Editing Rate Field (section)

===2001–2007===
In 2001, extensive renovations were started by [[HKS, Inc.|HKS Sports & Entertainment Group]] to make the park more fan-friendly:

====Phase I (2001 season)====
* Three rows of nearly 2,000 seats were added along the field between the dugouts and the foul poles.
* Bullpens were relocated to allow fans to see pitchers warming up; former bullpens filled with new seats.
* Two-tiered terrace seating area added outside the Bullpen Sports Bar.
* Distances to the outfield wall were changed, most noticeably down the foul lines, where the bullpens and the Bullpen Sports Bar are now located.
* Outfield seating area extended to the fence.
* A full-service restaurant dubbed the Stadium Club was introduced with windows overlooking the right field corner.
* Capacity was increased from 44,321 to 45,936.

====Phase II (2002 season)====
[[File:SoxPark.jpg|thumb|right|Comiskey Park in 2002 with the new batter's eye]]

* Old backstop with netted roof was replaced with a new "roofless" backstop which allows foul balls to drop into seats directly behind home plate.
* Multi-tiered [[batter's eye]] built in center field.
* Main concourse upgraded with brick facade, stainless steel counter tops and decorative lighting.
* Club-level concourse enclosed and carpeted with heating, air conditioning and comfortable seating areas throughout.
* Party deck was added in center field, just below the scoreboard and above the batter's eye.

====Phase III (2003 season)====
[[File:DCP 1059 (51010002397).jpg|thumb|right|U.S. Cellular Field in 2003 with the new video board and fan deck]]

* Scoreboard and video boards were upgraded.
* Full-color, high resolution 28 × {{convert|53|ft|m|adj=on}} video screen added to center field scoreboard.
* Two {{convert|300|ft|m|adj=on}}-long, {{convert|5|foot|adj=on}}-high video LED "ribbon" boards added along the upper deck facade.
* Design upgrades consistent with the lower deck finished on outfield and upper deck concourses.
* Fan Deck, featuring food and beverage service in an elevated patio-like atmosphere, built on center field concourse.
* Outfield steel framework and underside of canopy roof painted dark gray; concrete in seating areas and on pedestrian ramps stained gray.
* A life size bronze statue of [[Charles Comiskey]] was placed on the center field concourse behind section 100.
* Capacity is increased from 45,936 to 47,098.
* Phase III renovations cost approximately $20 million.

====Phase IV (2004 season)====
[[File:UScell02.jpg|thumb|right|U.S. Cellular Field in 2004 with the new roof and lighting]]
[[File:U.S. Cellular Field10.jpg|right|thumb|A translucent wall in the upper deck was added in 2004 to block the elements.]]

* Upper Deck Seating Area – Eight rows and 6,600 seats were removed from the top of the ballpark's upper deck.
* A flat roof, elevated {{convert|20|ft|m}} above the seating area, has replaced the old sloped canopy-style roof, covering 13 of the 21 rows of seating.
* Upper Deck Concourse was partially enclosed from the weather by a translucent wall.
* Fan Deck in center field upgraded to feature tiered seating and standing room.
* Lower Terrace balcony added to provide an additional party area and outdoor seating.
* The outfield wall was redone with pictures of White Sox players who've had their number retired.
* A life sized bronze statue of [[Minnie Miñoso]] placed on the center field concourse behind section 164.
* Capacity is decreased from 47,098 to 40,615.
* Phase IV renovations cost approximately $28 million.

====Phase V (2005 season)====
[[File:US Cellular Field.jpg|thumb|right|U.S. Cellular Field in 2005, with the new Fundamentals Deck in left field]]

* 314-seat "Scout" seating area directly behind home plate added.
* FUNdamentals Deck, an area for kids to work on various baseball skills, was added above the left field concourse.
* Green seats, modeled after those in the original [[Comiskey Park]], replaced the old blue seats in the Club level and some scattered areas around home plate. The bleachers in left-center field were painted green.
* A bronze statue of [[Carlton Fisk]] was placed on the center field concourse behind section 164 on August 7.

====Phase VI (2006 season)====
* Green seats reminiscent of those in the original Comiskey Park replaced the old blue seats in the entire Upper Deck and the Lower Deck between the dugouts.
* Enclosed, ground level restaurant was completed, providing a lounge and dining area for the Scout Seats.
* New banners were hung down on the outfield light towers. One for the [[2005 World Series]], one for the [[1906 World Series|1906]] and [[1917 World Series]], one for all White Sox [[American League]] pennants, and one for all the division championships.
* The flags for these titles, now on the banners, were replaced with flags of all the Sox logos in club history.
* Bronze statues of [[Nellie Fox]] and [[Luis Aparicio]] were placed on the center field concourse behind section 100.

====Phase VII (2007 season)====
[[File:US Cellular.jpg|thumb|right|U.S. Cellular Field in 2007]]

* Green seats replaced the old blue seats in the Lower Deck from the dugouts and the entire outfield seating area (including the left-center field bleachers which were previously renovated). The green seats between the dugout and the foul poles have been slightly turned, re-directing them toward the center of the field. (Visually Re-Directed Seats)
* The seats where [[Paul Konerko]]'s Grand Slam (left field) and [[Scott Podsednik]]'s walk off home run (right center first row) landed in game two of the [[2005 World Series]] are the same original blue seats in use at that game and stand out from the all-green seats.
* The Scoreboard in right field was painted green.
* A new premium seating/restaurant named the [[Jim Beam]] Club (known as the Home Plate Club as of 2014)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20110330&content_id=17202126&vkey=pr_cws&fext=.jsp&c_id=cws|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325023952/http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20110330&content_id=17202126&vkey=pr_cws&fext=.jsp&c_id=cws|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 25, 2012|work=Chicago White Sox|title=Chicago White Sox and Gold Coast Tickets Reach Multi-Year Sponsorship Agreement|date=March 30, 2011}}</ref> was added in the former press box behind home plate on the stadium's Diamond Suites 200 Level.
* A new press box was added on the first base side on the Diamond Suites 400 Level. The facility features 32 flat-screen televisions, wireless internet access and seating for 100 working members of the media.
* A new custom [[T-shirt]] shop was added.
* A bronze statue of [[Billy Pierce]] was placed on the center field concourse behind section 164 on July 23.
* A ''Thome Ticker'' counting down to [[Jim Thome]]'s 500th career home run (hit on September 16 against the [[2007 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season|Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim]]). The ticker was located in right field on the right advertising board, and was taken down after the 2007 season.
* The beginning of the White Sox Champions brick plaza in front of the stadium (Gate 4) and Phase I of brick sales.