Arrowhead Stadium, American football stadium in Kansas City, United States
Arrowhead Stadium is an American football stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, home of the Kansas City Chiefs. Its continuous curved bowl has a lower ring of red seats around a green rectangular field and a broad upper deck of red seats divided by pale vertical aisles. The outer facade is pale gray concrete with curved ramps, and white lettering on a red band reads "CHIEFS" and "KING."
Arrowhead Stadium opened on August 12, 1972, when the Chiefs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 24–14 in a preseason game. Construction began in 1968 on a design by Denver architect Charles Deaton, implemented by Kansas City firm Kivett & Myers, after Jackson County voters approved a $102 million bond in 1967. A $375 million renovation was finished in 2010, and the stadium was renamed GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in 2021.
The Chiefs' arrowhead logo gives the stadium its name, and the team's red appears on the upper seating ring. The venue holds the NFL loudness record: 142.2 decibels, set in 2014, against 137.6 at Seattle's former CenturyLink Field in 2013. The Chiefs' lease runs to 2031, when the club plans to move to a new enclosed stadium in Wyandotte County, Kansas.
The stadium sits east of downtown Kansas City and can be reached via several major roads. On game days, visitors should arrive early as parking areas and entrances can become very crowded.
The stadium features special arrow markings on the yard lines that show visitors which end zone is closer. This practice was later adopted by other stadiums across the league.
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