| Soldier Field | ||
| "Stadium in a Park" "The Mothership" | ||
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| Full name | Soldier Field | |
| Former name(s) | Municipal Grant Park Stadium (1924–1925) | |
| Owners | City of Chicago | |
| Location | 1410 S Museum Campus Drive Chicago, Illinois | |
| Broke ground | August 11, 1922 | |
| Opened | October 9, 1924 | |
| Renovated | 2002–2003 | |
| Expanded | 1927 | |
| Closed | Jan. 19, 2002 – Sep. 26, 2003 (renovations) | |
| Tenants | Chicago Bears (NFL) Chicago Fire (MLS) | |
| Capacity | 74,280 (1924) 110,000 (1927) 55,701 (1971) 66,950 (1981) 61,500 (2003-present) | |
| Surface | Kentucky Bluegrass (1924–1970, 1988–present) AstroTurf (1971–1987) | |
| Highest attendance | 123,000 (1927) | |
Soldier Field is an American football stadium on the Near South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It opened in 1924 and is best known as the home field of the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL), who began play there in 1971. The stadium's interior was mostly demolished and rebuilt as part of a major renovation project in 2002, which modernized the facility and lowered seating capacity, but also caused it to be delisted as a National Historic Landmark. Soldier Field has served as the home venue for a number of other sports teams in its history, including the Chicago Cardinals of the NFL, Notre Dame football, and the Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer, as well as games from the 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup, and multiple CONCACAF Gold Cup championships. With a football capacity of 61,500, it is the third smallest stadium in the NFL. Beginning in 2016 it will be the second-oldest stadium in the league when the Los Angeles Rams begin playing temporarily at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, which opened a year earlier.
External links
- Official website
- Soldier Field archive at the Chicago Tribune
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| 1994 FIFA World Cup stadiums |
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Citrus Bowl · Cotton Bowl · Foxboro Stadium · Giants Stadium · Pontiac Silverdome · RFK Stadium · Rose Bowl · Soldier Field · Stanford Stadium |
| 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup stadiums |
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Cowboys Stadium (Arlington, Texas) · The Home Depot Center (Carson, California) · Ford Field (Detroit) · Bank of America Stadium (Charlotte, North Carolina) · FIU Stadium (Miami) · Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, Florida) · Soldier Field (Chicago) · Red Bull Arena (Harrison, New Jersey) · Livestrong Sporting Park (Kansas City, Kansas) · New Meadowlands Stadium (East Rutherford, New Jersey) · RFK Stadium (Washington, D.C.) · Reliant Stadium (Houston) · Rose Bowl (Pasadena, California) |
| 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup stadiums |
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AT&T Stadium (Arlington) · BBVA Compass Stadium (Houston) · CenturyLink Field (Seattle) · Georgia Dome (Atlanta) · Sun Life Stadium (Florida) · Jeld-Wen Field (Portland) · M&T Bank Stadium (Baltimore) · Red Bull Arena (New Jersey) · Rentschler Field (Connecticut) · Rio Tinto Stadium (Salt Lake City) · Rose Bowl (Pasadena) · Soldier Field (Chicago) · Sports Authority Field at Mile High (Denver) |
| 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup stadiums |
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BBVA Compass Stadium (Houston) · BMO Field (Toronto) · Bank of America Stadium (North Carolina) · Georgia Dome (Atlanta) · Gillette Stadium (Massachusetts) · Lincoln Financial Field (Philadelphia) · M&T Bank Stadium (Baltimore) · MetLife Stadium (New Jersey) · Soldier Field (Chicago) · Children's Mercy Park (Kansas) · State Farm Stadium (Arizona) · StubHub Center (California) · Talen Energy Stadium (Pennsylvania) · Toyota Stadium (Texas) |
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