Saturday, October 26, 2024

News-Star: A Century at Soldier Field

"From the Special Olympics to ski jumping to The Grateful Dead, Chicago’s Soldier Field has been the city’s play-ground on the lake for 100 years."

By Chicago History Museum

In 1919, the South Park Commission hosted a design competition for a new stadium to be built in Grant Park. They selected a plan by architects Holabird and Roche that featured grand colonnades. Construction began in 1922 and ended in 1924.

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