The Bears set their training camp schedule Friday, announcing that players will report July 25 with the first practice taking place the following day. Camp will run about three weeks, with the final Halas Hall practice on Aug. 14.
Fans will be allowed to watch nine practices at Halas Hall: on July 27-29, July 31, Aug. 1, Aug. 4 and Aug. 8-10. All Halas Hall practices will start at 10 a.m. Free tickets for the nine days will be available on the Bears’ web site starting at 10 a.m. on July 6.
As was the case last year, fans are asked to park at Hawthorn Mall and take a shuttle into Lake Forest. There is no parking at Halas Hall.
The Bears will also host “Family Fest” at Soldier Field at 10:30 a.m. on Aug. 6. Ticket information will be announced at a later date.
The Bears will travel to Indianapolis for joint practices with the Colts from Aug. 16-17 to prepare for their Aug. 19 exhibition game at Lucas Oil Stadium.
“There’s a lot of good work during those crossovers,” Bears head coach Matt Eberflus said Thursday. “The 1-on-1s are really cool to do, the pass rushes and the covers and all those things, the DBs versus the receivers.
“You get to go against a different skillset, which is really neat because you get to adjust your skillset to them, your technique. It’s going to be fun to be able to see that and evaluate that.”
