Cardinals Stadium
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Cardinals Stadium is a football stadium currently under construction in Glendale, Arizona. The new stadium will be across the street from the Glendale Arena. Its primary tenant will be the Arizona Cardinals of the NFL. It is likely the stadium will be renamed after a naming rights contract is negotiated.
The 63,000-seat stadium (expandable to 73,000) is scheduled to open on August 12, 2006 when the Cardinals host the Pittsburgh Steelers in an exhibition game; the first regular season game is set for September 10 against the San Francisco 49ers, the first time the Cardinals will play on the opening weekend of the NFL season at home since moving to Arizona in 1988. The stadium will also be home to the annual Fiesta Bowl and, once every four years, the BCS National Championship Game. In 2008, the stadium will host Super Bowl XLII.
It will also be the site for the West Regional Finals of the 2009 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The ceremonial groundbreaking for the new stadium was held on April 12, 2003. The estimated cost of the project is $355 million.The facility will feature a retractable roof as well as the first fully retractable natural grass playing surface built in the United States. An opening on one side of the stadium will allow the playing field to move to the exterior of the building so the entire natural turf playing surface can be exposed to daylight when it is not in use.
Award winning architect Peter Eisenman, in collaboration with HOK Sport, designed the facility, which is said to resemble an abstracted coiled rattlesnake or barrel cactus.
A plaza surrounding the stadium will be named the Pat Tillman Freedom Plaza in memory of the former Cardinals defensive back who was killed in action while serving with the United States Army in Afghanistan.
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| Preceded by: Sun Devil Stadium 1988–2005 | Home of the Arizona Cardinals 2006– | Followed by: Current |
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