Ford Field, NFL stadium in Downtown Detroit, United States.
Ford Field is an enclosed stadium for American football in Detroit, Michigan, and home to the Lions. The venue holds around 65,000 seats arranged across multiple levels surrounding a synthetic turf field covered by a translucent roof structure.
The Lions played at Tiger Stadium until 1974, then moved to the Pontiac Silverdome in 1975. In 1996 Detroit voters approved a downtown stadium, and groundbreaking took place on November 16, 1999, alongside Comerica Park. The stadium opened in August 2002 and incorporates a 1920s Hudson's warehouse.
The stadium's name comes from Ford Motor Company, which paid $40 million for 20 years of naming rights; the Ford family has controlled the Lions since 1964. The Detroit marathon finishes on the 50-yard line of the field. The end zones run east-west, one of the few such layouts in the NFL, a choice dictated by the former Hudson's warehouse on the south sideline.
Access is easiest via the People Mover station on the edge of downtown, from which you can walk to the venue in a few minutes. Parking for around 2,000 vehicles is available in surrounding structures, which fill up early on game days.
The Hudson's warehouse on the south sideline was built in the 1920s and kept in place rather than demolished; it now holds most of the suites and the club lounges, and its offices are rented to Campbell Ewald and Bodman. Because of it, the end zones run east and west, one of the few such layouts in the NFL.
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