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Soldier Field in Chicago is the oldest, having opened in 1924; however, the Bears did not play at Soldier Field until 1971 and did not play there in 2002 while the stadium was under reconstruction, and thus the oldest continuously operating stadium in the NFL is Lambeau Field, hosting the Green Bay Packers since its opening in 1957.
Atlanta Falcons, Georgia State Panthers, the Chick-fil-A Bowl game, the SEC Championship Game, and hosted a College Football semifinal game once every three years. San Diego Stadium: 70,561 San Diego: California: 2019 San Diego Chargers, San Diego State Aztecs, the Holiday Bowl and Poinsettia Bowl games. Candlestick Park: 69,732 San Francisco ...
The majority of these stadiums are used for American football, either in college football or the National Football League (NFL). Most of the others are Major League Baseball (MLB) ballparks or Major League Soccer (MLS) stadiums. Rows shaded in yellow indicates stadium is home to an NFL, MLB, MLS, or National Women's Soccer League franchise.
U.S. Bank Stadium is an enclosed stadium located in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota.Built on the former site of the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, the indoor stadium opened in 2016 and is the home of the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL); it also hosts early season college baseball games of the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers.
The college football standard, which was the previous standard in the NFL (from 1945 to 1971), is 40 feet apart (20 yards from the sidelines), [7] instituted in 1993. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Previously, the college width was the same as the high school standard, at one-third of the width of the field (53 1 ⁄ 3 feet).
Lambeau Field has been continuously ranked as one of the best stadiums in the NFL. [13] [14] [15] As of 2024, it is also the oldest continually operating NFL stadium. [16] Only the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park and the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field have longer active home-field tenures in American professional sports. [17]
NFL teams that have already clinched playoff berths. Buffalo Bills: AFC East. Houston Texans: AFC South. Kansas City Chiefs: No. 1 seed and home-field advantage, AFC West. Baltimore Ravens ...
It opened with two oversized locker rooms, each capable of housing 100 players, reflecting the much larger size of college football rosters compared to those of the NFL. However, the stadium did not initially include another feature important in that context—staircases connecting the seats to the field, making it difficult for bands to enter ...