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Soldier Field, 1410 South Museum Campus Drive, Chicago
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Soldier Field, 1410 South Museum Campus Drive, Chicago
Photograph © Wayne Lorentz/Artefaqs Corporation
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or purchase this photograph as a print or poster


Soldier Field, 1410 South Museum Campus Drive, Chicago
Photograph © Wayne Lorentz/Artefaqs Corporation
This image is available for business licensing,
or purchase this photograph as a print or poster


Soldier Field, 1410 South Museum Campus Drive, Chicago
Photograph © Wayne Lorentz/Artefaqs Corporation
This image is available for business licensing,
or purchase this photograph as a print or poster


Soldier Field, 1410 South Museum Campus Drive, Chicago
Photograph © Wayne Lorentz/Artefaqs Corporation
This image is available for business licensing,
or purchase this photograph as a print or poster


Soldier Field, 1410 South Museum Campus Drive, Chicago
Photograph © Wayne Lorentz/Artefaqs Corporation
This image is available for business licensing,
or purchase this photograph as a print or poster


Soldier Field, 1410 South Museum Campus Drive, Chicago
Photograph © Wayne Lorentz/Artefaqs Corporation
This image is available for business licensing,
or purchase this photograph as a print or poster


Soldier Field, 1410 South Museum Campus Drive, Chicago
Photograph © Wayne Lorentz/Artefaqs Corporation
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or purchase this photograph as a print or poster


Soldier Field, 1410 South Museum Campus Drive, Chicago
Photograph © Wayne Lorentz/Artefaqs Corporation
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or purchase this photograph as a print or poster


Soldier Field, 1410 South Museum Campus Drive, Chicago
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Soldier Field

Formerly: Municipal Grant Park Stadium
Designed by: Holabird & Roche
Construction Start: 1922
Construction Completed: 1939
Cost: $13,000,000.00
Renovated: 1978-1981
Renovated: 2001-2003
Type: Entertainment Venue
Location: 1410 South Museum Campus Drive
Area: Museum Campus
Post Code: 60605
City: Chicago, Illinois

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» September 27, 2003 - Soldier Field is rededicated.
» July 21, 2004 - The 2003 renovation may have been too successful. The federal government says it may take away Soldier Field's landmark status because the renovation changed it so much that it removed its historic character.
> April 21, 2006 - Soldier Field loses its status as a National Historic Landmark because of the severity of alterations made during the $660,000,000 renovation, completed in 2003 and pushed by Mayor Daley.

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»The Sledding Hill - A slope 33 feet tall, and 220 feet long. In the winter months, the city parks department makes sure it's covered with snow for the children.

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»The Chicago Tribune derided the 2003 renovation of Soldier Field as disguising the stadium as an "Alien toilet bowl."

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Last 2 Comments Nathan Willcockson - Monday, June 11th, 2007 @ 2:11pm • Rating: Two stars.

One might say it's symbolic of the modern treatment of sports; chock-full of glitzy advertising, parks renamed to sponsor cell-phone companies, overreported/oversold celebrity scandals, all imposing themselves on the original American tradition. But hey, that's just me.

Thomas Semesky - Saturday, June 3rd, 2006 @ 7:39pm • Rating: One star.

The mistake-on-the-lake. Terrible clash between the old and the new. Too overpowering. With McCormick Place down the street, the worst area to travel Lake Shore Drive and of course the least scenic. Too bad. It's like having a junk yard at the edge of the Grand Canyon.

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