Soldier Field, NFL stadium in Near South Side, Chicago, United States

Soldier Field is a multi-purpose stadium on Chicago's Near South Side, opened in 1924 and rebuilt inside in 2002–2003. The photographs show an open oval bowl: dark grey and black tiered seating split into upper and lower rings by a dark band, a white curved roof with exposed beams, and a glass-and-metal facade with horizontal bands on one side. A dark rectangular screen sits at the top centre of the stands, and the stadium lies beside water with buildings beyond.

The grounds were originally opened in 1924 as Grant Park Stadium and renamed one year later to honor soldiers who died in World War I. A comprehensive renovation between 2001 and 2003 replaced the original seating bowl with a modern structure inside the preserved outer colonnade.

The name honors U.S. soldiers who died in World War I; the stadium was rededicated under it during the Army–Navy Game on November 27, 1926. The Chicago Bears have played here since 1971, and Chicago Fire FC since 2020. The field has also hosted the Special Olympics World Games in 1968 and 1970, and speeches by Amelia Earhart, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Martin Luther King Jr.

The facility is accessible through multiple entrances around the colonnade and offers ramps and elevators for visitors with limited mobility on all levels. Events take place mainly from late summer through winter and views of the playing field are good from nearly every seat though upper tiers sit higher and steeper.

The 2003 renovation added a large open-top steel frame that rises above the modern seating bowl and looks from a distance like a flying saucer hovering over the old columns. This design sparked controversy and led to the loss of National Historic Landmark status but it also allows natural light and lake air from Michigan to reach the spectator rows directly.