For nearly 30 minutes, Chicago Bears president and CEO Kevin Warren and chairman George McCaskey fielded questions, with most revolving around the team's plans for a new state-of-the-art stadium. 

Here are the top takeaways from Thursday's pressers.

Once Warren started talking about the stadium project, which took four minutes to get into during his opening statement, it was clear that Hammond, Indiana, is the Bears' focus. 

"We have had occasionally meetings with the state of Illinois, and also we're just grateful that the NFL has been very helpful to us, especially commissioner [Roger] Goodell, but even though we have had occasional meetings with the state of Illinois, our sole focus at this point in time is working on a world-class stadium and mixed use development in Hammond, Indiana."

The team has completed its due diligence on the Lost Marsh Site in Hammond, and while working on that site, the team discovered the Wolf Lake Terminal site -- and the Bears are doing their due diligence there as well. 

Warren believes the Bears could cohesively bring both sites together to potentially create a space to build a world-class stadium and mixed-use development. 

The Bears and state of Indiana have been in "daily communication."

Warren also shared his thoughts for the target on a new stadium opening.

"My wife told me about six months ago don't give any more target dates so just get the work done," Warren said. "Gretta I love you and I'm listening to you and so I think the target is the right time. We'll know when it is. But I will say we're making very, very good progress here. We have one site that works, Lost Marsh, and then to have another site is really unique. And we think if that comes together that we will have an absolutely dynamic atmosphere in Hammond, Indiana., not only from a stadium, from a mixed-use development from a game-day stadium development overall. And so I'm looking forward to this opportunity. I'm grateful to have been able to kind of work on this and it will be an exciting day when it comes to fruition but time is now and it's time to bring this to a close and I'm grateful of where we are and I think everyone will be pleased one once we make a final decision and two once we break ground and three once we open up and to be able to enjoy it. The Chicago Bears fans deserve a new environment."

Warren and McCaskey didn't say those words exactly, but both mentioned the word "minimal" when discussing the meetings with Illinois lawmakers. 

The Bears president and CEO also mentioned "there is nothing in writing" and the team doesn't have an offer from the state of Illinois for a stadium plan. 

Despite the focus being on Hammond, Ind., Warren has still attended meetings with the state of Illinois, although he hasn't been at all of them.

As for Arlington Heights, Warren shared why he believes the progress has stopped there. 

"Well, I mean, I don’t know why it hit a dead end in Springfield but we’ve been very clear the last couple years the things that we’ve always needed is property tax certainty, we need infrastructure certainty, that’s what we’ve needed," Warren said. "So that has not changed. There’s some other things associated with it, but I don’t know why Springfield, as far as what you said, has hit a snag. One of the good things about what we’ve had is since we did have the board decision, we have really focused on Indiana. That’s where our time and energy and effort has been spent and we’ve had extremely productive meetings there and feel really good what’s going on with the state of Indiana, specifically Hammond."

The Bears also have not discussed contingency plans for the 326-acres of property in Arlington Heights at this point. If you're wondering why, that's a good question. 

Warren and McCaskey were asked if the team had made any mistakes on this 4-year long process. 

Warren: "I don’t think we’ve made any mistakes. As you study these projects, I really look at these as learning opportunities to come together. They are complex. ... They’re expensive. They’re challenging. They require political willpower. They’re financially, you gotta lean into that form that standpoint. I don’t look at — we’ve made any mistakes. We’ve made the necessary steps at that appropriate time to be where we are today and it’s good to be in a position that we’ll be able to bring this to some closure."

McCaskey on second guessing some of the strategies the Bears have utilized the last few years. 

“I don’t think so. As Kevin said you learn from every experience, and as Kevin knows well and I’m sure you’ve seen it in other markets, these are very challenging issues: financial, tax, logistical, political, traffic, environmental, and they all come together and in the end there needs to be a political will to accomplish something.”

If the Bears build a stadium in Indiana, the team will not change their name. 

McCaskey made that clear when asked about the concerns of potentially relocating and being renamed the "Hammond" Bears. 

"No. We will be the Chicago Bears whether we're in Arlington (Heights, Ill.) or whether we're in Hammond," McCaskey said. "And as Kevin said, our focus is on Hammond, that's where we're advancing our efforts and that's where the bulk of our time, attention and resources are being devoted."