Editing Soldier Field

{{Short description|Stadium in Chicago, Illinois}}
{{Other uses}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox venue
| stadium_name = Soldier Field
| nickname = 
| logo_image = Soldier Field Logo.svg
| logo_size = 200
| image = Soldier Field S.jpg
| image_size = 250
| caption = Soldier Field in 2022
| address = 1410 Special Olympics Drive
| location = [[Chicago, Illinois]]
| coordinates = {{Coord|41.8623|N|87.6167|W|type:landmark_scale:2000_region:US-IL|display=inline,title}}<ref>{{Cite GNIS|418694|Soldier Field}}</ref>
| pushpin_map = United States Chicago#Illinois#USA
| pushpin_relief = yes
| pushpin_label = Soldier Field
| pushpin_mapsize = 250
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in [[Chicago]]##Location in [[Illinois]]##Location in the [[United States]]
| broke_ground = {{Start date|1922|08|11}}
| built = 1922–1924
| opened = {{Start date and age|1924|10|09}}
| renovated = 2002–2003
| closed = {{Start date|2002|01|19}}–{{End date|2003|09|26}} (renovations)
| demolished = 
| reopened = {{Start date|2003|09|29}} (renovations)
| nrhp = {{designation list|embed=yes|designation1=NHL|designation1_date=February 27, 1987|delisted1_date=February 17, 2006}}
| owner = [[Chicago Park District]]
| operator = [[SMG (property management)|SMG]]
| surface = {{Plainlist|
* [[Cynodon dactylon|Bermuda grass]] (2022–present)
* [[Poa pratensis|Kentucky Bluegrass]] (1924–1970, 1988–2022)
* [[AstroTurf]] (1971–1987)
}}
| construction_cost = US$13 million (original;<ref name="sfnet">{{cite web|url=http://www.soldierfield.net/content/stadium-history|title=Stadium History and Timeline|year=2010|work=Official website|publisher=Soldier Field|access-date=May 21, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717055344/http://www.soldierfield.net/content/stadium-history|archive-date=July 17, 2011}}</ref> ${{formatprice|{{Inflation|US|13000000|1924}}}} in 2015 dollars){{inflation-fn|US}}<br />US$632 million (renovations;<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1165.html|title=Soldier Field|last=Riess|first=Steven A.|year=2005|encyclopedia=The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago|publisher=Chicago Historical Society|access-date=May 21, 2010|archive-date=April 9, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409011725/http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1165.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ${{formatprice|{{Inflation|US|632000000|2003}}}} in 2015 dollars{{inflation-fn|US}})
| architect = {{ubl|[[Holabird & Roche]] (original)|[[Benjamin T. Wood|Wood + Zapata, Inc.]]|Lohan Caprile Goettsch Architects (renovations)}}
| project_manager = Hoffman Associates (renovations)<ref name="sportsbusinessdaily.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2003/10/20031006/Facilities/After-A-Quick-Build-Showtime-In-Chicago.aspx|title=After a quick build, showtime in Chicago|work=SportsBusiness Journal|date=October 6, 2003|access-date=March 10, 2012|archive-date=January 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106195724/http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2003/10/20031006/Facilities/After-A-Quick-Build-Showtime-In-Chicago.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>
| structural engineer = [[Thornton Tomasetti]] (renovations)
| services engineer = [[Ellerbe Becket]] (renovations)<ref name="sportsbusinessdaily.com"/>
| general_contractor = [[Turner Construction|Turner]]/Barton Malow/Kenny (renovations)<ref name="sportsbusinessdaily.com"/>
| former_names = Municipal Grant Park Stadium (1924–1925)
| tenants = {{collapsible list|
* [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football]] ([[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]]) (1929)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://slapthesign.com/2015/01/07/report-annual-blue-gold-spring-game-may-move-soldier-field/ |title=Report: Annual Blue-Gold Spring Game May Be Moved to Soldier Field |last=Hall |first=Andrew |date=January 18, 2015 |website=slapthesign.com |access-date=January 18, 2015 |archive-date=February 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215033320/https://slapthesign.com/2015/01/07/report-annual-blue-gold-spring-game-may-move-soldier-field/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Ford |first1=Liam T. A. |year=2009|title=Soldier Field: A Stadium and Its City |edition=1st |location=Chicago |publisher=University Of Chicago Press |page=91| quote=In 1929 a new stadium was under construction at Notre Dame, and the team played its entire home season at Soldier Field}}</ref>
* [[Chicago Rockets|Chicago Rockets/Hornets]] ([[All-America Football Conference|AAFC]]) (1946–1949)
* [[Chicago Cardinals]] ([[National Football League|NFL]]) (1959)
* [[Chicago Circle Chikas football]] ([[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]]) (1966–1973)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ford |first1=Liam T.A. Ford |year=2009|title=Soldier Field: A Stadium and Its City |edition=1st |location=Chicago |publisher=University Of Chicago Press |page=236| quote= UIC started playing football at Soldier Field in 1966}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Ford |first1=Liam T. A. Ford |year=2009|title=Soldier Field: A Stadium and Its City |edition=1st |location=Chicago |publisher=University Of Chicago Press |page=236| quote= their last home game at Soldier Field, on November 3, 1973}}</ref>
* [[Chicago Spurs]] ([[National Professional Soccer League (1967)|NPSL]]) (1967)
* [[Chicago Owls]] ([[Continental Football League|CFL]]) (1968–1969)
* [[Chicago Bears]] ([[National Football League|NFL]]) (1971–2001, 2003-present){{efn|name=urbana}}
* [[Chicago Sting]] ([[North American Soccer League (1968–84)|NASL]]) (1975–1976)
* [[Chicago Fire (WFL)|Chicago Fire]] ([[World Football League|WFL]]) (1974)
* [[Chicago Winds]] ([[World Football League|WFL]]) (1975)
* [[American Football Association (1977-1983)|Chicago Fire]] ([[American Football Association (1977-1983)|AFA]]) (1981)
* [[Chicago Blitz]] ([[United States Football League|USFL]]) (1983–1984)
* [[Chicago Fire FC]] ([[Major League Soccer|MLS]]) (1998–2005, 2020–present){{efn|name=naperville}}
* [[Chicago Enforcers]] ([[XFL (2001)|XFL]]) (2001)
}}
| suites = 133
| seating_capacity = {{ubl|66,944 (1994–2003)|62,500 (2003–present)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/chi|title=Soldier Field|work=ESPN.com|date=January 9, 2012|access-date=July 24, 2012|archive-date=August 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806074845/http://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/chi|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
| acreage = {{convert|7|acre}}<ref name="sfnet"/>
| publictransit = {{ubl|{{rint|rail}} {{rint|chicago|metra}} [[Metra]]: [[18th Street (Metra station)|18th Street]]|{{rint|chicago|l}} [[Roosevelt (CTA station)|Roosevelt]] | {{rint|chicago|red}} {{rint|chicago|orange}} {{rint|chicago|green}}}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.soldierfield.com/|soldierfield.com}}
}}

'''Soldier Field''' is a [[multi-purpose stadium]] on the [[Near South Side, Chicago|Near South Side]] of [[Chicago]], Illinois, United States. Opened in 1924 and reconstructed in 2003, the stadium has served as the home of the [[Chicago Bears]] from the [[National Football League]] (NFL) since 1971,{{efn|name=urbana}} as well as [[Chicago Fire FC]] of [[Major League Soccer]] (MLS) from 1998 to 2006 and since 2020.{{efn|name=naperville}} It also regularly hosts stadium concerts and other large crowd events. The stadium has a football capacity of 62,500, making it the [[List of current National Football League stadiums|smallest stadium in the NFL]]. Soldier Field is also the oldest stadium established in the NFL and 3rd oldest in MLS.

The stadium's interior was rebuilt as part of a major renovation project in 2002, which modernized the facility but lowered its seating capacity, eventually causing it to be delisted as a [[National Historic Landmark]] in 2006. Soldier Field has served as the home venue for a number of other sports teams in its history, including the [[History of the Chicago Cardinals|Chicago Cardinals]] of the NFL and [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|University of Notre Dame football]]. It hosted the [[1994 FIFA World Cup]], the [[1999 FIFA Women's World Cup]], and multiple [[CONCACAF Gold Cup]] championships. In [[1968 Special Olympics Summer World Games|1968]], it hosted the inaugural [[Special Olympics World Games|World Games]] of the [[Special Olympics]], as well as its second World Games in 1970. Other historic events have included large rallies with speeches, including by [[Amelia Earhart]], [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], and [[Martin Luther King Jr.]]

==History==
[[File:Child,Mother,Father,MilitaryFamily.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Sculpture of a sailor and his family, gazing eastward over [[Lake Michigan]]]]
On December 3, 1919, Chicago-based architectural firm [[Holabird & Roche]] was chosen to design the stadium,<ref name="Rumore">{{cite news |title=Soldier Field: Timeline of events since 1924 |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/bears/ct-cb-chicago-bears-soldier-field-timeline-20211001-5n7rs4s555dkpitlws5jzhtuy4-story.html |work=Chicago Tribune |date=October 1, 2021 |access-date=January 27, 2022 |last1=Rumore |first1=Kori |last2=Mather |first2=Marianne |archive-date=January 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127175151/https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/bears/ct-cb-chicago-bears-soldier-field-timeline-20211001-5n7rs4s555dkpitlws5jzhtuy4-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> which broke ground on August 11, 1922.<ref>{{cite news|title=Start Work On New Municipal Stadium In Grant Park, Chicago|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/csmonitor_historic/access/311946322.html?dids=311946322:311946322&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Aug+16%2C+1922&author=Special+from+Monitor+Bureau&pub=Christian+Science+Monitor&desc=START+WORK+ON+NEW+MUNICIPAL+STADIUM+IN+GRANT+PARK%2C+CHICAGO|work=The Christian Science Monitor|date=August 16, 1922}}{{dead link|date=July 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The stadium cost $13 million to construct (equivalent to ${{Inflation|US|13|1923|r=0}}&nbsp;million in {{Inflation/year|US}}), a large sum for a sporting venue at that time (in comparison, the [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]] had cost less than US$1 million in 1923 dollars). On October 9, 1924, the 53rd anniversary of the [[Great Chicago Fire]], the stadium was officially dedicated as "[[Grant Park (Chicago)|Grant Park]] Stadium",<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-60000-voice-citys-spir/69950747/ "60,000 Voice City's Spirit at Stadium Fete"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207140858/https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-60000-voice-citys-spir/69950747/ |date=February 7, 2024 }}, ''Chicago Tribune'', October 10, 1924, p. 5</ref> although it had hosted a few events before then, including a field day for [[Chicago Police Department|Chicago police]] officers on September 6, and the stadium's first football game, between [[Louisville Male High School]] and [[Austin Community Academy High School]], on October 4.<ref name="Rumore"/> On November 22, the stadium hosted its first [[college football]] game, in which [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]] defeated [[Northwestern Wildcats football|Northwestern University]] 13–6.<ref name="Rumore"/>

On November 11, 1925, the stadium's name was changed to '''Soldier Field''', in dedication to U.S. soldiers who had died in combat during [[World War I]]. Its formal rededication as Soldier Field was held during the 29th annual playing of the [[Army–Navy Game]] on November 27, 1926.<ref name="timeline"/><ref name=htthctr>{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1926/11/27/page/1/article/110-000-to-see-game-today |newspaper=Chicago Daily Tribune |title=110,000 to see game today |date=November 27, 1926 |page=1 |access-date=July 20, 2016 |archive-date=February 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217034629/http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1926/11/27/page/1/article/110-000-to-see-game-today/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Several months earlier, in June 1926, the stadium hosted several events during the [[28th International Eucharistic Congress]], the first held in the United States. During the [[Century of Progress]] World's Fair in 1933, it served as the main stage.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-01 |title=A century ago, Soldier Field was born as a lakefront stadium, bolstering Chicago's image as a world-class city |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/09/01/soldier-field-opened-100-years-lakefront-stadium/ |access-date=2024-09-01 |website=Chicago Tribune |language=en-US}}</ref>

The stadium's design is in the [[Neoclassical architecture|Neoclassical]] style, with [[Doric order|Doric]] columns rising above the East and West entrances.<ref>[http://www.chicagoarchitecture.info/Building/1082/Soldier-Field.php "Soldier Field"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207024037/http://www.chicagoarchitecture.info/Building/1082/Soldier-Field.php |date=February 7, 2016 }}, Chicago Architecture Info. Retrieved January 16, 2016.</ref> In its earliest configuration, Soldier Field was capable of seating 74,280 spectators, and was in the shape of a U. Additional seating could be added along the interior field, upper promenades, and on the large, open field and terrace beyond the north endzone,<ref name=chisun46>{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1946/04/07/page/10/ |newspaper=Chicago Sunday Tribune |title=Truman telss Chicago crowd U.S. must remain strong |date=April 7, 1946 |page=10, part 1 |access-date=July 20, 2016 |archive-date=August 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817001024/http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1946/04/07/page/10/ |url-status=live }}</ref> bringing the [[seating capacity]] to over 100,000.<ref name=cmachsfd>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=voVWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OuYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1516%2C7547180 |newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald |location=Australia |agency=(photo)|title=Closing meeting at Chicago's Soldier Field |date=November 25, 1962 |page=64 }}</ref>

===Chicago Bears move in===
[[File:8X10A 1961 Chicago Bears o-line practice 1.jpg|thumb|left|The [[1961 Chicago Bears season|1961 Chicago Bears]] practicing for the [[Armed Forces Benefit Football Game]], which was primarily held at Soldier Field from 1947 to 1970. The Bears permanently moved in the following year.]]

Before they moved into the stadium, the [[Chicago Bears]] had played select charity games at Soldier Field as early as {{nfly|1926}}, when they played their former crosstown rivals, the [[History of the Chicago Cardinals|Chicago Cardinals]].<ref name="Rumore"/> The Cardinals also used the stadium as their home field for their final season in the city in [[1959 Chicago Cardinals season|1959]].

In {{nfly|1971}}, the Bears moved into Soldier Field full-time, originally with a three-year commitment.<ref name=sold71ct>{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1971/05/14/page/55/article/bears-find-home-its-soldier-field |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |last=Rollow |first=Cooper |title=Bears find home; it's Soldier Field |date=March 14, 1971 |page=1, part 3 |access-date=July 20, 2016 |archive-date=February 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216214101/http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1971/05/14/page/55/article/bears-find-home-its-soldier-field/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=mjstpsf>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8ksaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fygEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7322%2C1745759 |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal |title=Bears sign to play in Soldier Field |date=March 14, 1971 |page=21 |access-date=July 20, 2016 |archive-date=September 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918114653/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8ksaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fygEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7322%2C1745759 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The team previously played home games at [[Wrigley Field]], the home stadium of the [[Chicago Cubs]] of [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB), but were forced to move to a larger venue due to post-[[AFL–NFL merger]] policies requiring that stadium capacities seat at least 50,000 spectators as well as lighting for potential night games. The Bears had initially intended to build a stadium in [[Arlington Heights, Illinois|Arlington Heights]], but the property did not fit the league's specifications.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/09/29/bears-proposal-move-to-arlington-heights-repeated-over-and-over/?amp |title=Proposal For Bears To Move To Arlington Heights Has Come Up Over And Over Again, Since Before They Moved To Soldier Field In 1971 |date=September 29, 2021 |publisher=[[WBBM-TV]] |access-date=February 3, 2022 |archive-date=February 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203172620/https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/09/29/bears-proposal-move-to-arlington-heights-repeated-over-and-over/?amp |url-status=live }}</ref>

On September 19, 1971, the Bears played their first home game at Soldier Field, in which they defeated the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] 17–15. In 1978, the Bears and the [[Chicago Park District]] agreed to a 20-year lease and renovation of the stadium; both parties pooled their resources for the renovation.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lugardo|first=Sara|url=http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/12/16/history-of-tailgating-in-chicago/|title=History of Tailgating in Chicago|publisher=[[WBBM-TV]]|date=December 16, 2012|access-date=December 16, 2012|archive-date=March 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305164242/http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/12/16/history-of-tailgating-in-chicago/|url-status=live}}</ref> The playing surface was [[AstroTurf]] from 1971 until 1987, and was replaced with natural grass in 1988.<ref name=bgasfmbmv>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=19FKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=w-kMAAAAIBAJ&pg=962%2C3903968 |newspaper=Schenectady Gazette |location=New York |agency=Associated Press |title=Bears' games at Soldier Field may be moved |date=August 16, 1988 |page=26 |access-date=July 20, 2016 |archive-date=September 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918114700/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=19FKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=w-kMAAAAIBAJ&pg=962%2C3903968 |url-status=live }}</ref> On February 27, 1987, Soldier Field was designated a [[National Historic Landmark]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Grant Park Stadium (Soldier Field) – National Historic Landmarks |url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalhistoriclandmarks/grant-park-stadium-soldier-field.htm |website=National Park Service |access-date=23 January 2022 |archive-date=January 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123213207/https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalhistoriclandmarks/grant-park-stadium-soldier-field.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Replacement talks===
In 1989, Soldier Field's future was in jeopardy after a proposal was created for a "McDome", which was intended to be a domed stadium for the Bears, but was rejected by the [[Illinois Legislature]] in 1990. Because of this, Bears president [[Michael McCaskey]] considered relocation as a possible factor for a new stadium. The Bears had also purchased options in [[Hoffman Estates]], [[Elk Grove Village]] and [[Aurora, Illinois|Aurora]]. In 1995, McCaskey announced that he and [[Northwest Indiana]] developers agreed to construction of an [[Family entertainment center|entertainment complex]] called "Planet Park", which would also include a new stadium. However, the plan was rejected by the Lake County Council, and in 1998, then-Chicago mayor [[Richard M. Daley]] proposed that the Bears share [[Guaranteed Rate Field|Comiskey Park]] with the [[Chicago White Sox]].<ref name="BearsHistory">{{cite web |url=http://www.bearshistory.com/lore/soldierfieldhistory.aspx |title=Soldier Field History |last=Taylor |first=Roy |date=2003 |publisher=Bearshistory.com |access-date=July 24, 2012 |archive-date=June 18, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060618034149/http://www.bearshistory.com/lore/soldierfieldhistory.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Renovations===
Beginning in 1978, the plank seating was replaced by individual seats with backs and armrests. In 1982, a new press box, as well as 60 skyboxes, were added to the stadium, boosting its capacity to 66,030. In 1988, 56 more skyboxes were added, increasing capacity to 66,946. Capacity was slightly increased to 66,950 in 1992. By 1994, however, capacity was slightly reduced to 66,944. During the renovation, seating capacity was reduced to 55,701 by building a grandstand in the open end of the U shape. This moved the field closer to both ends in order to move the fans closer to the field, at the expense of seating capacity.<ref name="timeline">{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagobears.com/tradition/soldier-field-history/historical-timeline.html|title=Historical timeline of Soldier Field|year=2009|publisher=Chicago Bears|access-date=December 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222145306/http://www.chicagobears.com/tradition/soldier-field-history/historical-timeline.html|archive-date=December 22, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> The front row 50-yard line seats were only {{convert|55|ft}} away from the sidelines, the shortest distance of all NFL stadiums until [[MetLife Stadium]] opened in 2010 with a distance of {{convert|46|ft}}.{{Citation needed|date=February 2012}}

====2002–03 renovation and landmark delisting====
[[File:Soldier Field Chicago aerial view.jpg|thumb|Soldier Field aerial view (1988) before interior redesign]]
In 2001, the [[Chicago Park District]], which owns the structure, faced substantial criticism when it announced plans to alter the stadium with a design by [[Benjamin T. Wood]] and [[Carlos Zapata]] of Wood + Zapata in [[Boston]]. The stadium grounds were reconfigured by local architecture firm Lohan Associate, led by architect [[Dirk Lohan]], grandson of [[Ludwig Mies van der Rohe]]. The stadium's interior would be demolished and reconstructed while the exterior would be preserved in an example of [[facadism]]. A similar endeavor of constructing a new stadium within the confines of a historic stadium's exterior was done with [[Leipzig]]'s [[Red Bull Arena (Leipzig)|Red Bull Arena]], which similarly built a modern stadium while preserving the exterior of the original [[Zentralstadion (1956)|Zentralstadion]]. Fans and radio hosts, such as [[WSCR]]'s [[Mike North]], criticized the small seating capacity of the new venue, and others have criticized the Park District's lack of care to the field surface after the first seasonal freeze and a refusal to consider a new-generation artificial surface, leaving the Bears to play on dead grass.
[[File:Soldierfield2002.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Aerial view of Soldier Field during renovation, April 2002]]
On January 19, 2002, the night of the Bears' playoff loss to the [[Philadelphia Eagles]], demolition began as tailgate fires still burned in trash cans in the parking lots. The removal of 24,000 stadium seats in 36 hours by Archer Seating Clearinghouse, a speed record never exceeded since,{{Citation needed|date=July 2018}} was the first step in building the new Soldier Field. Nostalgic Bears fans recalling the team's glory seasons (especially [[1985 Chicago Bears season|1985]]), as well as some retired players, picked up their seats in the South parking lot. The foremen on the job were Grant Wedding, who installed the seats himself in 1979, and Mark Wretschko, an executive for the factory who made the new seats. As Soldier Field underwent renovation, the Bears spent the [[2002 NFL season]] playing their home games at [[Memorial Stadium (University of Illinois)|Memorial Stadium]] at the [[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign|University of Illinois]]. On September 29, {{nfly|2003}}, the Bears played their first game at the renovated Soldier Field, in which they were defeated by the [[Green Bay Packers]], 38–23. The total funding for the renovation cost $632 million; taxpayers were responsible for $432 million while the Chicago Bears and the NFL contributed $200 million.<ref name="tribune2002">{{cite news|last1=Martin|first1=Andrew|last2=Ford|first2=Liam|last3=Cohen|first3=Laurie|title=Bears play, public pays|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=April 21, 2002|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2002-04-21-0204210349-story.html|access-date=February 7, 2022|archive-date=February 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207220258/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2002-04-21-0204210349-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="baltsun2003">{{cite news|last=Chapman|first=Steve|title=No cheers for Chicago's ugly, expensive new stadium|date=September 16, 2003|newspaper=Baltimore Sun|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2003-09-16-0309160073-story.html|access-date=February 7, 2022|archive-date=February 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207220258/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2003-09-16-0309160073-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:The Soldier Field.jpg|thumb|Soldier Field after interior rebuild, with maintained exterior below.]]
Several writers and columnists attacked the Soldier Field renovation project as an [[Aesthetics|aesthetic]], political and financial nightmare. The project received mixed reviews within the architecture community, with criticism from civic and preservation groups.<ref>{{cite news|title=Chicago Journal; Soldier Field Renovation Brings Out Boo-Birds|first=David|last=Barboza|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/16/us/chicago-journal-soldier-field-renovation-brings-out-boo-birds.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=June 16, 2003|access-date=September 4, 2012|archive-date=December 30, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121230012838/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/16/us/chicago-journal-soldier-field-renovation-brings-out-boo-birds.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Prominent architect and native Chicagoan [[Stanley Tigerman]] called it "a fiasco.<ref name="field">{{cite news|title=Field of Pain|newspaper=[[Chicago Magazine]]|url=http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/November-2002/Field-of-Pain/|first=Robert|last=Sharoff|date=November 2002|access-date=February 14, 2012|archive-date=April 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130414010937/http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/November-2002/Field-of-Pain/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' architecture critic [[Blair Kamin]] dubbed it the "Eyesore on the [[Lake Shore Drive|Lake Shore]],"<ref>{{cite news|title=Soldier field plan: On further Review, the Play Stinks|last=Kamin|first=Blair|author-link=Blair Kamin|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=April 5, 2001|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-010405soldier,0,6775465.story|access-date=February 14, 2012|archive-date=December 31, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231004703/http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-010405soldier,0,6775465.story|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The Monstrosity of the Midway; Mr. Mayor: Stop the Madness and Admit That the Lakefront Is No Place for the Bears|last=Kamin|first=Blair |author-link=Blair Kamin|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=June 11, 2001|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2001/06/11/the-monstrosity-of-the-midway/|access-date=February 14, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=A tale of Hungry Bears and White Elephants|last=Kamin|first=Blair |author-link=Blair Kamin|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=July 11, 2001|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2001/07/11/a-tale-of-hungry-bears-and-white-elephants/|access-date=February 14, 2012}}</ref> while others called it "Monstrosity on the Midway" or "Mistake by the Lake".<ref>{{cite news|title=Chicago Journal; Soldier Field Renovation Brings Out Boo-Birds|last=Barboza|first=Barboza|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=June 16, 2003|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/16/us/chicago-journal-soldier-field-renovation-brings-out-boo-birds.html|access-date=February 18, 2017|archive-date=March 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170310011723/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/16/us/chicago-journal-soldier-field-renovation-brings-out-boo-birds.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The renovation was described by some as if "a spaceship landed on the stadium".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/10/best-worst-nfl-stadiums-capacity-rankings-lambeau-field-solder-field-size-super-bowls |title=Ranking the best and worst NFL stadiums |date=October 16, 2015 |website=For The Win |language=en |access-date=September 19, 2019 |archive-date=February 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224151620/https://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/10/best-worst-nfl-stadiums-capacity-rankings-lambeau-field-solder-field-size-super-bowls |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/csac-bt-030914soldierfieldchapmancommentary,0,44019.story|title=A stadium deal that is hard to bear|last=Chapman|first=Steve|date=September 14, 2003|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|access-date=May 21, 2010|archive-date=March 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312030009/http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/csac-bt-030914soldierfieldchapmancommentary,0,44019.story|url-status=live}}</ref> Lohan responded:

<blockquote>I would never say that Soldier Field is an architectural landmark. Nobody has copied it; nobody has learned from it. People like it for nostalgic reasons. They remember the games and parades and [[tractor pull]]s and veterans' affairs they've seen there over the years. I wouldn't do this if it were the [[Parthenon]]. But this isn't the Parthenon.<ref name=field /></blockquote>

Proponents of the renovation argued it was badly needed because of aging and cramped facilities. ''[[The New York Times]]'' named the renovated Soldier Field one of the five best new buildings of 2003.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/28/arts/architecture-the-highs-the-buildings-and-plans-of-the-year.html?scp=1&sq=&st=nyt|title=Architecture: The Highs; The Buildings (and Plans) of the Year|last=Muschamp|first=Herbert|date=December 23, 2003|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=May 21, 2010|archive-date=January 16, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116171059/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/28/arts/architecture-the-highs-the-buildings-and-plans-of-the-year.html?scp=1&sq=&st=nyt|url-status=live}}</ref> Soldier Field was given an award in design excellence by the [[American Institute of Architects]] in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mayer|first=Larry|url=http://www.chicagobears.com/news/article-1/Soldier-Field-wins-prestigious-award/584E1290-7E72-4455-8A4E-3E67FB5D9764|title=Soldier Field wins prestigious award|publisher=[[Chicago Bears]]|access-date=October 7, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230231731/http://www.chicagobears.com/news/article-1/Soldier-Field-wins-prestigious-award/584E1290-7E72-4455-8A4E-3E67FB5D9764|archive-date=December 30, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On September 23, 2004, as a result of the renovation, a 10-member federal advisory committee unanimously recommended that Soldier Field be delisted as a [[National Historic Landmark]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eculturalresources.com/news/787.html|title=Soldier Field loses National Historic Landmark status|date=April 24, 2006|work=General Cultural Resources News|publisher=eCulturalResources|access-date=May 21, 2010|archive-date=December 5, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091205011947/http://eculturalresources.com/news/787.html|url-status=usurped}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.preservationnation.org/magazine/story-of-the-week/2006/leveling-the-playing-field.html|title=Leveling the Playing Field|last=Murray|first=Jeanne|date=October 20, 2006|work=Preservation Magazine|publisher=National Trust for Historic Preservation|access-date=May 22, 2010|archive-date=February 23, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100223003030/http://www.preservationnation.org/magazine/story-of-the-week/2006/leveling-the-playing-field.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The recommendation to delist was prepared by Carol Ahlgren, an architectural historian at the [[National Park Service]]'s Midwest Regional Office in [[Omaha, Nebraska]], who was quoted in Preservation Online stating, "if we had let this stand, I believe it would have lowered the standard of National Historic Landmarks throughout the country. ... If we want to keep the integrity of the program, let alone the landmarks, we really had no other recourse." The stadium lost the landmark designation on February 17, 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/listings/20060428.HTM|title=Weekly List of Actions taken on properties: 4/17/06 through 4/21/06|date=April 28, 2006|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=May 21, 2010|archive-date=December 31, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231002454/http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/listings/20060428.HTM|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Subsequent developments===
[[File:Soldier Field W 2022.jpg|thumb|Soldier Field in 2022 from the east]]

In May 2012, Soldier Field became the first NFL stadium to achieve [[Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design|LEED]] status, a program intended to award environmentally sustainable buildings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagobears.com/news/NewsStory.asp?story_id=8842|title=Soldier Field earns top building honor|publisher=Chicago Bears|date=May 31, 2012|access-date=July 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120625103306/http://www.chicagobears.com/news/NewsStory.asp?story_id=8842|archive-date=June 25, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On July 9, 2019, the [[Chicago Fire FC|Chicago Fire]] of [[Major League Soccer]] (MLS) announced an agreement with the [[Bridgeview, Illinois|Village of Bridgeview]] to release the team from their lease with [[SeatGeek Stadium]], where they had played since 2006. As a result, the Fire returned to Soldier Field for the [[2020 Major League Soccer season|2020 MLS season]].<ref>{{cite web | last=Mikula | first=Jeremy | title=Chicago Fire reach deal with Bridgeview to leave SeatGeek Stadium for $65.5 million | website=Chicago Tribune | date=2019-07-09 | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/soccer/ct-chicago-fire-seatgeek-stadium-lease-bridgeview-20190709-ts7xrw3ydvcgthcpzrmdfikbge-story.html | access-date=2020-04-06 | archive-date=August 27, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827033840/https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/soccer/ct-chicago-fire-seatgeek-stadium-lease-bridgeview-20190709-ts7xrw3ydvcgthcpzrmdfikbge-story.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

On June 17, 2021, the Chicago Bears submitted a bid for the [[Arlington Park|Arlington Park Racetrack]] property, making a move from Soldier Field to a new venue more possible.<ref>{{cite web | last=Alyssa | first=Bariberi | title=Bears submit bid to purchase Arlington International Racecourse for potential new stadium | website=bearswire | date=2021-06-17 | url=https://bearswire.usatoday.com/2021/06/17/chicago-bears-submit-bid-purchase-arlington-international-racecourse/ | access-date=2021-06-18 | archive-date=June 17, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210617190158/https://bearswire.usatoday.com/2021/06/17/chicago-bears-submit-bid-purchase-arlington-international-racecourse/ | url-status=live }}</ref> On September 29, the Bears and [[Churchill Downs Incorporated]] announced that they had reached an agreement for the property.<ref>{{cite web | last=Florio | first=Mike | title=Bears announce purchase of property in Arlington Heights | website=ProFootballTalk | date=2021-09-29 | url=https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2021/09/29/bears-announce-purchase-of-property-in-arlington-heights/ | access-date=2021-09-29}}</ref>

On September 5, 2022, the [[Poa pratensis|Kentucky bluegrass]] was replaced with [[Cynodon dactylon|Bermuda grass]] after poor field conditions were noted in an August 13 preseason game.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Medina |first=Luis C. |date=September 6, 2022 |title=Chicago is Ditching Kentucky Bluegrass and Re-Sodding Soldier Field With Bermuda Grass |url=https://www.bleachernation.com/bears/2022/09/06/chicago-is-ditching-kentucky-bluegrass-and-re-sodding-soldier-field-with-bermuda-grass/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220907022650/https://www.bleachernation.com/bears/2022/09/06/chicago-is-ditching-kentucky-bluegrass-and-re-sodding-soldier-field-with-bermuda-grass/ |archive-date=September 7, 2022 |access-date=September 7, 2022 |website=Bleacher Nation}}</ref>

==Public transportation==
The closest [[Chicago 'L']] station to Soldier Field is the [[Roosevelt (CTA station)|Roosevelt]] station on the [[Orange Line (Chicago Transit Authority)|Orange]], [[Green Line (Chicago Transit Authority)|Green]] and [[Red Line (Chicago Transit Authority)|Red]] lines. The [[Chicago Transit Authority]] also operates the #128 Soldier Field Express bus route to the stadium from [[Ogilvie Transportation Center]] and [[Union Station (Chicago)|Union Station]]. There are also two [[Metra]] stations close by: the [[Museum Campus/11th Street (Metra station)|Museum Campus/11th Street]] station on the [[Metra Electric Line]], which also is used by [[South Shore Line (NICTD)|South Shore Line]] trains, and [[18th Street (Metra station)|18th Street]], which is only served by the Metra Electric Line. Pace also provides access from the Northwest, West and Southwest suburbs to the stadium with four express routes from [[Schaumburg]], Lombard, Bolingbrook, Burr Ridge, Palos Heights and Oak Lawn.

==Facility contracts==
The pouring rights of non-alcoholic beverages at Soldier Field were held by [[The Coca-Cola Company]] from at least 1992 until 2012, when the Bears signed a contract with [[Dr Pepper Snapple Group]] (later [[Keurig Dr Pepper]]), making it the only stadium in the NFL then (with [[Cleveland Browns Stadium]] striking a similar deal in 2018) to have such rights held by the company.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Karp |first1=Gregory |title=Soldier Field drops Coke for Dr Pepper Snapple Group |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2012/04/16/soldier-field-drops-coke-for-dr-pepper-snapple-group-2/ |access-date=February 10, 2024 |work=Chicago Tribune |date=April 16, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kleps |first1=Kevin |title=Browns to partner with Keurig Dr Pepper on exclusive beverage deal |url=https://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20180814/blogs06/171741/browns-partner-keurig-dr-pepper-exclusive-beverage-deal |access-date=February 10, 2024 |work=[[Crain's Cleveland Business]] |date=August 14, 2018 |archive-date=May 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528002930/https://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20180814/blogs06/171741/browns-partner-keurig-dr-pepper-exclusive-beverage-deal |url-status=live }}</ref> With the 2003 renovation, the Bears gained power in striking sponsorship deals at Soldier Field; the [[Miller Brewing Company]] was given the pouring rights of alcoholic beverages, while [[Delaware North]] Sportservice was named the food and beverage service provider.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kirk |first1=Jim |title=Bears tap Miller in battle for beer nod |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2002/11/12/bears-tap-miller-in-battle-for-beer-nod/ |access-date=February 10, 2024 |work=Chicago Tribune |date=November 12, 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=What fans eat the most at Soldier Field |url=https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20121029/BLOGS04/121029805/what-fans-eat-the-most-at-soldier-field |access-date=February 10, 2024 |work=[[Crain's Chicago Business]] |date=October 29, 2012 |archive-date=December 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208134947/https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20121029/BLOGS04/121029805/what-fans-eat-the-most-at-soldier-field |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Aramark]] took over service operations at the stadium when the latter contract expired in 2013.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ecker |first1=Danny |title=Aramark in line for Soldier Field concessions contract |url=https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20130507/BLOGS04/130509782/food-service-giant-aramark-in-line-for-soldier-field-concessions-contract |access-date=February 10, 2024 |work=Crain's Chicago Business |date=May 7, 2013}}</ref>

==Events==
{{Very long section|date=January 2020}}
{{Main|List of events at Soldier Field}}

===American football===
====Single events====
[[File:The Army-Navy football game at Soldier's Field (cropped).jpg|thumb|Soldier Field during the 1926 [[Army–Navy Game]]]]

*The stadium hosted its first football game on October 4, 1924, between [[Louisville Male High School]] and Chicago's [[Austin Community Academy High School]]; Louisville's team won 26–0.
*Over 100,000 spectators attended the 1926 [[Army–Navy Game]]. It would decide the national championship, as [[1926 Navy Midshipmen football team|Navy]] entered undefeated and [[1926 Army Cadets football team|Army]] had lost only to Notre Dame. The game lived up to its hype, and even though it ended in a 21–21 tie, Navy was awarded the national championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usna.edu/LibExhibits/Archives/Armynavy/An1926.htm |title=1926 Army-Navy Game |date=November 26, 2001 |work=Library Archives |publisher=United States Naval Academy |access-date=May 21, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114060018/http://www.usna.edu/LibExhibits/Archives/Armynavy/An1926.htm |archive-date=January 14, 2009 }}</ref>
*The all-time collegiate attendance record of 123,000+ was established November 26, 1927, as [[1927 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|Notre Dame]] beat the [[1927 USC Trojans football team|USC Trojans]] 7–6.  Subsequently, in 2016, 150,000+ attended [[2016 Pilot Flying J Battle at Bristol|a game]] between the [[2016 Virginia Tech Hokies football team|Virginia Tech Hokies]] and [[2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team|Tennessee Volunteers]] at [[Bristol Motor Speedway|Bristol Speedway]].<ref name="timeline"/>
*Austin defeated Leo to win the 1937 [[Chicago Prep Bowl]]; another contender for the highest attendance ever (estimated at over 120,000 spectators). The Chicago Prep Bowl games are held at Soldier Field yearly on the day after [[Thanksgiving (United States)|Thanksgiving]]. The bowl game is older than the [[Illinois High School Association|IHSA]] state championship tournament held since the 1960s.
*The stadium was host to 41 [[College All-Star Game]]s, an exhibition between the previous year's NFL champion (or, in its final years, [[Super Bowl]] champion) and a team of collegiate all-star players prior to their reporting to their new professional teams training camps. This game was discontinued after the [[1976 NFL season]]. The final game in 1976 was halted in the third quarter when a torrential thunderstorm broke out and play was never resumed.
*The [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|University of Notre Dame]] has hosted two games at Soldier Field, as part of their [[Shamrock Series]]. The first was in [[2012 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|2012]], against the [[2012 Miami Hurricanes football team|University of Miami]], with another, against the [[2021 Wisconsin Badgers football team|University of Wisconsin-Madison]], following in [[2021 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|2021]].

====NFL playoffs====
:*[[1985–86 NFL playoffs|1985 NFC Divisional Playoff]]: [[1985 New York Giants season|New York Giants]] 0, [[1985 Chicago Bears season|Chicago Bears]] 21. The last home playoff game was in 1963, when the team played in Wrigley Field. 
:*[[1985–86 NFL playoffs|1985 NFC Championship Game]]: [[1985 Los Angeles Rams season|Los Angeles Rams]] 0, Chicago Bears 24. This was the first NFC Championship held here.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/198601120chi.htm |title=NFC Championship - Los Angeles Rams at Chicago Bears - January 12th, 1986 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en |access-date=September 19, 2019 |archive-date=July 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702141758/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/198601120chi.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
:*[[1986–87 NFL playoffs|1986 NFC Divisional Playoff]]: [[1986 Washington Redskins season|Washington]] 27, [[1986 Chicago Bears season|Chicago Bears]] 13.
:*[[1987–88 NFL playoffs|1987 NFC Divisional Playoff]]: [[1987 Washington Redskins season|Washington]] 21, [[1987 Chicago Bears season|Chicago]] 17.
:*[[1988–89 NFL playoffs|1988 NFC Divisional Playoff]]: [[1988 Philadelphia Eagles season|Philadelphia Eagles]] 12, [[1988 Chicago Bears season|Chicago Bears]] 20. This game is best remembered as the [[Fog Bowl (American football)|Fog Bowl]], where a dense fog covered the stadium, reducing visibility to 15–20 yards.
:*[[1988–89 NFL playoffs|1988 NFC Championship Game]] [[1988 San Francisco 49ers season|San Francisco 49ers]] 28, [[1988 Chicago Bears season|Bears]] 3. The 49ers would then go on to win [[Super Bowl XXIII]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/198901080chi.htm |title=NFC Championship - San Francisco 49ers at Chicago Bears - January 8th, 1989 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en |access-date=September 19, 2019 |archive-date=February 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230214193124/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/198901080chi.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
:*[[1990–91 NFL playoffs|1990 NFC Wild Card]]: [[1990 New Orleans Saints season|New Orleans Saints]] 6, [[1990 Chicago Bears season|Chicago Bears]] 16.
:*[[1991–92 NFL playoffs|1991 NFC Wild Card]]: [[1991 Dallas Cowboys season|Dallas Cowboys]] 17, [[1991 Chicago Bears season|Chicago Bears]] 13.
:*[[2001–02 NFL playoffs|2001 NFC Divisional Playoff]]: [[2001 Philadelphia Eagles season|Philadelphia Eagles]] 33, [[2001 Chicago Bears season|Chicago Bears]] 19.  This was also the last home game before the renovations took place in 2002.
:*[[2005–06 NFL playoffs|2005 NFC Divisional Playoff]]: [[2005 Carolina Panthers season|Carolina Panthers]] 29, [[2005 Chicago Bears season|Chicago Bears]] 21. First playoff game post-renovations.
:*[[2006–07 NFL playoffs|2006 NFC Divisional Playoff]]: [[2006 Seattle Seahawks season|Seattle Seahawks]] 24, [[2006 Chicago Bears season|Chicago Bears]] 27 (OT).
:*[[2006–07 NFL playoffs|2006 NFC Championship Game]]: [[2006 New Orleans Saints season|New Orleans Saints]] 14, [[2006 Chicago Bears season|Bears]] 39. Granted the team their second trip to the [[Super Bowl XLI|Super Bowl]] (their first in 21 years), where they lost to the [[2006 Indianapolis Colts|Colts]] 29-17 in a rainy Miami.
:*[[2010–11 NFL playoffs|2010 NFC Divisional Playoff]]: [[2010 Seattle Seahawks season|Seattle Seahawks]] 24, [[2010 Chicago Bears season|Chicago Bears]] 35.
:*[[2010–11 NFL playoffs|2010 NFC Championship Game]]: [[2010 Green Bay Packers season|Green Bay Packers]] 21, [[2010 Chicago Bears season|Bears]] 14. The Bears were defeated by the eventual [[Super Bowl XLV]] champions.
:*[[Double Doink|2018 NFC Wild Card]]: [[2018 Philadelphia Eagles season|Philadelphia Eagles]] 16, [[2018 Chicago Bears season|Chicago Bears]] 15. This game is known for its "Double Doink" field goal.

====College football====
[[Northern Illinois Huskies football|Northern Illinois Huskies]] play select games at Soldier Field, all of which have featured them hosting a team from the [[Big Ten Conference]]. [[Northern Illinois University]] (NIU) is located in [[DeKalb, Illinois|DeKalb]], {{convert|65|mi|km}} to the west on [[Interstate 88 (west)|Interstate 88]].
*On September 1, 2007, [[2007 Northern Illinois Huskies football team|NIU]] faced the [[2007 Iowa Hawkeyes football team|University of Iowa]] in the first [[College Football|Division I College Football]] game at Soldier Field since the 2002 renovations. The Hawkeyes defeated the Huskies 16–3.
*On September 17, 2011, the [[2011 Northern Illinois Huskies football team|Huskies]] returned to play the [[2011 Wisconsin Badgers football team|Wisconsin Badgers]] in a game that was called "Soldier Field Showdown II". The eventual [[Big Ten Football Championship Game|Big Ten champion]] Badgers topped NIU 49–7.
*On September 1, 2012, [[2012 Northern Illinois Huskies football team|NIU]] hosted the [[2012 Iowa Hawkeyes football team|Iowa Hawkeyes]] in a season opener that was called "Soldier Field Showdown III". The Hawkeyes narrowly defeated the Huskies 18–17.

[[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football]] used the stadium as home field for the 1929 season while [[Notre Dame Stadium]] was being constructed. The school has used Soldier Field for single games on occasion both prior to and since the 1929 season, and boasts an undefeated 10–0–2 record there. At Soldier Field, Notre Dame has played Northwestern four times, USC and Wisconsin twice, and Army, Drake, Great Lakes Naval Base, Navy, and Miami once each.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://und.com/soldier-field-of-fortune/|title= SOLDIER (FIELD) OF FORTUNE|last= Somogyi|first= Lou|date= 5 October 2012|website= Blue & Gold Illustrated|publisher= University of Notre Dame|access-date= 23 September 2021|archive-date= September 23, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210923074527/https://und.com/soldier-field-of-fortune/|url-status= live}}</ref>

===Motorsport===
{{Main|Motorsport at Soldier Field}}
[[File:1951+A016019 (3552594501) (2).jpg|thumb|Motorsport race at Soldier Field in 1951]]

Beginning in the 1940s and through the late-1960s (except for during [[World War II]]), [[motorsport]] races regularly were held on a [[Short track motor racing|short track]] at the stadium. In 1956 and 1957, [[NASCAR]] held races at the stadium, including [[1956 NASCAR Grand National Series race at Soldier Field|a NASCAR Cup race]].<ref name="Fleet1">{{cite web |title=Soldier Field History: Auto Racing |url=https://www.fleetfeet.com/s/chicago/news/soldier-field-history-auto-racing |website=Fleet Feet Chicago |access-date=15 November 2023 |language=en |date=February 18, 2016 |archive-date=November 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115063700/https://www.fleetfeet.com/s/chicago/news/soldier-field-history-auto-racing |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Believe1">{{cite web |last1=Hembree |first1=Mike |title=Believe it or Not, Soldier Field in Chicago Once Hosted a NASCAR Cup Race |url=https://www.autoweek.com/racing/nascar/a1689301/look-back-soldier-field-chicago-once-hosted-nascar-cup-race/ |website=Autoweek |date=14 September 2021 |access-date=December 27, 2021 |archive-date=September 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925051952/https://www.autoweek.com/racing/nascar/a1689301/look-back-soldier-field-chicago-once-hosted-nascar-cup-race/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the early-to-mid 1980s saw the US Hot Rod Association host Truck and Tractor Sled Pull Competitions and Monster Truck exhibitions here. The engines on some of the vehicles would echo through the skyscrapers in downtown Chicago as they made their pull. Damage to the stadium turf on a few of the event occasion's led USHRA to move events to the Rosemont Horizon (known today as [[Allstate Arena]]).{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}

===Ice hockey===
On February 7, 2013, the stadium hosted a high school hockey game between [[St. Rita High School]] from the city's Southwest side and [[Fenwick High School (Oak Park, Illinois)|Fenwick High School]] from suburban [[Oak Park, Illinois|Oak Park]].<ref>{{cite web |author=St. Rita to Play Fenwick at Soldier Field |url=https://www.stritahs.com/st-rita-of-cascia-high-school/st-rita-to-play-fenwick-at-soldier-field |title=St. Rita to Play Fenwick at Soldier Field — St. Rita of Cascia High School |publisher=Stritahs.com |date=2012-10-23 |access-date=2020-04-06 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

[[File:2014 NHL Stadium Series, Soldier Field.JPG|thumb |right |Soldier Field during the [[2014 NHL Stadium Series]] between the [[Chicago Blackhawks]] and the [[Pittsburgh Penguins]]]]

The [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's ice hockey|Notre Dame Fighting Irish]] and [[Miami RedHawks men's ice hockey|Miami RedHawks]] played a doubleheader on February 17, 2013, with the [[Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey|Wisconsin Badgers]] and [[Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey|Minnesota Golden Gophers]] in the Hockey City Classic, the first outdoor hockey game in the history of the stadium.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chicagonow.com/chicago-sports-guru/2012/07/college-hockey-doubleheader-coming-to-soldier-field-hockey-city-classic/ |title=College Hockey Doubleheader coming to Soldier Field: Hockey City Classic!|author1= Banks, Paul M. |date=July 11, 2012 | website=ChicagoNow |publisher=Chicago Tribune |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120725035223/http://www.chicagonow.com/chicago-sports-guru/2012/07/college-hockey-doubleheader-coming-to-soldier-field-hockey-city-classic/|archive-date=July 25, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> A Chicago Gay Hockey Association intra-squad game was held in affiliation with the Hockey City Classic.<ref name="gayhockey">{{cite web |url=http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/m/APPredirect.php?AID=50295 |title=CGHA to skate at Soldier Field after Hockey City Classic |last=Forman |first=Ross |date=January 24, 2015 |website=Windycitymediagroup.com |publisher=[[Windy City Times]] |access-date=February 1, 2015 |archive-date=February 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202210827/http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/m/APPredirect.php?AID=50295 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On March 1, 2014, the [[Chicago Blackhawks]] played against the [[Pittsburgh Penguins]] as part of the [[National Hockey League|NHL]] [[NHL Stadium Series|Stadium Series]]. The Blackhawks defeated the Penguins 5–1 before a sold-out crowd of 62,921.<ref name="Snowy_Win">{{cite news |title=Toews Powers Blackhawks To Snowy 5-1 Win Over Penguins |url=https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/03/01/toews-powers-blackhawks-to-snowy-5-1-win-over-penguins/ |work=CBS Chicago |date=March 1, 2014 |access-date=November 17, 2020 |archive-date=June 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623171841/https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/03/01/toews-powers-blackhawks-to-snowy-5-1-win-over-penguins/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The team also held its [[2014–15 Chicago Blackhawks season|2015 Stanley Cup Championship]] celebration at the stadium instead of [[Grant Park (Chicago)|Grant Park]], where other city championships have typically been held, due to recent rains.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://abc7chicago.com/sports/blackhawks-parade-soldier-field-rally-to-be-held-thursday/787648/|title=Blackhawks rally tickets to be available Wednesday|first=Ben|last=Bradley|date=June 16, 2015|website=Abc7chicago.com|access-date=November 9, 2017|archive-date=November 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110114536/http://abc7chicago.com/sports/blackhawks-parade-soldier-field-rally-to-be-held-thursday/787648/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On February 7, 2015, Soldier Field hosted another edition of the Hockey City Classic. The event had been delayed due to unusually warm weather ({{convert|42|F|0}}) and complications with the quality of the ice. The 2015 edition of the Hockey City Classic featured a match between [[Miami RedHawks men's ice hockey|Miami University]] and [[Western Michigan Broncos men's ice hockey|Western Michigan]], followed by a match between the [[Big Ten]]'s [[Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey|Michigan]] and [[Michigan State Spartans men's ice hockey|Michigan State]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-hockey/spec-rel/081214aac.html|title=Michigan to Play Michigan State Outdoors at Soldier Field in Chicago|website=Mgoblue.com|date=August 12, 2014|access-date=August 18, 2014|archive-date=September 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140901041144/http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-hockey/spec-rel/081214aac.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freep.com/article/20140811/SPORTS06/308110149/michigan-state-hockey-soldier-field|title=Michigan, MSU to play outdoor hockey at Soldier Field|website=Detroit Free Press|date=August 11, 2014|access-date=August 18, 2014|archive-date=August 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812224713/http://www.freep.com/article/20140811/SPORTS06/308110149/michigan-state-hockey-soldier-field|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-hockey/recaps/020815aab.html |title=Spartans Fall to Michigan at Soldier Field |date=February 8, 2015 |website=Msuspartans.com |access-date=February 8, 2015 |archive-date=February 10, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210044710/http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-hockey/recaps/020815aab.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.westernherald.com/sports/article_444a00e0-afb4-11e4-9707-2b2f6011025b.html |title=WMU Hockey Comes Up Short at Soldier Field |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=February 8, 2015 |website=Westernherald.com |publisher=Western Herald |access-date=February 9, 2015 |archive-date=December 22, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222195044/http://www.westernherald.com/sports/article_444a00e0-afb4-11e4-9707-2b2f6011025b.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://btn.com/2015/02/08/michigan-downs-michigan-state-4-1-in-hockey-city-classic-at-soldier-field/ |title=Michigan downs Michigan State, 4–1, in Hockey City Classic at Soldier Field |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=February 8, 2015 |website=btn.com |publisher=[[Big Ten Network]] |access-date=February 9, 2015 |archive-date=February 10, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210045355/http://btn.com/2015/02/08/michigan-downs-michigan-state-4-1-in-hockey-city-classic-at-soldier-field/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/2015/02/08/michigan-msu-hockey-city-classic/23083555/ |title=Sipple: Hockey City Classic in Chicago full of problems |last=Sipple |first=George |date=February 8, 2015 |website=Detroit Free Press |publisher=[[Detroit Free Press]] |access-date=February 9, 2015 |archive-date=February 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209021224/http://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/2015/02/08/michigan-msu-hockey-city-classic/23083555/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1415/boxes/mmiawmu1.f07 |title=Saturday, February 7, 2015 Miami (MIA) vs Western Michigan (WMU) | website=Collegehockeystats.net |access-date=November 3, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2015/02/07/michigan-state-vs-michigan/ |title=Michigan 4, Michigan State 1 |website=Uscho.com |access-date=November 3, 2015 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304071539/http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2015/02/07/michigan-state-vs-michigan/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On February 5, the organizers of the Hockey City Classic organized the ''Unite on the Ice'' event benefiting [[St. Jude Children's Research Hospital]]. The event was centered upon a celebrity hockey game with former NHL and [[American Hockey League|AHL]] players, as well as a public free skate at Soldier Field. Participants in the celebrity game included [[Éric Dazé]], [[Jamal Mayers]] and [[Gino Cavallini]]. [[Denis Savard]] was in attendance, serving as an honorary coach during the game.<ref name=medillhockey>{{cite web |url=http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/public-skating-charity-game-at-soldier-field-thursday/ |title=PUBLIC SKATING, CHARITY GAME AT SOLDIER FIELD THURSDAY |last=Romano |first=Sara |date=February 4, 2015 |website=news.medill.northwestern.edu |publisher=[[Northwestern University]] |access-date=July 5, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20150304201037/http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/public-skating-charity-game-at-soldier-field-thursday/ |archive-date=March 4, 2015 }}</ref> On February 15, 2015, Soldier Field hosted another Chicago Gay Hockey Association intra-league match in association with the Hockey City Classic.<ref name=gayhockey/>

{| class="wikitable"  style="text-align:left; width:95%; text-align:center;"
|-
!style="text-align:center; {{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};"|Date
!style="text-align:center; {{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};"|Away Team
!style="text-align:center; {{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};"|Result
!style="text-align:center; {{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};"|Home Team
!style="text-align:center; {{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};"|Spectators
|-
| February 7, 2013 || [[St. Rita High School]] || 0–3 || '''[[Fenwick High School (Oak Park, Illinois)|Fenwick High School]]''' || unknown
|-
| rowspan="2"|February 17, 2013 || [[Miami RedHawks men's ice hockey|Miami (OH)]] || 1–2 || '''[[Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's ice hockey|Notre Dame]]''' || 52,051
|-
| [[Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey|Minnesota]] || 2–3 || '''[[Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey|Wisconsin]]''' || 52,051
|-
| [[2014 NHL Stadium Series#Soldier Field (March 1)|March 1, 2014]] || [[2013–14 Pittsburgh Penguins season|Pittsburgh Penguins]] || 1–5 || '''[[2013–14 Chicago Blackhawks season|Chicago Blackhawks]]''' || 62,921
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[2015 Hockey City Classic|February 7, 2015]] || '''Miami (OH)''' || 4–3 || [[Western Michigan Broncos men's ice hockey|Western Michigan]] || 22,751
|-
| [[Michigan State Spartans men's ice hockey|Michigan State]] || 1–4 || '''[[Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey|Michigan]]''' || 22,751
|}

===Soccer===
====[[1994 FIFA World Cup]]====
[[File:The Refurbished Soldier Field.jpg|thumb|right |upright=1.3 |Soldier Field before a soccer game, 2004]]

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Date
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Time ([[Central Time Zone|CDT]])
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Team #1
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Result
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Team #2
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Round
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Spectators
|-
|June 17, 1994||2:00PM||'''{{fb|GER}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|1–0||{{fb|BOL}}||[[1994 FIFA World Cup Group C|Group C (opening match)]]||style="text-align:center;"|63,117
|-
|June 21, 1994||3:00PM||{{fb|GER}}||style="text-align:center;"|1–1||{{fb|ESP}}||[[1994 FIFA World Cup Group C|Group C]]||style="text-align:center;"|63,113
|-
|June 26, 1994||11:30AM||{{fb|GRE}}||style="text-align:center;"|0–4||'''{{fb|BUL}}'''||[[1994 FIFA World Cup Group D|Group D]]||style="text-align:center;"|63,160
|-
|June 27, 1994||3:00PM||{{fb|BOL}}||style="text-align:center;"|1–3||'''{{fb|ESP}}'''||[[1994 FIFA World Cup Group C|Group C]]||style="text-align:center;"|63,089
|-
|July 2, 1994||11:00AM||'''{{fb|GER}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|3–2||{{fb|BEL}}||[[1994 FIFA World Cup knockout stage|Round of 16]]||style="text-align:center;"|60,246
|}

====[[1999 FIFA Women's World Cup]]====
{{clear}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Date
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Time ([[Central Time Zone|CDT]])
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Team #1
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Result
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Team #2
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Round
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Spectators
|-
|rowspan=2|June 24, 1999||17.00||'''{{fbw|BRA}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|2–0||{{fbw|ITA}}||Group B||style="text-align:center;"|65,080
|-
|19.00||'''{{fbw|USA}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|7–1||{{fbw|NGA}}||Group A||style="text-align:center;"|65,080
|-
|rowspan=2|June 26, 1999||16.00||{{fbw|GHA}}||style="text-align:center;"|0–2||'''{{fbw|SWE}}'''||Group D||style="text-align:center;"|34,256
|-
|18.30||'''{{fbw|NOR}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|4–0||{{fbw|JPN}}||Group C||style="text-align:center;"|34,256
|}

====[[CONCACAF Gold Cup]]s====
[[File:UsavsHonduras.JPG|thumb|right|Soldier Field during the [[2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup]]]]

'''[[2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup]]''' 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; width:60%;"
|-
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Date
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Team #1
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Result
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Team #2
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Round
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Spectators
|-
|rowspan=2|21 June 2007||{{fb|CAN}}||style="text-align:center;"|1–2||'''{{fb|USA}}'''||rowspan=2|Semifinals||rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;"|50,760
|-
|'''{{fb|MEX}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|1–0||{{fb|GPE|local}}
|- style="background:gold;"
|June 24, 2007||'''{{fb|USA}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|2–1||{{fb|MEX}}||Final||style="text-align:center;"|60,000
|}

'''[[2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup]]''' 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; width:60%;"
|-
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Date
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Team #1
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Result
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Team #2
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Round
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Spectators
|-
|rowspan=2|23 July 2009||{{fb|HON|1949}}||style="text-align:center;"|1–2||'''{{fb|USA}}'''||rowspan=2|Semifinals||rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;"|55,173
|-
|{{fb|CRC}}||style="text-align:center;"|1–1 (3–5 pen)||'''{{fb|MEX}}'''
|}

'''[[2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup]]''' 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; width:60%;"
|-
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Date
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Team #1
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Result
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Team #2
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Round
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Spectators
|-
|rowspan=2|12 June 2011||'''{{fb|SLV}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|6–1||{{fb|CUB}}||rowspan=2|Group A||rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;"|62,000
|-
|'''{{fb|MEX}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|4–1||{{fb|CRC}}
|}

'''[[2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup]]''' 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; width:60%;"
|-
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Date
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Team #1
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Result
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Team #2
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Round
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Spectators
|- style="background:gold;"
|July 28, 2013||'''{{fb|USA}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|1–0||{{fb|PAN}}||Final||style="text-align:center;"|57,920
|}

'''[[2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup]]''' 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; width:60%;"
|-
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Date
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Team #1
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Result
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Team #2
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Round
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Spectators
|-
|rowspan=2|July 9, 2015||'''{{fb|TRI}}''' ||style="text-align:center;"| 3–1 ||{{fb|GUA}} ||rowspan=2| Group C ||rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;"| 54,126
|-
|'''{{fb|MEX}}''' ||style="text-align:center;"| 6–0 ||{{fb|CUB}}
|}

'''[[2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup]]'''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Date
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Time ([[Central Time Zone|CDT]])
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Team #1
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Result
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Team #2
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Round
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Spectators
|-style="background:gold;"
|July 7, 2019||8:15 PM||{{fb|MEX}}||1–0||{{fb|USA}}||[[2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup final|Final]]||62,493
|}

'''[[2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup]]''' 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Date
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Time ([[Central Time Zone|CDT]])
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Team #1
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Result
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Team #2
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Round
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Spectators
|-
|June 24, 2023||9:06 PM||{{fb|USA}}||1–1||{{fb|JAM}}||[[2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group A|Group A]]||36,666
|}

====Copa América Centenario====
{{Main|Copa América Centenario}}
{{clear}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Date
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Time ([[Central Time Zone|CDT]])
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Team #1
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Result
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Team #2
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Round
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Spectators
|-
|June 5, 2016||4:00PM||{{fb|JAM}}||0–1||'''{{fb|VEN}}'''||[[Copa América Centenario Group C|Group C]]||25,560
|-
|June 7, 2016||7:00PM||'''{{fb|USA}}'''||4–0||{{fb|CRC}}||[[Copa América Centenario Group A|Group A]]||39,642
|-
|June 10, 2016||8:30PM||'''{{fb|ARG}}'''||5–0||{{fb|PAN}}||[[Copa América Centenario Group D|Group D]]||53,885
|-
|June 22, 2016||7:00PM||{{fb|COL}}||0–2||'''{{fb|CHI}}'''||[[Copa América Centenario knockout stage|Semi-finals]]||55,423
|}

====Single events====
*Over 15,000 spectators attended the first leg of the [[1928 National Challenge Cup]] (now known as the [[Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup]]) between soccer teams [[Bricklayers and Masons F.C.]] of Chicago and [[New York Nationals (ASL)|New York Nationals]] of New York City. The match ended in a 1–1 tie, and New York won the second leg 3–0 in New York City.
*Numerous [[United States men's national soccer team|Men's]] and [[United States women's national soccer team|Women's National Team]] friendly matches.
*[[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] vs [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]] in the [[2014 International Champions Cup]] with Liverpool winning 1–0.<ref>[http://internationalchampionscup.com/news/?article_id=108 Liverpool Hold Off Olympiacos at Soldier Field] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729024651/http://internationalchampionscup.com/news/?article_id=108 |date=July 29, 2014 }} ICC.com July 28, 2014 Retrieved July 28, 2014</ref>
*[[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] vs. [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]] in the [[2015 International Champions Cup]] with PSG winning 2–0.
*[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] vs. [[A.C. Milan|Milan]] in the [[2016 International Champions Cup]] with the game resulting in a 3–3 draw and Milan winning the penalty shootout 5–3.
*Site of the [[2017 MLS All-Star Game]], played on August 2, 2017, between [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]] and a group of all-stars representing [[Major League Soccer]].
*[[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]] vs. [[Borussia Dortmund]] in the [[2018 International Champions Cup]] with Borussia Dortmund winning 1–0.
*Venue for the [[2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final]], with [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]] defeating the United States 1–0.
*During the [[2025 Major League Soccer season]], a crowd of 62,358 spectators setted the record for the highest attendance at a soccer match as the [[Chicago Fire FC|Chicago Fire]] drew 0–0 with [[Inter Miami]], with the latter team starring [[Lionel Messi]] as starter, along with [[Sergio Busquets]], [[Jordi Alba]] and [[Luis Suárez]].

===Special Olympics===
The first [[Special Olympics]] games were held at Soldier Field on [[1968 Special Olympics Summer World Games|July 20, 1968]]. The games involved over 1,000 people with intellectual disabilities from 26 U.S. states and Canada competing in track and field and swimming. In 1970, the second international games occurred, when Special Olympics returned to Soldier Field.<ref name="1960s">{{cite web |url=https://www.specialolympics.org/Sections/What_We_Do/History/History_1960s.aspx |title=The Beginning of a Worldwide Movement |website=Special Olympics |language=en |access-date=July 18, 2018 |archive-date=July 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718205218/https://www.specialolympics.org/Sections/What_We_Do/History/History_1960s.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="1970s">{{cite web |url=https://www.specialolympics.org/Sections/What_We_Do/History/History_1970s.aspx |title=A Joyful New Movement Gains Momentum |website=Special Olympics |language=en |access-date=July 18, 2018 |archive-date=July 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718144642/https://www.specialolympics.org/Sections/What_We_Do/History/History_1970s.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Rugby union===
On November 1, 2014, the stadium hosted its first international [[rugby union]] [[test match (rugby union)|test match]] between the [[United States national rugby union team|United States Eagles]] and [[New Zealand national rugby union team|New Zealand All Blacks]] as part of the [[2014 end-of-year rugby union tests]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11233010 |title=All Blacks: Chicago likely test venue |website=[[The New Zealand Herald]]| publisher=NZ Herald News |date=April 5, 2014 |access-date=August 1, 2014}}</ref> Over half of the 61,500 tickets were sold within two days.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://usarugby.org/mens-eagles-news/item/more-than-30000-tickets-sold-for-all-blacks-matchup-at-soldier-field |title=More than 30,000 tickets sold for All Blacks matchup at Soldier Field |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140624100330/http://usarugby.org/mens-eagles-news/item/more-than-30000-tickets-sold-for-all-blacks-matchup-at-soldier-field |archive-date=June 24, 2014 |website=USA Rugby |date=June 18, 2014 |author1=Wise, Chad}}</ref> The All Blacks beat the Eagles 74–6.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Wise, Chad |date=November 1, 2014 |url=http://usarugby.org/mens-eagles-news/item/all-blacks-showcase-world-class-rugby-at-soldier-field |title=All Blacks Showcase World-Class Rugby at Soldier Field | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160118194648/http://usarugby.org/mens-eagles-news/item/all-blacks-showcase-world-class-rugby-at-soldier-field |archive-date=January 18, 2016 |website=USA Rugby |access-date=February 7, 2016}}</ref> The stadium hosted its second international rugby union match on September 5, 2015, with the United States hosting [[Australia national rugby union team|Australia]] as part of the [[2015 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches]] shortly before both teams were due to travel to England for the [[2015 Rugby World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rugby.com.au/wallabies/GameDay/2015WallabiesFixtures.aspx |title=2015 Rugby World Cup Pool Matches |publisher=Australian Rugby Union |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151012160453/http://www.rugby.com.au/wallabies/GameDay/2015WallabiesFixtures.aspx | archive-date=2015-10-12 |access-date=July 4, 2015|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The Eagles were defeated 47–10. On November 5, 2016, [[Ireland national rugby union team|Ireland]] beat [[New Zealand national rugby union team|New Zealand]] 40–29 at Soldier Field as part of the [[2016 end-of-year rugby union internationals]] – the very first time Ireland had beaten the All Blacks in a test match in 111 years of play.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/37886601 |title=Autumn internationals: Ireland 40-29 New Zealand |author1=Petrie, Richard |work=BBC |date=November 5, 2016 |access-date=August 31, 2020 |archive-date=November 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101163210/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/37886601 |url-status=live }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Date
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Winner
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Score
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Opponent
! style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Attendance 
|- align=center
| November 1, 2014 || '''{{ru-rt|NZ}}''' || 74–6 || {{ru|US}} || 61,500
|- align=center
| September 5, 2015 || '''{{ru-rt|AUS}}''' || 47–10 || {{ru|US}} || 23,212
|- align=center
| November 5, 2016 || '''{{ru-rt|IRE}}''' || 40–29 || {{ru|NZ}} || 60,000
|- align=center
| rowspan=3| November 3, 2018 || '''{{ruw-rt|NZ}}''' Black Ferns (NZ Women's Rugby team  || 67–6 || {{ruw|US}} Women's team || rowspan=3| 30,051
|- align=center
| '''{{ru-rt|IRE}}''' || 54–7 || {{ru|ITA}} 
|- align=center
| '''{{ru-rt|New Zealand Māori|name=Māori All Blacks}}''' || 59–22 || {{ru|US}}
|- align=center
|November 1, 2025 || {{ru-rt|IRE}} || – || {{ru|NZL}}
|}[[File:Fare Thee Well - Celebrating 50 Years of the Grateful Dead 9.jpg|thumb |right |Soldier Field during the [[Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of the Grateful Dead]] tour, 2015]]
[[File:Rammstein Soldier Field.jpg|thumb|alt=Flames burst from a backpack on Rammstein singer Till Lindemann during a performance at Soldier Field.|German band Rammstein performs at Soldier Field, September 3rd 2022 as part of their North America Stadium Tour]]

===Concerts===
{{clear}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! width=10% style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Date
! width=10% style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Artist
! width=10% style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Opening act(s)
! width=10% style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Tour / concert name
! width=10% style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Attendance / Capacity
! width=10% style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Revenue
! width=10% style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};|Notes
|-
| August 21, 1937
| [[Lily Pons]]<br />[[Rudy Vallee]]<br />[[Jascha Heifetz]]<br />[[Bobby Breen]]
| {{n/a}}
| rowspan="2" | Chicagoland Music Festival
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| 
|-
| August 15, 1964
| [[Johnny Cash]]<br />[[June Carter Cash|June Carter]]
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| 
|-
| August 9, 1966
| [[Barbra Streisand]]
| {{n/a}}
| An Evening with Barbra Streisand Tour
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| First solo headliner
|-
| July 18, 1970
| {{show|Performers|
*[[Chicago (band)|Chicago]]
*[[Illinois Speed Press]]
*[[The Illusion (band)|The Illusion]]
*Pig Iron
*[[Iggy Pop]] and [[The Stooges]]
*[[Dreams (band)|Dream]]
*[[Leon Russell]]
*[[MC5]]
*[[Funkadelic]]
*[[Mason Proffit]]
*[[Bush (Canadian band)|Bush]]
*Happy Day
*It Doesn't Matter
*Joe Kelley Blues Band
*Bloomsbury People
}}
| {{n/a}}
| WCFL's Big Ten Summer Music Festival
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| 
|-
| June 4, 1977
| [[Emerson, Lake & Palmer]]
| [[Foghat]]<br />[[The J. Geils Band]]<br />[[Climax Blues Band]]
| ELP Works
| 63,848 / 65,000
| $647,172
| 
|-
| June 19, 1977
| [[Pink Floyd]]
|
| [[In the Flesh (Pink Floyd tour)|In the Flesh Tour]]
|67,000 / 67,000
| $670,000<ref>{{cite magazine |date=July 2, 1977 |title=Top Box Office |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/70s/1977/Billboard%201977-07-02.pdf |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |volume=89 |issue=26 |page=44 |issn=0006-2510 |access-date=July 17, 2023 |archive-date=July 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200712072647/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/70s/1977/Billboard%201977-07-02.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
|
|-
| July 9, 1977
| [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]]
| [[Point Blank (band)|Point Blank]]
| 
| 77,197
| {{n/a}}
| 
|-
| July 10, 1977
| [[Ted Nugent]]
| [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]]<br />[[REO Speedwagon]]<br />[[Journey (band)|Journey]]<br />[[38 Special (band)|.38 Special]]
| ''Super Bowl of Rock #3''
| 63,870 / 65,000
| $627,995
| First solo male headliner
|-
| August 13, 1977
| [[Peter Frampton]]
| [[Bob Seger]] and the Silver Bullet Band<br />[[Rick Derringer]]<br />[[UFO (band)|UFO]]
| 
| 47,365 / 65,000
| $476,007
| 
|-
| September 24, 1977
| [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]]
| {{n/a}}
| Lincoln Park Zoo Benefit
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| 
|-
| July 8, 1978
| [[The Rolling Stones]]
| Journey<br />[[Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes]]<br />[[Peter Tosh]]
| [[The Rolling Stones US Tour 1978]]
| 70,725 / 70,725
|$919,425<ref>{{cite magazine |date=July 22, 1978 |title=Top Box Office |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kyQEAAAAMBAJ&q=Arenas+%286%2C000+to+20%2C000%29 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=2 July 2020 |archive-date=July 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230717184544/https://books.google.com/books?id=kyQEAAAAMBAJ&q=Arenas+(6,000+to+20,000) |url-status=live }}</ref>
|
|-
| August 26, 1978
| [[Parliament-Funkadelic]]
| [[The Bar-Kays]]<br />[[Con Funk Shun]]<br />[[A Taste of Honey (band)|A Taste of Honey]]
| Funk Fest
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| 
|-
| July 19, 1980
| [[Smokey Robinson]]
| [[The O'Jays]]
| Budweiser Superfest
| 41,322 / 58,000
| $702,474
| 
|-
| August 10–18, 1983
| {{show|Performers|
*[[Buddy Guy]]
*[[Junior Wells]]
*[[The Beach Boys]]
*[[Stevie Ray Vaughan]] and [[Double Trouble (band)|Double Trouble]]
*[[The Association]]
*[[The Hollies]]
*The Kind
*[[Laura Branigan]]
}}
| {{n/a}}
| [[ChicagoFest]]
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| 
|-
| August 9, 1985
| [[Bruce Springsteen]] and the [[E Street Band]]
| {{n/a}}
| [[Born in the U.S.A. Tour]]
| 71,222 / 71,222
| $1,228,500
| 
|-
| July 31, 1987
| [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]
| [[Level 42]]
| [[Who's That Girl World Tour]]
| 47,407 / 47,407
| $1,066,658
| 
|-
| July 29, 1990
| [[Paul McCartney]]
| {{n/a}}
| [[The Paul McCartney World Tour]]
| 55,630 / 55,630
| $1,807,975
| 
|-
| June 22, 1991
| [[Grateful Dead]]
| {{n/a}}
| Summer Tour 1991
| 58,416 / 58,416
| $1,573,891
| 
|-
| June 25, 1992
| rowspan="2"| [[Grateful Dead]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Steve Miller Band]]
| rowspan="2"| Summer Tour 1992
| rowspan="2"| 110,670 / 118,394
| rowspan="2"| $3,116,492
| rowspan="2"|
|-
| June 26, 1992
|-
| June 18, 1993
| rowspan="2"| [[Grateful Dead]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Sting (musician)|Sting]]
| rowspan="2"| Summer Tour 1993
| rowspan="2"| 115,239 / 115,239
| rowspan="2"| $3,041,690
| rowspan="2"| 
|-
|June 19, 1993
|-
| July 12, 1994
| Pink Floyd
| {{n/a}}
| [[The Division Bell Tour]]
| 51,981 / 51,981
| $2,056,105
| 
|-
| July 23, 1994
| rowspan="2"| Grateful Dead
| rowspan="2"| [[Traffic (band)|Traffic]]
| rowspan="2"| Summer Tour 1994
| rowspan="2"| 111,002 / 111,002
| rowspan="2"| $3,546,758
| rowspan="2"| 
|-
| July 24, 1994
|-
| September 11, 1994
| rowspan="2"| The Rolling Stones
| rowspan="2"| [[Lenny Kravitz]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Voodoo Lounge Tour]]
| rowspan="2"| 90,303 / 90,303
| rowspan="2"| $4,194,320
| rowspan="2"| 
|-
| September 12, 1994
|-
| July 8, 1995
| rowspan="2"| Grateful Dead
| rowspan="2"| [[The Band]]
| rowspan="2"| Summer Tour 1995
| rowspan="2"| 113,327 / 113,327
| rowspan="2"| $3,694,431
|
|-
| July 9, 1995
|Final concert by the band.<ref>{{cite book |last=Scott |first=John W. |title=DeadBase XI: The Complete Guide to Grateful Dead Song Lists |author2=Dolgushkin, Mike |author3=Nixon, Stu. |publisher=DeadBase |year=1999 |isbn=1-877657-22-0 |location=Cornish, New Hampshire}}</ref>
|-
| July 11, 1995
| [[Pearl Jam]]
| [[Bad Religion]]<br />[[Otis Rush]]
| [[Vitalogy Tour]]
| 47,824 / 47,824
| $1,028,216
| Played on the Grateful Dead's stage
|-
| September 14, 1996
| [[Little Feat]]
| [[Taj Mahal (musician)|Taj Mahal]]
| 
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| 
|-
| June 27, 1997
| rowspan="3"| [[U2]]
| rowspan="3"| [[Fun Lovin' Criminals]]
| rowspan="3"| [[PopMart Tour]]
| rowspan="3"| 116,912 / 127,500
| rowspan="3"| $5,956,587
| rowspan="3"| 
|-
| June 28, 1997
|-
| June 29, 1997
|-
| July 18, 1997
| {{show|Performers|
*[[Bad Religion]]
*[[Blink-182]]
*[[Descendents]]
*[[Hed PE]]
*Jimmy 2 Times
*[[Lagwagon]]
*[[Latex Generation]]
*[[Less Than Jake]]
*[[Limp Bizkit]]
*[[The Mighty Mighty Bosstones]]
*[[Millencolin]]
*[[Murder City Devils]]
*[[Orange 9mm]]
*[[Pennywise (band)|Pennywise]]
*[[Reel Big Fish]]
*[[Sick of It All]]
*[[Snot (band)|Snot]]
*[[Social Distortion]]
*[[Strung Out]]
*[[Sugar Ray]]
*Trading Bryson
*[[Vision of Disorder]]
*White Kaps
}}
| {{n/a}}
| [[Vans Warped Tour]]
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| 
|-
| September 23, 1997
| rowspan="2"| The Rolling Stones
| rowspan="2"| [[Blues Traveler]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Bridges to Babylon Tour]]
| rowspan="2"| 107,186 / 107,186
| rowspan="2"| $6,260,000
| rowspan="2"| 
|-
| September 25, 1997
|-
| May 10, 1998
| [[George Strait]]
| {{n/a}}
| Country Music Festival Tour
| 45,486 / 45,486
| $1,813,825
| 
|-
| April 25, 1999
| [[George Strait]]
| {{n/a}}
| Country Music Festival Tour
| 36,022 / 36,022
| $1,402,194
|
|-
| May 13, 2000
| [[Wilco]]
| {{n/a}}
| 
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| 
|-
| June 29, 2000
| rowspan="2"| [[Dave Matthews Band]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Ben Harper]] and the Innocent Criminals<br />[[Ozomatli]]
| rowspan="2"| The Summer 2000 Tour 
| rowspan="2"| 115,006 / 115,006
| rowspan="2"| $5,175,270
| rowspan="2"|
|-
| June 30, 2000
|-
| June 16, 2001
| rowspan="2"| [[NSYNC]]
| rowspan="2"| [[BBMak]]<br />[[3LW]]<br />[[Dream (American group)|Dream]]
| rowspan="2"| [[PopOdyssey]]
| rowspan="2"| 85,650 / 103,903
| rowspan="2"| $4,739,359
| rowspan="2"|
|-
| June 17, 2001
|-
| July 6, 2001
| rowspan="2"| [[Dave Matthews Band]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Buddy Guy]]<br />[[Angélique Kidjo]]
| rowspan="2"| The Summer 2001 Tour 
| rowspan="2"| 103,675 / 103,675
| rowspan="2"| $4,834,864
| rowspan="2"|
|-
| July 7, 2001
|-
| September 10, 2005
| The Rolling Stones
| [[Los Lonely Boys]]
| [[A Bigger Bang (concert tour)|A Bigger Bang]]
| 55,046 / 55,046
| $7,231,427
|  
|-
| July 21, 2006
| [[Bon Jovi]]
| [[Nickelback]]
| [[Have a Nice Day Tour]]
| 52,612 / 52,612
| $3,988,455
|  
|-
| October 11, 2006
| The Rolling Stones
| [[Elvis Costello]] and the Imposters
| A Bigger Bang
| 33,296 / 33,296
| $4,020,721
|  
|-
| June 21, 2008
| [[Kenny Chesney]]
| [[Keith Urban]]<br />[[LeAnn Rimes]]<br />[[Luke Bryan]]<br />[[Gary Allan]]
| The Poets and Pirates Tour
| 46,463 / 48,585
| $4,063,663
|  
|-
| October 11–12, 2008
| {{show|Performers|
*[[Son Volt]]
*[[Cross Canadian Ragweed]]
*[[Gretchen Wilson]]
*[[Justin Townes Earle]]
*[[Lady Antebellum]]
*[[Luke Bryan]]
*[[Rissi Palmer]]
*[[Taylor Swift]]
*The Lawrence Peters Outfit
*[[Tift Merritt]]
}}
| {{n/a}}
| Chicago Country Music Festival
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
|  
|-
| June 13, 2009
| [[Kenny Chesney]]
| [[Lady Antebellum]]<br />[[Miranda Lambert]]<br />[[Montgomery Gentry]]<br />[[Sugarland]]
| [[Sun City Carnival Tour]]
| 48,763 / 50,109
| $3,184,606
|  
|-
| September 12, 2009
| rowspan="2"| U2
| rowspan="2"| [[Snow Patrol]]
| rowspan="2"| [[U2 360° Tour]]
| rowspan="2"| 135,872 / 135,872
| rowspan="2"| $13,860,480
| rowspan="2"| 
|-
| September 13, 2009
|-
| June 12, 2010
| {{show|Performers|
*[[All Time Low]]
*[[Boys Like Girls]]
*[[Cady Groves]]
*[[Forever the Sickest Kids]]
*[[Good Charlotte]]
*[[Hellogoodbye]]
*[[LMFAO (band)|LMFAO]]
*[[Simple Plan]]
*[[Third Eye Blind]]
*Drive A
*[[Great Big Planes]]
*Mercy Mercedes
*[[The Prices]]
*[[The Ready Set]]
*[[Stereo Skyline]]
*[[Vita Chambers]]
}}
| {{n/a}}
| [[The Bamboozle#Bamboozle Road Show 2010|The Bamboozle Roadshow 2010]]
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| Event held in parking lot
|-
| June 19, 2010
| [[Eagles (band)|Eagles]]
| [[Dixie Chicks]]<br />[[JD & the Straight Shot]]
| [[Long Road Out of Eden Tour]]
| 29,233 / 32,420
| $3,186,493
|  
|-
| July 7, 2010
| [[deadmau5]]
| [[Rye Rye]]<br />[[Brazilian Girls]]
| 
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
|  
|-
| July 30, 2010
| rowspan="2"| Bon Jovi
| rowspan="2"| [[Kid Rock]]
| rowspan="2"| [[The Circle Tour]]
| rowspan="2"| 95,959 / 95,959
| rowspan="2"| $8,606,259
| rowspan="2"| 
|-
| July 31, 2010
|-
| July 5, 2011
| U2
| [[Interpol (band)|Interpol]]
| U2 360° Tour
| 64,297 / 64,297
| $5,786,335
|  
|-
| August 23, 2011
| [[Wayne Baker Brooks]]
| [[Sugar Blue]]
| 
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
|  
|-
| July 7, 2012
| Kenny Chesney<br />[[Tim McGraw]]
| [[Jake Owen]]<br />[[Grace Potter and the Nocturnals]]
| [[Brothers of the Sun Tour]]
| 51,100 / 51,100
| $5,109,399
|  
|-
| July 12, 2013
| Bon Jovi
| [[The J. Geils Band]]
| [[Because We Can (concert tour)|Because We Can]]
| 45,178 / 45,178
| $4,690,204
|  
|-
| July 22, 2013
| [[Jay-Z]]<br />[[Justin Timberlake]]
| [[DJ Cassidy]]
| [[Legends of the Summer]]
| 52,671 / 52,671
| $5,715,152
|  
|-
| August 10, 2013
| [[Taylor Swift]]
| [[Ed Sheeran]]<br />[[Casey James]]<br />[[Austin Mahone]]
| [[The Red Tour]]
| 50,809 / 50,809
| $4,149,148
|  
|-
| July 24, 2014
| [[Beyoncé]]<br />[[Jay-Z]]
| {{n/a}}
| [[On the Run Tour (Beyoncé and Jay-Z)|On the Run Tour]]
| 50,035 / 50,035
| $5,783,396
|  
|-
| August 29, 2014
| rowspan="2"| [[One Direction]]
| rowspan="2"| [[5 Seconds of Summer]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Where We Are Tour (One Direction)|Where We Are Tour]]
| rowspan="2"| 104,617 / 104,617
| rowspan="2"| $9,446,247
| rowspan="2"| During the August 29 show, the band performed a cover of "[[Happy Birthday to You|Happy Birthday]]" by [[Mildred J. Hill]] dedicated to Liam, and "[[The Way You Make Me Feel]]" by [[Michael Jackson]].
|-
| August 30, 2014
|-
| August 31, 2014
| [[Luke Bryan]]
| [[Dierks Bentley]]<br />[[Lee Brice]]<br />[[Cole Swindell]]<br />DJ Rock
| [[That's My Kind of Night Tour]]
| 50,529 / 50,529
| $3,754,362
|  
|-
| June 6, 2015
| Kenny Chesney<br />[[Miranda Lambert]]
| [[Brantley Gilbert]]<br />[[Chase Rice]]<br />[[Old Dominion (band)|Old Dominion]]
| [[The Big Revival Tour]]
| 43,630 / 48,278
| $3,776,207
| Chesney was the main headliner, and Lambert joined as the co-headliner only for the Chicago show.
|-
| July 3, 2015
| rowspan="3"| Fare Thee Well
| rowspan="3" {{n/a}}
| rowspan="3"| [[Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of the Grateful Dead]]
| rowspan="3"| 210,283 / 210,283
| rowspan="3"| $30,683,274
| rowspan="3"| 50th anniversary concerts<ref>Waddell, Ray (July 4, 2015). [http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/grateful-dead/6620076/grateful-dead-fare-thee-well-sets-record-attendance-at-chicagos "Grateful Dead Fare Thee Well Sets Attendance Record at Chicago's Soldier Field"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160209052620/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/grateful-dead/6620076/grateful-dead-fare-thee-well-sets-record-attendance-at-chicagos |date=February 9, 2016 }}, ''Billboard''. Retrieved February 20, 2016.</ref>
|-
| July 4, 2015
|-
| July 5, 2015
|-
| July 18, 2015
| rowspan="2"| Taylor Swift
| rowspan="2"| [[Vance Joy]]<br />[[Shawn Mendes]]<br />[[Haim (band)|HAIM]]
| rowspan="2"| [[The 1989 World Tour]]
| rowspan="2"| 110,109 / 110,109
| rowspan="2"| $11,469,887
| [[Andy Grammer]] and [[Serayah (entertainer)|Serayah]] were special guests.
|-
| July 19, 2015
| [[Sam Hunt]], [[Andreja Pejić]] and [[Lily Donaldson]] were special guests.
|-
| August 23, 2015
| One Direction
| [[Icona Pop]]
| [[On the Road Again Tour]]
| 41,527 / 41,527
| $3,382,655
|  
|-
| May 27, 2016
| rowspan="2"| Beyoncé
| [[Rae Sremmurd]]
| rowspan="2"| [[The Formation World Tour]]
| rowspan="2"| 89,270 / 89,270
| rowspan="2"| $11,279,890
| rowspan="2"| 
|-
| May 28, 2016
| [[DJ Scratch]]
|-
| July 1, 2016
| rowspan="2"| [[Guns N' Roses]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Alice in Chains]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Not in This Lifetime... Tour]]
| rowspan="2"| 82,172 / 96,088
| rowspan="2"| $8,843,684
| rowspan="2"|
|-
| July 3, 2016
|-
| July 23, 2016
| rowspan="2"| [[Coldplay]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Alessia Cara]]<br />[[Foxes (singer)|Foxes]]
| rowspan="2"| [[A Head Full of Dreams Tour]]
| rowspan="2"| 95,323 / 95,323
| rowspan="2"| $10,215,572
| The July 23 show was cut short due to inclement weather.<ref name="Coldplay">{{cite news |last=Legaspi |first=Althea |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-ent-0725-coldplay-review-20160724-story.html |title=Rain can't dampen Coldplay party at Soldier Field |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=July 24, 2016 |access-date=July 24, 2016 |archive-date=June 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626133329/http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-ent-0725-coldplay-review-20160724-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| July 24, 2016
| 
|-
| June 3, 2017
| rowspan="2" | U2
| rowspan="2" | [[The Lumineers]]
| rowspan="2" | [[The Joshua Tree Tour 2017]]
| rowspan="2" | 105,078 / 105,078
| rowspan="2" | $13,435,925
| 
|-
|June 4, 2017
| 
|-
| June 18, 2017
| [[Metallica]]
| [[Avenged Sevenfold]]<br />[[Local H]]<br />[[Mix Master Mike]]
| [[WorldWired Tour]]
| 51,041 / 51,041
| $6,093,976
|
|-
| August 17, 2017
| Coldplay
| [[AlunaGeorge]]<br />[[Izzy Bizu]]
| A Head Full of Dreams Tour
| 52,726 / 52,726
| $6,026,402
| 
|-
| June 1, 2018
| rowspan="2"| Taylor Swift
| rowspan="2"| [[Camila Cabello]]<br />[[Charli XCX]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Taylor Swift's Reputation Stadium Tour]]
| rowspan="2"| 105,208 / 105,208
| rowspan="2"| $14,576,697
| rowspan="2"|
|-
| June 2, 2018
|-
| July 28, 2018
| Kenny Chesney
| [[Thomas Rhett]]<br />[[Old Dominion (band)|Old Dominion]]<br />Brandon Lay
| Trip Around The Sun Tour
| 52,189 / 52,189
| $5,751,195
|
|-
| August 10, 2018
| rowspan="2"| Beyoncé<br />Jay-Z
| rowspan="2"| [[Chloe X Halle]] and [[DJ Khaled]]
| rowspan="2"| [[On the Run II Tour]]
| rowspan="2"| 86,602 / 86,602
| rowspan="2"| $12,303,099
| rowspan="2"| During the second show, "Summer" was added to the setlist. "[[Apeshit (song)|Apeshit]]" was also performed for the first time in its entirety with choreography and background dancers.
|-
| August 11, 2018
|-
| October 4, 2018
| [[Ed Sheeran]]
| [[Snow Patrol]]<br />[[Lauv]]
| [[÷ Tour]]
| 47,263 / 47,263
| $4,339,350
| 
|-
| May 11, 2019
| rowspan="2"| [[BTS]]
| rowspan="2"{{N/A}}
| rowspan="2"|[[Love Yourself World Tour]]
| rowspan="2"|88,156 / 88,156
| rowspan="2"|$13,345,795
| rowspan="2"|<ref>{{cite web |title=HOT TICKETS: JUNE 6, 2019 |url=https://www.venuesnow.com/hot-tickets-june-6-2019/ |website=Venues Now |access-date=June 6, 2019 |date=June 6, 2019 |archive-date=June 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607003333/https://www.venuesnow.com/hot-tickets-june-6-2019/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| May 12, 2019	
|-
| June 21, 2019	
| rowspan="2"| [[The Rolling Stones]]	
| [[St. Paul and the Broken Bones]]
| rowspan="2"| [[No Filter Tour]]
| rowspan="2"| 98,228 / 98,228
| rowspan="2"| $21,741,564
| rowspan="2"|
|-
| June 25, 2019
| [[Whiskey Myers]]
|-
|August 26, 2021
|[[Kanye West]]
|{{N/A}}
|[[Donda (album)|Kanye West Presents: The Donda Album Experience]]
|
|
|Third listening event before the release of his album ''Donda''.
|-
|September 4, 2021
| rowspan="2"| [[Los Bukis]]
| rowspan="2"{{N/A}}
| rowspan="2"| Una Historia Cantada
| rowspan="2"| 80,335 / 80,335
| rowspan="2"| $9,356,386
| rowspan="2"|
|-
|September 5, 2021
|-
|May 28, 2022
| rowspan="2" |Coldplay
| rowspan="2" |[[H.E.R.]][[Drama (American band)|Drama]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Music of the Spheres World Tour]]
| rowspan="2" | 107,072 / 107,072
| rowspan="2" | $10,969,930
| rowspan="2" |
|-
|May 29, 2022
|-
|June 25, 2022
|[[Kenny Chesney]]
|[[Florida Georgia Line]]
[[Old Dominion (band)|Old Dominion]]
[[Michael Franti|Michael Franti & Spearhead]]
|[[Here and Now Tour (Kenny Chesney)|Here and Now Tour]]
| 52,792 / 52,792
| $6,054,015
|
|-
| July 24, 2022
| [[The Weeknd]]
| [[Kaytranada]]<br />[[Mike Dean (record producer)|Mike Dean]]
| [[After Hours til Dawn Stadium Tour]]
| 48,887 / 48,887
| $7,961,796
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theweeknd.com/tour|title=Tour|website=The Weeknd's Official Website|language=en|access-date=February 21, 2020|archive-date=January 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128055515/https://www.theweeknd.com/tour/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/music/the-weeknd-announces-lineup-of-openers-on-stadium-tour|website=[[Complex Networks|Complex]]|title=The Weeknd Announces Lineup of Openers to Replace Doja Cat on Stadium Tour|access-date=June 30, 2022|archive-date=June 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630153352/https://www.complex.com/music/the-weeknd-announces-lineup-of-openers-on-stadium-tour|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|August 5, 2022
|[[Elton John]]
|N/A
|[[Farewell Yellow Brick Road]]
| 48,813 / 48,813
| $7,118,811
|
|-
| August 19, 2022
| [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]
| [[The Strokes]]<br />[[Thundercat (musician)|Thundercat]]
| [[Red Hot Chili Peppers 2022 Global Stadium Tour|2022 Global Stadium Tour]]
| 47,019 / 47,019
| $7,500,942
|<ref>{{cite web |title=2022 GLOBAL STADIUM TOUR UPCOMING DATES |url=https://redhotchilipeppers.com/ |publisher=redhotchilipeppers.com |access-date=19 October 2021 |archive-date=October 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211014200829/https://redhotchilipeppers.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| August 20, 2022
| [[Bad Bunny]]
| N/A
| [[World's Hottest Tour]]
| 50,854 / 50,854
| $14,109,590
|
|-
|September 3, 2022
| rowspan="1"| [[Rammstein]]
| rowspan="1"| Duo Abélard
| rowspan="1"| [[Rammstein Stadium Tour]]
| rowspan="1"| 47,263 / 48,000
| rowspan="1"| $9,051,337
| rowspan="1"|
|-
| May 6 2023
| [[Luke Combs]]
| 
| 
| 55,047 / 55,047
| $5,713,363
| 
|-
|June 2, 2023
| rowspan="3"| Taylor Swift
| rowspan="2"| [[Girl in Red]]<br />Owenn
| rowspan="3"| [[The Eras Tour]]
| rowspan="3"| 
| rowspan="3"| 
| rowspan="3"|First female act in history to sell out three shows on a single tour.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 5, 2023 |title=Soldier Field Concert History |url=https://www.concertarchives.org/venues/soldier-field--2 |access-date=February 1, 2023 |archive-date=January 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105231919/https://www.concertarchives.org/venues/soldier-field--2 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|June 3, 2023
|-
|June 4, 2023
|[[Muna (band)|Muna]]<br />[[Gracie Abrams]]
|-
| July 22, 2023
| rowspan="2"| Beyoncé
| rowspan="2"| 
| rowspan="2"| [[Renaissance World Tour]]
| rowspan="2"| 97,686 / 97,686
| rowspan="2"| $30,115,863
| rowspan="2"| <ref>{{Cite web |date=2023 |title=Year-End Top 300 Concert Grosses |url=https://data.pollstar.com/Chart/2024/01/121123_ye.top300.concert.grosses_digital_1040.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226172312/https://data.pollstar.com/Chart/2024/01/121123_ye.top300.concert.grosses_digital_1040.pdf |archive-date=26 February 2024 |access-date=26 February 2024 |website=Pollstar}}</ref>
|-
|July 23, 2023
|-
|July 29, 2023
| rowspan="1" |Ed Sheeran
| rowspan="1" |[[Khalid (American singer)|Khalid]]<br />Cat Burns
| rowspan="1" |[[+-=÷× Tour]]
| rowspan="1" | 73,015 / 73,015
| rowspan="1" | $8,054,888
| rowspan="1" |
|-
|September 15, 2023
| rowspan="1" | [[Karol G]]
| rowspan="1" | Agudelo<br />Young Miko
| rowspan="1" | [[Mañana Será Bonito Tour]]
| rowspan="1" | 52,505 / 52,505
| rowspan="1" | $10,028,807
| rowspan="1" |
|-
|June 15, 2024
|[[Kenny Chesney]]<br>[[Zac Brown Band]]
|[[Megan Moroney]]<br>[[Uncle Kracker]]
|[[Sun Goes Down 2024 Tour]]
|
|
|
|-
|-
|June 27, 2024
|rowspan=2|[[The Rolling Stones]]
|[[Bettye LaVette]]
|rowspan=2|[[Hackney Diamonds Tour]]
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|
|-
|June 30, 2024
|[[Lainey Wilson]]
|-
|July 20, 2024
|[[George Strait]]
|[[Little Big Town]]
[[Chris Stapleton]]
|
|
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gendron |first=Bob |date=2024-07-21 |title=Review: George Strait plays honest, old-school country at Soldier Field, joined by Chris Stapleton |url=https://www.delcotimes.com/2024/07/21/review-george-strait-plays-honest-old-school-country-at-soldier-field-joined-by-chris-stapleton/ |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=Delco Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|August 9, 2024
| rowspan="2" |[[Metallica]]
| [[Pantera]]<br />[[Mammoth WVH]]
| rowspan="2" |[[M72 World Tour]]
| rowspan="2" | 134,400 / 134,400
| rowspan="2" | $16,328,255
| rowspan="2" |
|-
|August 11, 2024
|[[Five Finger Death Punch]]<br />[[Ice Nine Kills]]
|-
| August 24, 2024 || [[Pink (singer)|Pink]] || [[Sheryl Crow]]<br/>KidCutUp<br/>[[The Script]] || [[Pink Summer Carnival|P!NK: Summer Carnival]] || || ||
|-
| May 15, 2025
| rowspan=3|Beyoncé
| rowspan=3|
| rowspan=3|[[Cowboy Carter Tour]]
| rowspan=3|
| rowspan=3|
| rowspan=3|
|-
| May 17, 2025
|-
| May 18, 2025
|-
|May 24, 2025
|[[AC/DC]]
|[[The Pretty Reckless]]
|[[Power Up Tour]]
|
|
|
|-
| May 30, 2025
| rowspan=2|[[The Weeknd]]
| rowspan=2|[[Playboi Carti]]<br>[[Mike Dean (record producer)|Mike Dean]]
| rowspan=2|[[After Hours til Dawn Tour]]
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|
|-
| May 31, 2025
|-
|June 6, 2025
|[[Kendrick Lamar]]<br />[[SZA]]
|
|[[Grand National Tour]]
|
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Grimes |first=Navier |date=2024-12-03 |title=Kendrick Lamar And SZA To Hit Stadiums On The 2025 North American Grand National Tour |url=https://www.livenationentertainment.com/2024/12/kendrick-lamar-and-sza-to-hit-stadiums-on-the-2025-north-american-grand-national-tour/ |access-date=2024-12-03 |website=Live Nation Entertainment |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|July 18, 2025
|[[Blackpink]]
|
|[[Deadline World Tour]]
|
|
|The first K-Pop girl group to hold a concert at this venue.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chris |first=Willman |date=February 19, 2025 |title=Blackpink Announces 10-City International Tour, Including L.A., NYC and Chicago Stadium Stops |url=https://variety.com/2025/music/news/blackpink-tour-international-global-summer-stadiums-1236312913/ |access-date=May 16, 2025 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|variety]]}}</ref>
|-
|August 28, 2025 || [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] || [[Cage the Elephant]] || [[Oasis Live '25 Tour]] || || ||
|-
|August 29, 2025 || [[My Chemical Romance]] || [[Devo]] || [[Long Live The Black Parade Tour]] || || ||
|-
|August 30, 2025
|[[The Lumineers]]
|[[St. Vincent (musician)|St. Vincent]]
[[Lake Street Dive]]
|Automatic World Tour
|
|
|
|-
|August 31, 2025
| rowspan="2" |[[System of a Down]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Avenged Sevenfold]]
[[Polyphia]]
[[Wisp (musician)|Wisp]]
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |
|-
|September 1, 2025
|}

<!--*The Spring Awakening Music Festival – June 16–17, 2012, June 14–16, 2013 and June 13–15, 2014
*The Terrapin 5K & Music Festival – August 2, 2012 and August 8, 2013 (to be added when I get all artists' names-->

===Other events===
[[File:XXVIII International Eucharistic Congress, First General Meeting, Solemn Pontifical High Mass.jpg|thumb|right |[[Eucharistic Congress]] in 1926]]
[[File:FDR-Soldier-Field-October-28-1944.jpg|thumb|right|President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] at Soldier Field, 1944]]
[[File:Douglas MacArthur speaking at Soldier Field HD-SN-99-03036.JPEG|thumb|right |Gen. [[Douglas MacArthur]] at Soldier Field, 1951]]
[[File:Gay Games 2006, Chicago.jpg|thumb|right|Opening ceremonies of the [[2006 Gay Games]] at Soldier Field]]

*June 21–23, 1926: the 28th International [[Eucharistic Congress]] held three days of outdoor day and evening events.
*September 22, 1927: [[The Long Count Fight]], the second [[heavyweight]] championship bout between [[Jack Dempsey]] and [[Gene Tunney]], was held at Soldier Field.
*June 24, 1932: a war show celebrating the bicentennial of [[George Washington]]'s birth featured [[Amelia Earhart]].<ref>{{cite news| title =Planes Thrill Crowd at Military Show| newspaper =Chicago Daily Tribune| date =June 25, 1932}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| title =1,500 Soldiers Will Move into Loop Wednesday| newspaper =Chicago Daily Tribune| date =June 13, 1932}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| last =Laughlin| first =Kathleen| title =Amelia Flies to City; Given Noisy Ovation| newspaper =Chicago Daily Tribune|date =June 25, 1932}}</ref>
*May 27, 1933: Soldier Field held the opening ceremonies of the [[Century of Progress]] [[World's Fair]]. [[Postmaster General]] and [[Democratic National Convention|DNC]]-Chairman [[James Farley]] facilitated the opening ceremony.<ref>{{cite news|title=Chicago Fair Opened by Farley; Rays of Arcturus Start Lights|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=May 28, 1933}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last= O'Donnell Bennett|first=James|title=Exposition Starts with Pageant in Soldiers' Field|newspaper=Chicago Daily Tribune|date=May 28, 1933}}</ref>
*October 28, 1944: U.S. President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] made an appearance at Soldier Field, which was the only Midwestern speaking appearance he made in his last re-election campaign. This appearance was attended by over 150,000 (with at least as many people attempting to attend who were unable to gain admission).<ref>{{cite news|last=Gentry|first=Guy |title=700,000 Tickets Out for F.D.R. Rally Tonight|newspaper=Chicago Daily Tribune|date=October 28, 1944}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Record Crowd Hears President Give Peace Program|newspaper=[[Chicago Defender]]|date=November 4, 1944}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, "Campaign Address at Soldier Field, Chicago" October 28, 1944|agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Edwards|first=Willard |title=F.D.R. Promises New Deal No. 2; Dewey Hits at War 'Credit' Claim|newspaper=Chicago Daily Tribune|date=October 29, 1944}}</ref><ref>[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], "Campaign Address at Soldier Field", October 28, 1944</ref><ref>{{cite news| title = Postwar Goal: 60 Million Jobs| newspaper = [[Los Angeles Times]]| date =October 29, 1944 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = Record Crowd In Chicago | newspaper = [[Chicago Defender]]| date = November 4, 1944}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Kennedy|first=David M.|title=Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929–1945|url=https://archive.org/details/freedomfromfeara00kenn|url-access=registration|year=1999|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=New York City|pages=[https://archive.org/details/freedomfromfeara00kenn/page/767 767]–769; 774–775|isbn=978-0-19-503834-7}}</ref>
*April 25, 1951: [[Douglas MacArthur]], [[General of the Army (United States)|US General]] during [[World War II]], addressed a crowd of 50,000 at Soldier Field in his first visit to the United States in 14 years.
*June 21, 1964: the [[Chicago Freedom Movement]], led by [[Martin Luther King Jr.]], held a rally here. As many as 75,000 came to hear Reverend King, Reverend [[Theodore Hesburgh]] (president of the [[University of Notre Dame]], Archbishop [[Arthur M. Brazier]], and Minister [[Edgar Chandler (minister)|Edgar Chandler]], among others.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/specialcoll/services/rjd/CULExhibit/Urban%20League%20Exhibit/4_1_IL%20Freedom%20Rally.htm |title=Freedom Summer in Chicago: An Anticlimax |website=Uic.edu |publisher=[[University of Illinois at Chicago]] Library |access-date=January 27, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227210920/http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/specialcoll/services/rjd/CULExhibit/Urban%20League%20Exhibit/4_1_IL%20Freedom%20Rally.htm |archive-date=February 27, 2015 }}</ref>
*July 10, 1966: the [[Chicago Freedom Movement]] held a second rally here. As many as 60,000 people came to hear Dr. King, as well as [[Mahalia Jackson]], [[Stevie Wonder]] and [[Peter, Paul and Mary]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Cohen|first1=Adam|last2=Taylor|first2=Elizabeth|title=American Pharaoh: Mayor Richard J. Daley: His Battle for Chicago and the Nation|url=https://archive.org/details/americanpharaohmcoh00cohe|url-access=registration|year=2000|publisher=Little, Brown|location=Boston|isbn=0-316-83403-3|oclc=42392137|page={{Page needed|date=May 2010}}}}</ref>
*1974: The [[Chicago Fire (WFL)|Chicago Fire]] of the [[World Football League]] (WFL) played here before folding in 1975.
*October 13, 1983: David D. Meilahn made the first-ever commercial [[mobile phone|cell phone]] call on a [[Motorola DynaTAC]] from his [[Mercedes-Benz]] [[Mercedes-Benz R107|380SL]] at Soldier Field. This is considered a major turning point in communications. The call was to Bob Barnett, the former president of [[Ameritech Mobile Communications]], who then placed a call on a DynaTAC from a [[Chrysler]] [[convertible]] to the grandson of [[Alexander Graham Bell]], who was in Germany.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F04EED8173BF935A35752C0A9669C8B63 |title=Cell Phones Ruin the Opera? Meet the Culprit |work=The New York Times |first=Ted |last=Oehmke |date=January 6, 2000 |access-date=May 26, 2009}}</ref>
*The stadium was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Chicago|National Register of Historic Places]] beginning in 1984.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/IL/Cook/state9.html|title=Soldier Field – Building #84001052|year=1984|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=May 21, 2010|archive-date=April 12, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100412040133/http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/il/Cook/state9.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Its [[National Historic Landmark]] status was removed in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/listings/20060428.HTM|title=National Register of Historic Places Listings|publisher=National Park Service|date=April 28, 2006|access-date=July 24, 2012|archive-date=December 31, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231002454/http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/listings/20060428.HTM|url-status=live}}</ref>
*In the summer of 2006, the stadium hosted the opening ceremony of the [[2006 Gay Games|Gay Games]].<ref>Noel, Josh; Elejalde-Ruiz, Alexia (July 16, 2006). [https://www.chicagotribune.com/2006/07/16/pride-support-protest-mark-opening/ "Pride, Support, Protest Mark Opening"], ''Chicago Tribune''. Retrieved March 5, 2016.</ref>
*In 2012, United States President [[Barack Obama]] held the [[2012 Chicago summit]], a [[NATO summit|summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)]], at [[McCormick Place]] and Soldier Field.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagobears.com/news/NewsStory.asp?story_id=8826|title=President Obama throws football at Soldier Field|publisher=Chicago Bears|date=May 21, 2012|access-date=July 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619134137/http://www.chicagobears.com/news/NewsStory.asp?story_id=8826|archive-date=June 19, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*When the field and nearby [[Shedd Aquarium]] had to close to visitors due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], Soldier Field became the exercise grounds for the aquarium's [[penguin]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Watch: Penguins visit the home of the Bears|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/video/penguins-tour-soldier-field-home-of-chicago-bears-96498757768|access-date=2020-11-30|website=NBC News|language=en}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
* In the [[Marvel Comics]] event ''[[Siege (comics)|Siege]]'', Soldier Field is inadvertently destroyed mid-game by [[Thor (Marvel Comics)|Thor]]'s friend [[Volstagg]] when he is tricked into fighting the [[U-Foes]] through [[Loki (Marvel Comics)|Loki]] and [[Norman Osborn]]'s manipulations of events.<ref>''Siege'' #1</ref> The stadium is later seen being rebuilt by the heroes after [[Captain America|Steve Rogers]] is appointed head of U.S. Security, following the aforementioned event.<ref>''Avengers'' (vol. 4) #1</ref>
* The 1977 documentary film ''[[Powers of Ten (film)|Powers of Ten]]'' focuses on two people having a picnic on the east side of Soldier Field.<ref>{{cite web |title=Powers of Ten|work=Film and description|date=June 14, 2011|publisher=Organisation Européenne pour la Recherche Nucléaire (CERN)|url=http://cdsweb.cern.ch/record/1002700%20|access-date=August 11, 2011|quote=The zoom-out continues, to a view of 100 meters (10^2 m), then 1 kilometer (10^3 m), and so on, increasing the perspective. The picnic is revealed to be taking place near Soldier Field on Chicago's waterfront, and continuing to zoom out to a field of view of 10^24 meters, or the size of the observable universe.}}</ref>
* The stadium appears in the 2006 [[Clint Eastwood]]–directed movie ''[[Flags of Our Fathers (film)|Flags of Our Fathers]]'', when the survivors of the [[Iwo Jima]] flag-raising reenact it for a patriotic rally.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/cl-et-flags20oct20,1,3679517.story|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107203505/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/cl-et-flags20oct20,1,3679517.story|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 7, 2009|title=Movie Review: ''Flags of Our Fathers''|last=Turan|first=Kenneth|date=October 20, 2006|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=May 21, 2010}}</ref>
* The opening match of the 1994 World Cup at Soldier Field was one of the five events covered in the [[ESPN]] ''[[30 for 30]]'' documentary ''[[June 17, 1994]]''.
* Soldier Field features (much changed) in August 4017a.d. in From The Highlands short story in [[David Weber]]'s anthology collection ''[[Changer Of Worlds]]''. It appears to have gone through multiple renovations, rebuilds and even having been built over, until nothing but the open space of the original remained.
* In the 13th episode of [[Chicago Fire (TV series)|''Chicago Fire'']]{{'}}s fourth season, Soldier Field is featured on one of their calls for a terrorist hoax. The stadium appears again in the 21st episode of the fifth season as one of their calls for a high angle rescue. This stadium is featured again in the eighth season as members of firehouse 51 respond to help victims of a deadly infection. It is also featured and referenced in the fifteenth episode of season 9 as the preferred location for a medal ceremony for firefighter Randy McHolland (Mouch).
* In both the book and TV series, ''[[Daisy Jones & the Six]],'' the eponymous group plays their final concert at Soldier Field on July 11, [https://the-bibliofile.com/daisy-jones-the-six-recap-and-summary/ 1977].

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Holt tractor Soldier Field Chicago 1924.JPG|Soldier Field nearing completion, 1924
File:Soldierfield2003reno.jpg|The stadium mid-renovation in March 2003
File:Soldier Field aerial.jpg|Aerial view of the stadium in 2008
File:Soldier-Field-01.jpg|Soldier Field as seen from Lake Shore Drive in 2013
File:Soldier Field (14905141281).jpg|The scenery around Soldier Field
File:Soldier Field Chicago.jpg|Exterior of Soldier Field, with a sign reading "Dedicated to the men and women of the armed services"
File:20070110 Soldier Field Bronze Mural (1).JPG|Front of bronze mural
File:Soldier Field.jpg|View towards the western grandstand's [[cantilever]] over the original western colonnade
File:20210220 Soldier from NEMA.jpg|View from [[NEMA (Chicago)|NEMA]], 2021
File:SoldierField.jpg|From [[Northerly Island]] in the winter
</gallery>

==See also==
{{Portal|Chicago}}
*[[List of events at Soldier Field]]
*[[Lists of stadiums]]

==Notes==
{{notelist|refs=
{{efn|name=urbana|The Bears temporarily played at [[Memorial Stadium (University of Illinois)|Memorial Stadium]] at the [[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign|University of Illinois]] for the [[2002 NFL season]] while Soldier Field was undergoing renovations.}}
{{efn|name=naperville|The Fire temporarily played at Cardinal Stadium (now [[Benedetti–Wehrli Stadium]]) in [[Naperville, Illinois]], from [[2002 Major League Soccer season|2002]] to [[2003 Major League Soccer season|2003]], while Soldier Field was being renovated.}}
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book |title=Soldier Field: A Stadium and Its City|last=Ford|first=Liam T. A.|year=2009|publisher=The University of Chicago Press|location=Chicago|isbn=978-0-226-25706-8|oclc=317923072}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{Official website}}

{{Navboxes|
|title=Soldier Field succession and navigation boxes
|list1=
{{S-start-collapsible|header={{S-sta|et}}}}
{{succession box
|  title=[[FIFA World Cup]]<br />Opening Venue
|  before=[[San Siro]] <br /> [[Milan]]
|  after={{ubl|[[Stade de France]] | Paris ([[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]])}}
|  years=[[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]]
}}
{{Succession box
 | title = Home of the<br />[[Chicago Bears]]
 | years = 1971–2001<br />2003–present
 | before = <br />[[Wrigley Field]]<br />[[Memorial Stadium (University of Illinois)|Memorial Stadium]]
 | after = <br />[[Memorial Stadium (University of Illinois)|Memorial Stadium]]<br />current stadium
}}
{{Succession box
 | title = Home of the<br />[[Chicago Cardinals (NFL, 1920–59)|Chicago Cardinals]]
 | years = 1959
 | before = [[Comiskey Park]]
 | after = [[Sportsman's Park|Busch Stadium]]
}}
{{Succession box
 | title = Home of<br />[[Chicago Fire FC]]
 | years = 1998–2001<br />2003–2005<br />2020–present
 | before = <br />first stadium<br />[[Benedetti–Wehrli Stadium|Cardinal Stadium]]<br />[[SeatGeek Stadium]]
 | after = <br />[[Benedetti–Wehrli Stadium|Cardinal Stadium]]<br />[[SeatGeek Stadium]]<br />current stadium
}}
{{Succession box
| | title = [[CONCACAF Gold Cup]]<br />Final Venue
 | years = [[2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2007]]
 | before = [[Giants Stadium]]<br />[[East Rutherford, New Jersey|East Rutherford]]
 | after = [[Giants Stadium]]<br />[[East Rutherford, New Jersey|East Rutherford]]
}}
{{succession box
 | title=CONCACAF Gold Cup<br />Final Venue
| | years=[[2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2013]]
 | before=[[Rose Bowl (stadium)|Rose Bowl]] <br /> Pasadena
| | after= [[Lincoln Financial Field]] <br /> Philadelphia
}}
{{Succession box
 | title = Host of [[NFC Championship Game]]
 | years = 1986<br />1989<br />2007<br />2011
 | before = [[Candlestick Park]]<br />[[Robert F. Kennedy Stadium|RFK Stadium]]<br />[[Qwest Field]]<br />[[Louisiana Superdome]]
 | after = [[Giants Stadium]]<br />[[Candlestick Park]]<br />[[Lambeau Field]]<br />[[Candlestick Park]]
}}
{{end}}
{{Chicago Bears}}
{{Chicago Fire FC}}
{{Arizona Cardinals}}
{{Kansas City Spurs}}
{{Chicago Sting}}
{{Notre Dame Fighting Irish football navbox}}
{{NFL Stadiums}}
{{Major League Soccer stadiums}}
{{XFL}}
{{Pan American Games stadiums}}
{{Pan American Games venues football}}
{{Special Olympics}}
{{1994 FIFA World Cup Venues}}
{{FIFA World Cup Opening stadiums}}
{{1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Venues}}
{{2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup venues}}
{{2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup stadiums}}
{{2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup stadiums}}
{{Copa América Centenario stadiums}}
{{2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup stadiums}}
{{2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup venues}}
{{Registered Historic Places}}
{{Grant Park}}
{{NASCAR Sprint Cup Series racetracks}}
}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Soldier Field| ]]
[[Category:Central Chicago]]
[[Category:Sports venues in Chicago]]
[[Category:American football venues in Chicago]]
[[Category:Athletics (track and field) venues in Chicago]]
[[Category:Boxing venues in Chicago]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Chicago]]
[[Category:Chicago Bears stadiums]]
[[Category:Chicago Blitz stadiums]]
[[Category:Chicago Cardinals stadiums]]
[[Category:Chicago Circle Chikas football]]
[[Category:Chicago Fire FC]]
[[Category:Chicago Sting sports facilities|s]]
[[Category:Defunct athletics (track and field) venues in the United States]]
[[Category:DePaul Blue Demons football]]
[[Category:Major League Soccer stadiums]]
[[Category:Former National Historic Landmarks of the United States]]
[[Category:Ice hockey venues in Chicago]]
[[Category:Kansas City Spurs sports facilities|s]]
[[Category:Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certified buildings]]
[[Category:Motorsport venues in Illinois]]
[[Category:Multi-purpose stadiums in the United States]]
[[Category:NASCAR tracks]]
[[Category:NFL venues]]
[[Category:North American Soccer League (1968–1984) stadiums]]
[[Category:Notre Dame Fighting Irish football venues]]
[[Category:Pan American Games opening ceremony stadiums]]
[[Category:Pan American Games athletics venues]]
[[Category:Projects by Holabird & Root]]
[[Category:Rebuilt buildings and structures in Illinois]]
[[Category:Rugby union stadiums in Chicago]]
[[Category:Soccer venues in Chicago]]
[[Category:Softball venues in Chicago]]
[[Category:Sports venues completed in 1924]]
[[Category:Sports venues on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois]]
[[Category:Tennis venues in Chicago]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Chicago]]
[[Category:United States Football League venues]]
[[Category:World Football League venues]]
[[Category:1924 establishments in Illinois]]
[[Category:Sports venues in Chicagoland]]