Queue the Twilight Zone music. The state of Indiana is close to having two NFL franchises when the senses remain numb that it has even one. Hammond Bears? Uh uh.

The Chicago Bears’ Board of Directors voted Thursday to advance a new stadium development in Hammond, Indiana.

The state of Illinois will be without an NFL team for the first time and it's time to let the finger pointing begin.

The Bears are formally moving ahead with a planned $5 billion domed stadium and mixed-use development in Hammond, Ind.

A statement from Chicago Bears Chairman George H. McCaskey and President and CEO Kevin Warren confirmed they were closer to leaving.