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Stadiums going up around NFL at a frenzied pace Presenting ... the new Soldier Field.

Publication: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
Publication Date: 31-AUG-03 		Format: Online - approximately 891 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Stadiums going up around NFL at a frenzied pace Presenting ... the new Soldier Field.(Special Section)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Kent McDill Daily Herald Sports Writer

From its inception, the new Soldier Field was unique, which is the single most important word in creating new sports facilities these days.

Last year, four new venues were brought into the National Football League - Ford Field in Detroit, Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass., Seahawks Stadium in Seattle, and Reliant Stadium in Houston.

Three of the four were built near the stadiums they were replacing, and all four have physical features that provide something to see and talk about before and after the game.

But Soldier Field, with its historic status raised and lowered over the years, somehow managed to be completely changed and remain the same, at the same time.

NFL stadiums are architectural monstrosities by necessity. They are not baseball parks, which...

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