Editing Rate Field (section)

{{Short description|Baseball park in Chicago, Illinois}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox venue
| stadium_name = Rate Field
| nickname = ''Sox Park''<br>''New Comiskey''<br>''The Cell''
| logo_image = Rate_Field.jpg
| logo_size = 
| former names = Comiskey Park (1991–2003)<br />U.S. Cellular Field (2003–2016)<br />Guaranteed Rate Field (2016–2024)
| image = Chicago, Illinois, U.S. (2023) - 062.jpg
| image_size = 300
| caption = Rate Field in 2023
| location = [[Chicago, Illinois]]
| coordinates = {{coord|41|49|48|N|87|38|2|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = United States Chicago#Illinois#USA
| pushpin_relief = yes
| pushpin_label = Rate Field
| pushpin_mapsize = 250
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in [[Chicago]]##Location in [[Illinois]]##Location in the [[United States]]
| broke_ground = {{Start date|1989|5|7}}
| built = 1989–1990
| opened = {{Start date|1991|4|18}}
| renovated = 2001–2012, 2015–2019
| demolished = 
| owner = Illinois Sports Facilities Authority<ref name="25thanniversary">{{cite news |title=Tax Dollars Still Paying off Renovations on White Sox Stadium|first=Jared S.|last=Hopkins|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-sox-cell-funding-isfa-met-20160521-story.html|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=May 22, 2016|access-date=May 25, 2016}}</ref>
| operator = Illinois Sports Facilities Authority<ref name="25thanniversary" />
| surface = [[Kentucky Bluegrass]]
| scoreboard = 8,000 square foot Center field HD video board {{convert|60|ft|m}} × {{convert|134|ft|m}} (2016–present)<br> 2,500 square foot auxiliary video boards in Right & Left Field (2016–present)<br>LED Ribbon Board, facade of the 500 level (2018–present)<br> Fan Deck Ribbon Board (2003–present)
| architect = [[Populous (company)|HOK Sport]]<br>[[HKS, Inc.]] (2001–2007 renovations)
| project_manager = International Facilities Group, LLC<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifgroup.cc/content/?section=506&section2=590&section3=550&page=550|title=IFG - US Cellular Field|website=www.ifgroup.cc|access-date=10 December 2018|archive-date=11 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011052640/http://www.ifgroup.cc/content/?section=506&section2=590&section3=550&page=550|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| structural engineer = [[Thornton Tomasetti]]
| services engineer = [[WSP Group|Flack + Kurtz]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Opus North Promotes Jacobson|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1989/09/24/opus-north-promotes-jacobson/|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=September 24, 1989|access-date=April 21, 2012}}</ref>
| general_contractor = [[Tutor Perini|Gust K. Newberg Construction Company]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballparks.com/baseball/american/comis2.htm|title=U.S. Cellular Field|website=ballparks.com|access-date=10 December 2018}}</ref>
| main_contractors = 
| record_attendance = 47,754 (September 24, 2016; [[Chance the Rapper]] concert)<br>White Sox game: 46,246 (October 5, 1993; [[1993 American League Championship Series|ALCS Game 1]])<br>Post-renovations: 41,432 (October 23, 2005; [[2005 World Series|World Series Game 2]])
| dimensions = (2001–present)<br>'''Left field''' – {{Convert|330|ft|m|abbr=on}}<br>'''Left-center''' – {{Convert|375|ft|m|abbr=on}} (not posted)<br>'''Center field''' – {{Convert|400|ft|m|abbr=on}}<br>'''Right-center''' – {{Convert|375|ft|m|abbr=on}} (not posted)<br>'''Right field''' – {{Convert|335|ft|m|abbr=on}}<br>'''Backstop''' – {{Convert|60|ft|m|abbr=on}}<br>'''Outfield wall height''' – {{Convert|8|ft|m|abbr=on}} [[File:GuaranteedRateFieldDimensions.svg|200px]]
| tenants = [[Chicago White Sox]] ([[Major League Baseball|MLB]]) (1991–present)
| publictransit = {{rint|chicago|Red}} at [[Sox–35th station|Sox–35th]]<br>{{rint|chicago|Green}} at [[35th–Bronzeville–IIT station|35th–Bronzeville–IIT]]<br>{{rint|chicago|ri}} at [[35th Street station|35th Street-Lou Jones]]
| address = 333 West 35th Street
| parking = 8 main parking lots
| construction_cost = US$137 million<ref name=cost>{{cite web |url=http://www.ballparksofbaseball.com/ballparks/guaranteed-rate-field |title=Guaranteed Rate Field |publisher=Ballparksofbaseball.com |access-date=July 27, 2017}}</ref> <br>(${{formatprice|{{Inflation|US|137000000|1991}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars{{inflation-fn|US}})<br><br>US$118 million (2001–2007 renovations)<br>(${{formatprice|{{Inflation|US|118000000|2007}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars{{inflation-fn|US}})
| seating_capacity = 40,615 (2004–present)<br>47,098 (2002–2003)<br>47,522 (2001)<br>44,321 (1991–2000)<ref>{{cite web|title=Attendance Records|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/documents/2/9/4/112445294/2016_White_Sox_Media_Guide_sgdcklcu.pdf#page=296|publisher=Major League Baseball Advanced Media, L.P.|work=2016 Chicago White Sox Media Guide|date=February 26, 2016|access-date=November 1, 2016|quote=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.}}</ref>
| website = {{URL|https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/ballpark|mlb.com/whitesox/ballpark}}
}}

'''Rate Field''' (formerly named '''Comiskey Park''', '''U.S. Cellular Field''' and '''Guaranteed Rate Field''') is a [[baseball]] [[stadium]] located on the [[South Side, Chicago|South Side]] of [[Chicago]], Illinois. It is the home [[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 Chicago White Sox season|1991]], taking its name from the [[Comiskey Park|original Comiskey Park]], the team's home since [[1910 Chicago White Sox season|1910]].

Rate Field is situated just to the west of the [[Dan Ryan Expressway]] in Chicago's [[Armour Square, Chicago|Armour Square]] neighborhood, adjacent to the more famous neighborhood of [[Bridgeport, Chicago|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 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.