tarik Cohen](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/aacga0bamoyesg2g5njg.jpg)
2018 - Tarik Cohen
![2018 - Practice in Bourbonnais](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/bsvyaivrsxphxynkty33.jpg)
2018 - Practice in Bourbonnais
![2018 - Coach Nagy during the annual bike giveaway following camp](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/r2psoyvqguqrb5qos7n6.jpg)
2018 - Coach Nagy during the annual bike giveaway following camp
![2019 - Training Camp grounds in Bourbonnais](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/vufe3fzb4mylhnznuabq.jpg)
2019 - Training Camp grounds in Bourbonnais
![2019 - Practice in Bourbonnais](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/tpmtvxwba480tqdnor7w.jpg)
2019 - Practice in Bourbonnais
![2019 - Khalil Mack](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/suneilsg6wflkmrek6k3.jpg)
2019 - Khalil Mack
![2019 - Fans in Bourbonnais](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/oejyjca1g9uotoy6hczb.jpg)
2019 - Fans in Bourbonnais
![2019 - Tarik Cohen, Mitchell Trubisky, Khalil Mack and Akiem Hicks pose with a fan after practice](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/axhdcfscpmxltiy8zajg.jpg)
2019 - Tarik Cohen, Mitchell Trubisky, Khalil Mack and Akiem Hicks pose with a fan after practice
![2019 - Practice in Bourbonnais](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/ebhvex71izrhtmreenx1.jpg)
2019 - Practice in Bourbonnais