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Soldier Field
Home of the Chicago Bears
Chicago, IL
Still to visit
Teams
Chicago Bears
NFL · football
1971–present
Stadium facts
- Capacity
- 62,500
- Listed since the 2003 renovation. The page shows 66,944 for 1994–2003.Source for capacity
- Record attendance
- 123,000
- The page says an all-time collegiate crowd of more than 123,000 was set November 26, 1927, Notre Dame over USC, 7–6. A later 2016 game at Bristol is mentioned at more than 150,000 and is not a Soldier Field figure.Source for record attendance
- Opened
- October 9, 1924
- First football game was October 4, 1924. Reopened September 29, 2003, after a renovation that closed the building from January 19, 2002. Ground broken August 11, 1922.Source for opened
- Surface
- Bermuda grass
- Since 2022. Kentucky bluegrass is listed for 1924–1970 and 1988 until the later change.Source for surface
- Cost
- $13 million
- Original construction cost. The 2002–03 renovation is listed at $632 million.Source for cost
Timeline
1924
1927
1971
2003
2006
2013
October 4, 1924
First football game
The first football game at Soldier Field was October 4, 1924, Louisville Male High over Chicago's Austin Community Academy, 26–0. The official opening date on the infobox is October 9. The original name was Municipal Grant Park Stadium, used into 1925.
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Location
- 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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