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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.
After success of the 1925 Chicago Roundup, Soldier Field hosted another Chicago Roundup in 1926. The 1926 Chicago Roundup was also a great success, even managing to draw 35,000 spectators on a rainy day. [1] June: Soldier Field hosted the 1926 NCAA Men's Track and Field Championships. This was the second consecutive edition held at Soldier Field.
Marketing brochure for Soldier Field, published circa 1952 Duane Carter at Soldier Field in the 1940s Cover artwork for 1947 program. Motorsport at Soldier Field began at the stadium's opening event on September 5, 1924, an athletics meet for the Chicago Police Benevolent Association which featured motoball (motorcycle polo) as an event.
The game was the idea of Arch Ward, the sports editor of the Chicago Tribune and the driving force behind baseball's All-Star Game. [1] The game originally was a benefit for Chicago-area charities and was played at Soldier Field except for two years during World War II, in 1943 and 1944, when it was held at Northwestern University's Dyche Stadium in Evanston.
Welcome back to another season of Chicago Bears football at Soldier Field. The Bears have called the stadium home since 1971, but we don’t know how long the team will be playing by Lake Michigan ...
Soldier Field had been regularly used as an auto racing venue since the 1940s. [3] This was the first NASCAR Grand National Series/NASCAR Cup Series race to be held in the city of Chicago. [4] It is today regarded to have been the only NASCAR Cup Series race held at the Soldier Field. [5] [6] [7] [8]
An aerial view of the Museum Campus Shedd Aquarium in the Museum Campus at dawn.. Museum Campus is a 57-acre (23 ha) park in Chicago along Lake Michigan.It encompasses five of the city's major attractions: the Adler Planetarium, America's first planetarium; the Shedd Aquarium; the Field Museum of Natural History; Soldier Field, home of the Chicago Bears of the National Football League; and the ...
CHICAGO — Mayor Lori Lightfoot should consider renaming Soldier Field to raise money and “explore the feasibility” of enclosing the stadium with a dome or roof, an advisory panel she ...