On a warm day in mid-May, a handful of Bears players lingered around the Walter Payton Center following a minicamp practice, awaiting their turn to pose in front of an enormous green screen. As a cameraman offered suggestions, the players found themselves searching for ways to entertain the lens. Adrian Amos danced, Pernell McPhee flexed his biceps, Kyle Long gave a fierce stare into the camera. Some pics were accepted right away, others had to be re-done until the look was just right.
Take a look behind the scenes as Bears players posed for a recent photo and video shoot at Halas Hall.
![LB Danny Trevathan (59) and LB Pernell McPhee (92)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/jmuzmbogba9byrj8mmtw.jpg)
LB Danny Trevathan (59) and LB Pernell McPhee (92)
![OL Kyle Long](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/dn2awyb1ox8muiuxqtyr.jpg)
OL Kyle Long
![TE Zach Miller](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/zojnzo5lperxzikzatrh.jpg)
TE Zach Miller
![WR Kevin White](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/qlcuu7ggtog5w3ddiukk.jpg)
WR Kevin White
![LB Jerrell Freeman](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/qf0vswwvrogohxcocthf.jpg)
LB Jerrell Freeman
![LB Danny Trevathan](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/pkopvbvmpm1ufnf4m8sw.jpg)
LB Danny Trevathan
![DL Akiem Hicks](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/kiv9pcdv6ryhlr8yjjie.jpg)
DL Akiem Hicks
![OL Bobby Massie](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/e7wqbgq3gezkp35e1ump.jpg)
OL Bobby Massie
![RB Jeremy Langford](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/lsj7zajwfwvwcoizpajl.jpg)
RB Jeremy Langford
![RB Ka'Deem Carey](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/gcmlij4flg52wnybinxm.jpg)
RB Ka'Deem Carey
![LB Lamarr Houston](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/zb5ydfe8oglcnn28aatu.jpg)
LB Lamarr Houston
![OL Manny Ramirez](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/e2el34mba75gdcbg6hk9.jpg)
OL Manny Ramirez
![DL Eddie Goldman](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/udowv1c518uj4ibuxqpq.jpg)
DL Eddie Goldman
![CB Tracy Porter](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/zxkvg8ickokzwwidyfhu.jpg)
CB Tracy Porter
![LB Danny Trevathan (59)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/juzgnh2r5086mbmqrb9a.jpg)
LB Danny Trevathan (59)
![LB Danny Trevathan (59) and LB Pernell McPhee (92)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/txumihmwu5til2byztyq.jpg)
LB Danny Trevathan (59) and LB Pernell McPhee (92)
![RB Ka'Deem Carey](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/yuhs9gjrjlctijtoecnr.jpg)
RB Ka'Deem Carey
![OL Kyle Long](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/veol5pobkrgllweedunb.jpg)
OL Kyle Long
![LB Willie Young](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/fr7ff6irgwxdlytw0was.jpg)
LB Willie  Young
![LB Danny Trevathan (59) and LB Pernell McPhee (92)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/et2bpniz04aezbknesyd.jpg)
LB Danny Trevathan (59) and LB Pernell McPhee (92)
![K Robbie Gould](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/qxctrnbbxfrniqc4nrxx.jpg)
K Robbie Gould
![RB Jeremy Langford](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/s1kt40u5jon1yud2kawv.jpg)
RB Jeremy Langford
![LB Danny Trevathan (59) and LB Pernell McPhee (92)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/p7y2as89vgsd8zlkv4ew.jpg)
LB Danny Trevathan (59) and LB Pernell McPhee (92)
![RB Ka'Deem Carey](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/thhhzqel112eyetzbppp.jpg)
RB Ka'Deem Carey
![WR Eddie Royal](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/ec5koagnfsf7mdepoy3k.jpg)
WR Eddie Royal
![LB Pernell McPhee](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/mqwvrcryzciz4brsbxq8.jpg)
LB Pernell McPhee
![WR Kevin White](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/jjz3sblq65ipv1er3yhp.jpg)
WR Kevin White
![RB Ka'Deem Carey](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/nfhkf8vykbmnkkfy33fs.jpg)
RB Ka'Deem Carey
![LB Jerrell Freeman](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/xv8xrvqkagx7rcxxo6kf.jpg)
LB Jerrell Freeman
![LB Willie Young](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/wpo8k2w7qwpkozq0ritg.jpg)
LB Willie Young
![RB Jeremy Langford](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/cvvbv8lqc1nddbtnriko.jpg)
RB Jeremy Langford
![TE Zach Miller](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/sbh9wqm7mw7yzb0aqgkk.jpg)
TE Zach Miller
![TE Zach Miller](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/mwurzkjcpzhvhtlpldgl.jpg)
TE Zach Miller
![LB Danny Trevathan](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/jqxfgfys4ik3ppy4dbrp.jpg)
LB Danny Trevathan
![OL Bobby Massie and OL Kyle Long](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/gbcpg6q0y2xgnd1eusdz.jpg)
OL Bobby Massie and OL Kyle Long
![DL Akiem Hicks](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/zqins3kvutghqxth7trl.jpg)
DL Akiem Hicks
![LB Jerrell Freeman](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/mr5ddaodtwftpoiafebz.jpg)
LB Jerrell Freeman
![K Robbie Gould](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/cs9gjilzubsccpxxynky.jpg)
K Robbie Gould
![CB Tracy Porter](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/mrewmyz6jhupto1wfk4c.jpg)
CB Tracy Porter
![WR Kevin White](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/ratfzanzzfp5ocufd0lw.jpg)
WR Kevin White
![TE Zach Miller](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/welrrau27fqwgadonbgx.jpg)
TE Zach Miller
![LB Jerrell Freeman](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/hzfr0hcfcwsqmyxrsrvj.jpg)
LB Jerrell Freeman
![LB Jerrell Freeman](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/feuxvrxj2kwbch7clwx3.jpg)
LB Jerrell Freeman
![LB Jerrell Freeman](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/ttwfnczgfgimq3yor8zz.jpg)
LB Jerrell Freeman
![WR Eddie Royal](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/vqe9093fl5x9gl2gteiy.jpg)
WR Eddie Royal
![LB Jerrell Freeman](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/ds64g2qcmmicmlp8dxvz.jpg)
LB Jerrell Freeman
![OL Ted Larsen](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/nyruzbnhc3ojokcoywe8.jpg)
OL Ted Larsen
![WR Kevin White](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/ebriy9mbedtaoaxnwxe3.jpg)
WR Kevin White
![LB Danny Trevathan (59)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/sr3ezdznylloexabgaup.jpg)
LB Danny Trevathan (59)
![WR Kevin White](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/xuitaaqv3lccpwm90xa8.jpg)
WR Kevin White
![K Robbie Gould](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/dxn1z34sipujddftwbi5.jpg)
K Robbie Gould
![CB Kyle Fuller](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/vzyh6iar1ldvtchflx0f.jpg)
CB Kyle Fuller
![WR Kevin White](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/fyq071isywzwrlhrzx20.jpg)
WR Kevin White
![LB Lamarr Houston](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/mjf5qda3vydjitcu45pr.jpg)
LB Lamarr Houston
![LB Lamarr Houston](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/g2kbrgwu7lhidki5b193.jpg)
LB Lamarr Houston
![DL Mitch Unrein](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/lup86mxtiowcia8whj3y.jpg)
DL Mitch Unrein
![RB Ka'Deem Carey](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/yfzsnkfkawogtmlgygr1.jpg)
RB Ka'Deem Carey
![LB Danny Trevathan (59) and LB Pernell McPhee (92)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/gsbprrgpcsntc7ywsdxn.jpg)
LB Danny Trevathan (59) and LB Pernell McPhee (92)
![OL Manny Ramirez](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/m8nre6kveaa9qfavhfb7.jpg)
OL Manny Ramirez
![LB Danny Trevathan](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/dhpbk0v7cofrew7ra8kv.jpg)
LB Danny Trevathan
![LB Pernell McPhee](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/ivawgre9lymthypyrjjt.jpg)
LB Pernell McPhee
![LB Pernell McPhee](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/vb9dyrqhxw4kxsylootk.jpg)
LB Pernell McPhee
![RB Ka'Deem Carey](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/wajh40enxhiwzdhkmcln.jpg)
RB Ka'Deem Carey
![LB Danny Trevathan (59) and LB Pernell McPhee (92)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/zhs6njwo2yvkkxdpdee1.jpg)
LB Danny Trevathan (59) and LB Pernell McPhee (92)
![OL Bobby Massie](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/pd6q56jclwuz1kl6ix8f.jpg)
OL Bobby Massie
![DL Eddie Goldman](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/umrqi4dde1fwtb84njgr.jpg)
DL Eddie Goldman
![K Robbie Gould](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/qmt2hrbwbqypx1vtgqwj.jpg)
K Robbie Gould
![LB Danny Trevathan (59)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/ehyhfi2sisuaqyfg1urk.jpg)
LB Danny Trevathan (59)
![DL Eddie Goldman](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/kzw1tq1gysykccrpqebh.jpg)
DL Eddie Goldman
![OL Kyle Long](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/dxi0o6lndwt2clgy3963.jpg)
OL Kyle Long
![OL Bobby Massie](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/k5dtjkemjsn7fvcifa8k.jpg)
OL Bobby Massie
![OL Kyle Long](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/ecyuraak6rrohejxhskg.jpg)
OL Kyle Long
![OL Bobby Massie](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/b2mudnkkdjgcmrysvuwj.jpg)
OL Bobby Massie
![RB Ka'Deem Carey](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/aauwyzj3fdm7ip6qnrvl.jpg)
RB Ka'Deem Carey
![DL Mitch Unrein](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/ki0spfq6nvevbygbz5we.jpg)
DL Mitch Unrein
![RB Ka'Deem Carey](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/fpvwvzptks4pj7naxqx5.jpg)
RB Ka'Deem Carey
![Inside The Bears co-host Anthony 'Spice' Adams](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/o8wgsws4p4b7yhl7puk9.jpg)
Inside The Bears co-host Anthony 'Spice' Adams
![OL Kyle Long](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/sowelz79ijtmddfnbcrt.jpg)
OL Kyle Long
![OL Bobby Massie](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/zbtnskzcyuh2cqkwqxef.jpg)
OL Bobby Massie
![LB Danny Trevathan (59) and LB Pernell McPhee (92)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/ftfs0x9xwyqklvnmi8yg.jpg)
LB Danny Trevathan (59) and LB Pernell McPhee (92)
![No Title](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/xxefmcujjy4j5coywikb.jpg)
Come late-July, thousands of Bears fans in Chicago and all across the country will see some of the results from that photo shoot. Ten of the pictures taken that day will be used on Bears gameday tickets in 2016, starting with the August 11 preseason tilt versus Denver and spanning to the regular season home finale on Christmas Eve against Washington.
For the team's season ticket holders, the arrival of the ticket package and the images representing each game signify the start of a new year, the annual football journey that Bears fans await all summer. Yet for those Bears employees whose job it is to design, create and sell the season tickets, the mailings instead represent a finish line to all the work they've done. The process of creating season tickets, from determining a concept to overseeing photo shoots to printing and to mailing all of the packets, takes elaborate planning and plenty of time. With major changes and minor tweaks from year to year, several departments within the Bears organization must take meticulous steps to make the detailed season ticketing creation process as organized as possible.
Checking every box
Months before the players pose for pictures, the season ticket packets are mailed, or the team takes the field for the first time, the process for creating the season tickets begins. Last November, members of the Bears' creative team met in Halas Hall to discuss how the 2015 tickets turned out and what changes were to be made for the upcoming year. Ideas were thrown around and suggestions were made. By January, a plan was solidified and presented to Chairman George McCaskey, who signs off on the designs and gives his input regarding the branding for the year ahead.
"We always like to incorporate our colors somehow, and we change how we do that," John Conroy, the Bears' Director of Creative Services, said recently. "I think these days the more we can make the tickets look more dynamic. Obviously it's print but we want that feeling of depth and motion; the more we can add to it to make it seem less two dimensional, that's what we go for here. You look at social media and what's on our video boards during the game, everything has movement. We try to mirror that for an overall look."
![ticket_article_072116_450x300v2.jpg](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_editorial_landscape_mobile/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/he1cqiv8wzsttirpqdpf.jpg)
John Conroy, the Bears' Director of Creative Services, at work designing the 2016 Season Tickets.
Working in conjunction with the Creative Services team is the organization's Ticket Operations and Ticket Sales and Service departments. In mid-February, the Bears go about contacting their existing season ticket holders about renewing their seats. The results of that process will determine how many new seats will be available for members of the team's Season Ticket Priority List. Approximately 90 percent of Soldier Field's capacity is sold every year to ticket holders, and year after year, the majority of the fans remain the same. Director of Ticket Operations Brian Forth said that the club has seen an annual renewal rate in the upper 90th percentile, as fans remain excited about seeing the Bears in action come football season. Additionally, the organization has season ticket holders residing in all 50 states, a true showing that you can take the Bears fans out of Chicago, but you can't take Chicago out of the Bears fans.
"From the ticketing perspective, our printer will base their timeline for production based on when we're going to have our sales taken care of," Forth said." So we go out every year with our season ticket renewals in early-February. And we give them an eight-week window to make their payments."
With 2016 Season Tickets hitting mailboxes this week, we take a look at Bears ticket stubs historically and how the design has updated over the years.
![No Title](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/jnnkaldumbiymvyiwpo4.jpg)
![Tickets ranging from 1925 to 1960.](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/ipfb5td5ga1vbbyosa9g.jpg)
Tickets ranging from 1925 to 1960.
![1963 Season](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/f5dj010mocdunlkagblx.jpg)
1963 Season
![1964 Season](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/petz742tqvrmx6yykujd.jpg)
1964 Season
![1967 Season](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/rlocidptmwcjzv02mg2u.jpg)
1967Â Season
![1970 Season](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/jkhudfczjs5652bawkin.jpg)
1970Â Season
![1972 Season](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/eok2hi4sdzczen12xsxq.jpg)
1972Â Season
![1973 Season](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/dyfkkqglo7heozynylli.jpg)
1973Â Season
![1974 Season](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/rs7cwuivwxlxkactto89.jpg)
1974Â Season
![1977 Season](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/kpjfcbwal1prcrjwgqrv.jpg)
1977Â Season
![1978 Season](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/k5jyrzmzq0xfb3w3t4p1.jpg)
1978Â Season
![1979 Season](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/qjmsvqj0bv3zsu2orznv.jpg)
1979Â Season
![1980 Season](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/rqnwvwn1d5qbpyxob3qs.jpg)
1980Â Season
![1981 Season](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/txqofp5cb6eyxfrv1rxt.jpg)
1981Â Season
![1982 Season](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/fpmaphb1xiax9i8b04sj.jpg)
1982Â Season
![1984 Season](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/g3pw75wdnkirbipqwjpw.jpg)
1984Â Season
![1985 Season](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/ksernqbxf6hwu2wediv4.jpg)
1985Â Season
![Super Bowl XX - January 26, 1986](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/hq78qh9lckrsamxrmnvp.jpg)
Super Bowl XX - January 26, 1986
![1986 Season](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/qa6l9alxdphodzybuqfd.jpg)
1986Â Season
![1987 Season](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/tk0ilqqgchhoxqazwkut.jpg)
1987Â Season
![1988 Season](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/maqvbmkjfszirbm7zfcg.jpg)
1988Â Season
![1988 Playoffs
Division Playoff was Dec. 31, 1988 - Win over Philadelphia.
NFC Championship was Jan. 8, 1989 - Loss to San Francisco.](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/j9ewxv6tjlwvdhpspmmd.jpg)
1988 Playoffs Division Playoff was Dec. 31, 1988 - Win over Philadelphia. NFC Championship was Jan. 8, 1989 - Loss to San Francisco.
![1989 Season](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/klvqngcvy8twafm5zcrc.jpg)
1989 Season
![1990 Season](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/bldvqv0obrekdbi9ghny.jpg)
1990 Season
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1991Â Season
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1992Â Season
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1994Â Season
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1995Â Season
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1996Â Season
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1997Â Season
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1999Â Season
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2000Â Season
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2001Â Season
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2002Â Season
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2003Â Season
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2004Â Season
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2005Â Season
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2006Â Season
![2006-07 Playoffs
Division Playoff was Jan. 14, 2007 - Win over Seattle.
NFC Championship was Jan. 21, 2007 - Win over New Orleans.](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/zyvd18bcyozozfvhksl9.jpg)
2006-07 Playoffs Division Playoff was Jan. 14, 2007 - Win over Seattle. NFC Championship was Jan. 21, 2007 - Win over New Orleans.
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2007 Season
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2008 Season
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2009 Season
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2010 Season
![2010-11 Playoffs
Division Playoff was Jan. 16, 2011 - Win over Seattle.
NFC Championship was Jan. 23, 2011 - Loss to Green Bay.](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/abdkdefnkixb2l2bbfw2.jpg)
2010-11 Playoffs Division Playoff was Jan. 16, 2011 - Win over Seattle. NFC Championship was Jan. 23, 2011 - Loss to Green Bay.
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2011 Season
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2012 Season
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2013 Season
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2014 Season
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2015 Season
The team reserves a small amount of tickets not sold to season ticket holders for the general public, a longstanding tradition for the franchise. "We carve out an allotment of tickets; we have always said we wanted to do a public onsale so that the public at large has an opportunity to buy tickets through Ticketmaster," Forth said. "But that's a fairly small percentage, because the majority of the building is comprised of season tickets."
After sending out invoices in February, payments are collected by April. The NFL's release of the full regular season schedule in April is a major landmark, as it allows the team to know the dates and times when the Bears will be at home during the fall, as well as the opponent for each game. Forth said that upon the schedule's unveiling, the first thing he does is check for what the fans will view as the big games such as when the game at Soldier Field versus Green Bay is, to forecast potential demand for tickets. In May comes veteran minicamp, when the entire roster of players is together for the first time. Ideally, Conroy and the design team would love the photo shoot to happen sooner, but with the timing of free agency and the fact that players come and go from the team facility more often in the offseason, the camp period is picked as the best time when every necessary individual will be in the same place at the same time.
Once the pictures have been taken, Conroy can drop in the player photos to the corresponding ticket, add in the effects the creative services teams has settled on and cross-check everything to ensure consistency.
By June, when season ticket accounts are finalized, the kickoff times and dates are unveiled, and the photos have been snapped, the Bears begin sending ticket information to their printer. That gives everyone involved ample time to confirm everything is correct and ready for the season to come. The printer inputs all the ticket information, including sections and seat numbers, onto the custom design the team has created. Once fans receive their collection of tickets in the mail, every inch of all 10 tickets in the package has been closely inspected and checked numerous times to ensure everything is accurate.
The finished product
The 2016 version of the season tickets saw some minor changes compared to years prior. Both in the business and design aspects of the product, the Bears found ways to improve the overall product.
ChicagoBears.com takes you to the print shop to see 2016 season tickets as they came off the presses earlier this week.
![Sample sheets taken off of the press](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/upkwu7ish5raumh88hlu.jpg)
Sample sheets taken off of the press
![This specific printing press uses a 6-color system](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/pbx7ugnkxfvtj4gocddj.jpg)
This specific printing press uses a 6-color system
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![Sample sheets taken off of the press](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/w1yjy8wldnsxgbqihia0.jpg)
Sample sheets taken off of the press
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![Dozens of sheets of printed tickets are stacked in the press prior to removal](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/angwoszhlnyd3qnl6n6v.jpg)
Dozens of sheets of printed tickets are stacked in the press prior to removal
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![Each printed color is checked for accuracy to match the brand guidelines.](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/wkpuoutsbb5ywodnfgse.jpg)
Each printed color is checked for accuracy to match the brand guidelines.
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![Rear view of the paper feeder](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/iurdvb5t2vby72ooso7a.jpg)
Rear view of the paper feeder
![Side view of the paper feeder](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/nt2ufyrwjzaa3lscvsfb.jpg)
Side view of the paper feeder
![The color key station](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/kgsq6stkii4hjuokp3cc.jpg)
The color key station
![Colors are checked against a color swatch book](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/y5fvvjcnfgjm3tuwns2d.jpg)
Colors are checked against a color swatch book
![A batch of tickets that will be laminated, foil stamped, perforated, and cut before being shipped to season ticket holders.](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/jipfdbw9ezozwb8tati2.jpg)
A batch of tickets that will be laminated, foil stamped, perforated, and cut before being shipped to season ticket holders.
The ticketing department instituted a variable pricing element to the cost of the tickets, reducing the cost of the two preseason contests. By pricing those games more appropriately, the team is aiming to better align the value of the ticket with fan expectations. The Bears studied various pricing models before choosing one that would determine a fair value for the preseason and regular season games for season ticket holders.
Meanwhile the look of the tickets also was changed. The Bears did a major redesign from 2014 to 2015; this year was just a smaller tweak to improve upon last year's product. Conroy said that overwhelmingly the feedback on last year's version was positive, but there was still room for improvement. The team mails the tickets out in mid-July, except some which are hand-delivered to select fans by Staley the Bear and a former player, as a show of thanks from the organization to a longtime season-ticket holder.
When fans see this year's tickets, they will notice the look is a bit bolder and a little more dynamic. Individual players and images are highlighted instead of a collage of different photos.
"It really is about trying to find the look that's best for everybody," Conroy said. "Not just our department, but what our broadcast team is doing, what looks good in marketing, what stands out on social media. We want the look to work well across all channels."
Eli Kaberon is a web writer for ChicagoBears.com. He has previously written for Pro Football Weekly, Stats LLC and the Chicago Sun-Times. In 2014, Kaberon won the Chicago Headline Club's Peter Lisagor Award for Best Sports Story in a Daily Newspaper. You can follow Eli on Twitter @EKaberon.