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| Former names | Comiskey Park (II) (1991–2003) U.S. Cellular Field (2003–2016) |
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| Address | 333 West 35th Street |
| Location | Chicago, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 41°49′48″N 87°38′2″W / 41.83000°N 87.63389°W |
| Public transit | Red at Sox-35th Green at 35th-Bronzeville-IIT RI at 35th Street-Lou Jones |
| Parking | 8 main parking lots |
| Owner | Illinois Sports Facilities Authority[1] |
| Operator | Illinois Sports Facilities Authority[1] |
| Capacity | 40,615 (2004–present) 47,098 (2002–2003) 47,522 (2001) 44,321 (1991–2000)[2] |
| Record attendance | 47,754 (September 24, 2016; Chance the Rapper concert) White Sox game: 46,246 (October 5, 1993; ALCS Game 1) Post-renovations: 41,432 (October 23, 2005; World Series Game 2) |
| Field size | (2001–present) Left field – 330 ft (100 m) Left-center – 375 ft (114 m) (not posted) Center field – 400 ft (120 m) Right-center – 375 ft (114 m) (not posted) Right field – 335 ft (102 m) Backstop – 60 ft (18 m) Outfield wall height – 8 ft (2.4 m)  |
| Surface | Kentucky Bluegrass |
| Scoreboard | 8,000 square foot Center field HD video board 60 feet (18 m) × 134 feet (41 m) (2016–present) 2,500 square foot auxiliary video boards in Right & Left Field (2016–present) LED Ribbon Board, facade of the 500 level (2018–present) Fan Deck Ribbon Board (2003–present) |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | May 7, 1989 |
| Built | 1989–1990 |
| Opened | April 18, 1991 |
| Renovated | 2001–2012, 2015–2019 |
| Construction cost | US$137 million[3] ($306 million in 2023 dollars[4]) US$118 million (2001–2007 renovations) ($173 million in 2023 dollars[4]) |
| Architect | HOK Sport HKS, Inc. (2001–2007 renovations) |
| Project manager | International Facilities Group, LLC[5] |
| Structural engineer | Thornton Tomasetti |
| Services engineer | Flack + Kurtz[6] |
| General contractor | Gust K. Newberg Construction Company[7] |
| Tenants | |
| Chicago White Sox (MLB) (1991–present) | |
Guaranteed Rate Field, formerly Comiskey Park and U.S. Cellular Field, is a baseball stadium located on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. It is the ballpark of Major League Baseball’s Chicago White Sox, one of the city's two MLB teams, and is owned by the state of Illinois through the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority. Completed at a cost of US$137 million, the park opened as Comiskey Park on April 18, 1991, taking its name from the former ballpark at which the White Sox had played since 1910.
Guaranteed Rate Field is situated just to the west of the Dan Ryan Expressway in Chicago's Armour Square neighborhood, adjacent to the more famous neighborhood of Bridgeport. The stadium was built directly across 35th Street from the original Comiskey Park, which was demolished to make room for a parking lot for the new venue. The location of Old Comiskey's home plate is represented by a marble plaque on the sidewalk next to Guaranteed Rate Field, with the foul lines painted in the parking lot. The spectator ramp across 35th Street is designed in such a way (partly curved, partly straight but angling east-northeast) that it echoes the contour of the old first-base grandstand.
- ^ a b Hopkins, Jared S. (May 22, 2016). "Tax Dollars Still Paying off Renovations on White Sox Stadium". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
- ^ "Attendance Records" (PDF). 2016 Chicago White Sox Media Guide. Major League Baseball Advanced Media, L.P. February 26, 2016. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
U.S. Cellular Field capacity was 44,321 from 1991-2000, 47,522 in 2001, 47,098 in 2002-03 and 40,615 since 2004.
- ^ "Guaranteed Rate Field". Ballparksofbaseball.com. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
- ^ a b 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
- ^ "IFG - US Cellular Field". www.ifgroup.cc. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
- ^ "Opus North Promotes Jacobson". Chicago Tribune. September 24, 1989. Retrieved April 21, 2012.
- ^ "U.S. Cellular Field". ballparks.com. Retrieved 10 December 2018.