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| venue_name = Soldier Field | | venue_name = Soldier Field | ||
| image = [[File:Soldier Field postcard.jpg|300px|center]] | |||
| location = Chicago, Illinois | | location = Chicago, Illinois | ||
| opened = October 9, 1924 | | opened = October 9, 1924 | ||
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'''Soldier Field''' is a stadium in Chicago, Illinois. It is the current home of the [[Chicago Bears]]. | '''Soldier Field''' is a stadium in Chicago, Illinois. It is the current home of the [[Chicago Bears]]. The stadium has a football capacity of 61,500, making it the smallest stadium in the [[NFL]]. Soldier Field is also the oldest stadium in both the NFL and [[Major League Soccer]]. | ||
== | The stadium's interior was rebuilt as part of a major renovation project in 2002, which modernized the facility but lowered its seating capacity, eventually causing it to be delisted as a National Historic Landmark in 2006. 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 and University of Notre Dame football. It hosted the [[1994 FIFA World Cup]], the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup, and multiple CONCACAF Gold Cup championships. In 1968, it hosted the inaugural World Games of the Special Olympics, as well as its second World Games in 1970. Other historic events have included large rallies with speeches, including by Amelia Earhart, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Martin Luther King Jr. | ||
==Teams and Seasons== | |||
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!Season!!Team!!League | |||
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| [[1990 NFL season|1990]] | |||
| [[1990 Chicago Bears publications|Chicago Bears]] | |||
| [[National Football League]] | |||
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| [[2015 NFL season|2015]] | |||
| [[2015 Chicago Bears publications|Chicago Bears]] | |||
| [[National Football League]] | |||
|} | |||
==Other publications== | |||
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left" | {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left" | ||
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| November 16, 1929 | | November 16, 1929 | ||
| [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish]] vs. [[USC Trojans]] | | [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish]] vs. [[USC Trojans]] | ||
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/ncaaf/seasons/1929/11-16_usc-nd | | [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/ncaaf/seasons/1929/11-16_usc-nd.html Program] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan=11| [[National Football League]] | |||
| August 31, 1934 | | August 31, 1934 | ||
| College All-Stars vs. [[Chicago Bears]] | | College All-Stars vs. [[Chicago Bears]] | ||
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| [[Chicago Bears]] vs. College All-Stars | | [[Chicago Bears]] vs. College All-Stars | ||
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/nfl/seasons/1941/08-28_cas-chb.html Program] | | [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/nfl/seasons/1941/08-28_cas-chb.html Program] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| August 23, 1946 | | August 23, 1946 | ||
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| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/nfl/seasons/1947/08-22_cas-chb.html Program] | | [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/nfl/seasons/1947/08-22_cas-chb.html Program] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan= | | rowspan=2| [[All-America Football Conference]] | ||
| August 29, 1947 | | August 29, 1947 | ||
| [[Chicago Rockets]] vs. [[Los Angeles Dons]] | | [[Chicago Rockets]] vs. [[Los Angeles Dons]] | ||
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1947/08-29_la-chi.html Program] | | [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1947/08-29_la-chi.html Program] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| October 3, 1947 | | October 3, 1947 | ||
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| [[College All-Stars vs. Chicago Cardinals (August 20, 1948)|Program]] | | [[College All-Stars vs. Chicago Cardinals (August 20, 1948)|Program]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan= | | rowspan=5| [[All-America Football Conference]] | ||
| [[1948 AAFC season|August 27, 1948]] | | [[1948 AAFC season|August 27, 1948]] | ||
| [[Chicago Rockets]] vs. [[Los Angeles Dons]] | | [[Chicago Rockets]] vs. [[Los Angeles Dons]] | ||
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| [[Chicago Rockets]] vs. [[Brooklyn Dodgers (AAFC)|Brooklyn Dodgers]] | | [[Chicago Rockets]] vs. [[Brooklyn Dodgers (AAFC)|Brooklyn Dodgers]] | ||
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1948/10-24_bkn-chi.html Program] | | [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1948/10-24_bkn-chi.html Program] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[1948 AAFC season|December 4, 1948]] | | [[1948 AAFC season|December 4, 1948]] | ||
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| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/nfl/seasons/1949/08-12_phi-cas.html Program] | | [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/nfl/seasons/1949/08-12_phi-cas.html Program] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan= | | rowspan=4| [[All-America Football Conference]] | ||
| September 30, 1949 | | September 30, 1949 | ||
| [[Chicago Hornets]] vs. [[San Francisco 49ers]] | | [[Chicago Hornets]] vs. [[San Francisco 49ers]] | ||
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| November 2, 1963 | | November 2, 1963 | ||
| Air Force Falcons vs. Army Cadets | | Air Force Falcons vs. Army Cadets | ||
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/ncaaf/seasons/1963/11-02_army-af.html Program] | | [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/ncaaf/seasons/1963/11-02_army-af.html Program] | ||
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| [[National Football League]] | | [[National Football League]] | ||
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| [[Chicago Bears]] vs. St. Louis Cardinals | | [[Chicago Bears]] vs. St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/nfl/seasons/1966/09-02_stl-chb.html Program] | | [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/nfl/seasons/1966/09-02_stl-chb.html Program] | ||
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| [[National Football League]] | | [[National Football League]] | ||
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| College All-Stars vs. Kansas City Chiefs | | College All-Stars vs. Kansas City Chiefs | ||
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/nfl/seasons/1970/07-31_kan-cas.html Program] | | [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/nfl/seasons/1970/07-31_kan-cas.html Program] | ||
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| [[National Football League]] | | [[National Football League]] | ||
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| [[Chicago Bears]] vs. [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] | | [[Chicago Bears]] vs. [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] | ||
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/nfl/seasons/1971/09-19_pit-chb.html Program] | | [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/nfl/seasons/1971/09-19_pit-chb.html Program] | ||
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| [[National Football League]] | | [[National Football League]] | ||
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| [[National Football League]] | | [[National Football League]] | ||
| July 28, 1972 | | [[1972 NFL season|July 28, 1972]] | ||
| College All-Stars vs. [[Dallas Cowboys]] | | College All-Stars vs. [[Dallas Cowboys]] | ||
| [[ | | [[1972 Dallas Cowboys publications|Program]] | ||
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| [[National Football League]] | | [[National Football League]] | ||
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| [[Chicago Bears]] vs. [[San Francisco 49ers]] | | [[Chicago Bears]] vs. [[San Francisco 49ers]] | ||
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/nfl/seasons/1972/11-19_sf-chb.html Program] | | [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/nfl/seasons/1972/11-19_sf-chb.html Program] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[National Football League]] | | [[National Football League]] | ||
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| [[Chicago Bears]] vs. St. Louis Cardinals | | [[Chicago Bears]] vs. St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/nfl/seasons/1973/09-01_stl-chb.html Program] | | [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/nfl/seasons/1973/09-01_stl-chb.html Program] | ||
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| [[World Football League]] | | [[World Football League]] | ||
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| [[Chicago Winds vs. Portland Thunder (August 16, 1975)|Program]] | | [[Chicago Winds vs. Portland Thunder (August 16, 1975)|Program]] | ||
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| rowspan= | | rowspan=19| [[National Football League]] | ||
| December 7, 1975 | | December 7, 1975 | ||
| [[Chicago Bears]] vs. [[Detroit Lions]] | | [[Chicago Bears]] vs. [[Detroit Lions]] | ||
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/nfl/seasons/1975/12-07_det-chb.html Program] | | [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/nfl/seasons/1975/12-07_det-chb.html Program] | ||
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| [[1976 NFL season|August 21, 1976]] | | [[1976 NFL season|August 21, 1976]] | ||
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| [[Chicago Bears]] vs. [[New Orleans Saints]] | | [[Chicago Bears]] vs. [[New Orleans Saints]] | ||
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/nfl/seasons/1982/09-19_no-chb.html Program] | | [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/nfl/seasons/1982/09-19_no-chb.html Program] | ||
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| [[United States Football League]] | | [[United States Football League]] | ||
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| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/usfl/seasons/1984/usfl-program-1984_type-4.html Program] | | [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/usfl/seasons/1984/usfl-program-1984_type-4.html Program] | ||
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| rowspan=27| [[National Football League]] | |||
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| August 4, 1984 | | August 4, 1984 | ||
| [[Chicago Bears]] vs. St. Louis Cardinals | | [[Chicago Bears]] vs. St. Louis Cardinals | ||
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| [[Chicago Bears]] vs. [[Los Angeles Rams]] | | [[Chicago Bears]] vs. [[Los Angeles Rams]] | ||
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/nfl/seasons/1989/10-29_lar-chb.html Program] | | [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/nfl/seasons/1989/10-29_lar-chb.html Program] | ||
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| November 11, 1990 | | November 11, 1990 | ||
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| [[Chicago Bears]] vs. [[Dallas Cowboys]] | | [[Chicago Bears]] vs. [[Dallas Cowboys]] | ||
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/nfl/seasons/1991/12-29_dal-chb.html Program] | | [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/nfl/seasons/1991/12-29_dal-chb.html Program] | ||
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| August 5, 1994 | | August 5, 1994 | ||
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| [[Illinois Fighting Illini vs. Washington State Cougars (September 1, 1994)|Program]] | | [[Illinois Fighting Illini vs. Washington State Cougars (September 1, 1994)|Program]] | ||
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| rowspan= | | rowspan=26| [[National Football League]] | ||
| September 18, 1994 | | September 18, 1994 | ||
| [[Chicago Bears]] vs. [[Minnesota Vikings]] | | [[Chicago Bears]] vs. [[Minnesota Vikings]] | ||
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| [[Chicago Bears]] vs. [[Detroit Lions]] | | [[Chicago Bears]] vs. [[Detroit Lions]] | ||
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/nfl/seasons/1995/11-19_det-chb.html Program] | | [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/nfl/seasons/1995/11-19_det-chb.html Program] | ||
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| September 14, 1997 | | September 14, 1997 | ||
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| [[Chicago Bears vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (November 29, 1998)|Program]] | | [[Chicago Bears vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (November 29, 1998)|Program]] | ||
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| August 21, 1999 | | [[1999 NFL season|August 21, 1999]] | ||
| [[Chicago Bears]] vs. St. Louis Rams | | [[Chicago Bears]] vs. [[St. Louis Rams]] | ||
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/nfl/seasons/1999/08-21_stl-chb.html Program] | | [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/nfl/seasons/1999/08-21_stl-chb.html Program] | ||
|- | |||
| [[1999 NFL season|September 12, 1999]] | |||
| [[Chicago Bears]] vs. [[Kansas City Chiefs]] | |||
| [[Chicago Bears vs. Kansas City Chiefs (September 12, 1999)|Program]] | |||
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| September 24, 2000 | | September 24, 2000 | ||
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| [[Chicago Bears]] vs. [[Seattle Seahawks]] | | [[Chicago Bears]] vs. [[Seattle Seahawks]] | ||
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/nfl/seasons/2006/10-01_sea-chb.html Program] | | [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/nfl/seasons/2006/10-01_sea-chb.html Program] | ||
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| [[2008 NFL season|December 7, 2008]] | | [[2008 NFL season|December 7, 2008]] | ||
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| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/nfl/seasons/2010/01-23_gnb-chb.html Program] | | [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/nfl/seasons/2010/01-23_gnb-chb.html Program] | ||
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| October 16, 2011 | | October 16, 2011 | ||
| [[Chicago Bears]] vs. [[Minnesota Vikings]] | | [[Chicago Bears]] vs. [[Minnesota Vikings]] | ||
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| October 6, 2012 | | October 6, 2012 | ||
| Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. Miami Hurricanes | | Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. Miami Hurricanes | ||
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/ncaaf/seasons/2012/10-06_mia-nd.html Program] | | [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/ncaaf/seasons/2012/10-06_mia-nd.html Program] | ||
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| rowspan=15| [[National Football League]] | | rowspan=15| [[National Football League]] | ||
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| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/nfl/seasons/2012/11-25_min-chb.html Program] | | [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/nfl/seasons/2012/11-25_min-chb.html Program] | ||
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| November 16, 2014 | | [[2014 NFL season|November 16, 2014]] | ||
| [[Chicago Bears]] vs. [[Minnesota Vikings]] | | [[Chicago Bears]] vs. [[Minnesota Vikings]] | ||
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/nfl/seasons/2014/11-16_min-chb.html Program] | | [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/nfl/seasons/2014/11-16_min-chb.html Program] | ||
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| November 23, 2014 | | [[2014 NFL season|November 23, 2014]] | ||
| [[Chicago Bears]] vs. [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] | | [[Chicago Bears]] vs. [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] | ||
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/nfl/seasons/2014/11-23_tam-chb.html Program] | | [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/nfl/seasons/2014/11-23_tam-chb.html Program] | ||
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| December 21, 2014 | | [[2014 NFL season|December 21, 2014]] | ||
| [[Chicago Bears]] vs. [[Detroit Lions]] | | [[Chicago Bears]] vs. [[Detroit Lions]] | ||
| [[Chicago Bears vs. Detroit Lions (December 21, 2014)|Program]] | |||
| [[Chicago Bears | |||
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| [[2015 NFL season|September 20, 2015]] | | [[2015 NFL season|September 20, 2015]] | ||
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| [[Chicago Bears]] vs. [[Miami Dolphins]] | | [[Chicago Bears]] vs. [[Miami Dolphins]] | ||
| [[Chicago Bears vs. Miami Dolphins (November 6, 2022)|Program]] | | [[Chicago Bears vs. Miami Dolphins (November 6, 2022)|Program]] | ||
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| [[2022 NFL season|December 24, 2022]] | |||
| [[Chicago Bears]] vs. [[Buffalo Bills]] | |||
| [[Chicago Bears vs. Buffalo Bills (December 24, 2022)|Program]] | |||
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| Location | Chicago, Illinois |
|---|---|
| Opened | October 9, 1924 |
| Other Names | Municipal Grant Park Stadium |
| Tenants | Chicago Bears (1971-2001, 2003-present) Chicago Fire FC (1998-2001, 2003-05, 2020-present) Chicago Blitz (1983-84) Chicago Winds (1975) Chicago Fire (1974) Chicago Owls (1968-69) Chicago Cardinals (1959) Chicago Hornets (1946-49) |
Soldier Field is a stadium in Chicago, Illinois. It is the current home of the Chicago Bears. The stadium has a football capacity of 61,500, making it the smallest stadium in the NFL. Soldier Field is also the oldest stadium in both the NFL and Major League Soccer.
The stadium's interior was rebuilt as part of a major renovation project in 2002, which modernized the facility but lowered its seating capacity, eventually causing it to be delisted as a National Historic Landmark in 2006. 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 and University of Notre Dame football. It hosted the 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup, and multiple CONCACAF Gold Cup championships. In 1968, it hosted the inaugural World Games of the Special Olympics, as well as its second World Games in 1970. Other historic events have included large rallies with speeches, including by Amelia Earhart, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Martin Luther King Jr.
Teams and Seasons
| Season | Team | League |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Chicago Bears | National Football League |
| 2015 | Chicago Bears | National Football League |
Other publications
See also
List of National Football League stadiums
 Venues Portal
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| All-America Football Conference | |
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| Teams | Baltimore Colts • Brooklyn-New York Yankees • Buffalo Bills • Chicago Hornets • Cleveland Browns • Los Angeles Dons • San Francisco 49ers |
| Seasons | 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949 |
| Venues | Burdine Stadium • Civic Stadium • Ebbets Field • Kezar Stadium • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Soldier Field • Yankee Stadium |
| Related | League publications |
