Rate Field in Chicago, IL

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Rate Field

Home of the Chicago White Sox

Chicago, IL

Still to visit

Teams

  • Chicago White Sox

    MLB · baseball

    1991–present

Also known as Guaranteed Rate Field · U.S. Cellular Field · Comiskey Park II · New Comiskey Park

Stadium facts

Capacity
40,615
Listed for 2004 through the present. The page shows 44,321 for 1991–2000 and about 47,000 in the early 2000s.Source for capacity
Record attendance
47,754
Chance the Rapper concert, September 24, 2016. The White Sox game high is 46,246 on October 5, 1993, in the ALCS.Source for record attendance
Opened
April 18, 1991
Ground broken May 7, 1989.Source for opened
Surface
Kentucky bluegrass
Source for surface
Cost
$137 million
Original construction cost. The page also lists about $118 million in renovations from 2001 to 2007.Source for cost

Names and sponsors

  • Comiskey Park

    1991–2003

    The infobox calls this Comiskey Park II for 1991–2003. Nicknames include New Comiskey and The Cell.

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  • U.S. Cellular Field

    2003–2016

    Sponsor: U.S. Cellular

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  • Guaranteed Rate Field

    2017–2024

    Sponsor: Guaranteed Rate

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  • Rate Field

    2025–present

    Current name after Guaranteed Rate Field. No dollar terms for the deals were taken from the page.

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  • The Cell

    Nickname

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  • New Comiskey

    Nickname

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Timeline

  1. 1991

  2. 1993

  3. 1993

  4. 2005

  5. 2007

  6. 2016

April 18, 1991

Opening loss

The park opened on April 18, 1991, and the White Sox lost to the Detroit Tigers, 16–0. Attendance was 42,191. Four nights later, on April 22, Frank Thomas hit the first White Sox home run in the new park in an 8–7 win over Baltimore, the first night game there.

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Upcoming schedule

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Seating chart

Approximate — not an official seating chart.

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  • Loop / River North. Central for United Center rideshares and Red/Brown Line hops; Addison Red Line for Wrigley.
  • South Loop. Closer feel to Rate Field / Sox territory and Museum Campus / Soldier Field.

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