Ford Field
Ford Field is a domed American football stadium located in Downtown Detroit. It primarily serves as the home of the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL), the Michigan Panthers of the United Football League (UFL), the Mid-American Conference championship game, and the annual Quick Lane Bowl college football bowl game, state championship football games for the MHSAA, the MHSAA State Wrestling Championships, and the MCBA Marching Band State Finals, among other events. The regular seating capacity is approximately 65,000, though it is expandable up to 70,000 for football and 80,000 for basketball.
Ford Field's Brush Street atrium in 2015 | |
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| Address | 2000 Brush Street |
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| Location | Detroit, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 42°20′24″N 83°2′44″W |
| Public transit | Grand Circus Park |
| Owner | Detroit/Wayne County Stadium Authority |
| Operator | Detroit Lions |
| Capacity | Football: 65,000 (expandable to 70,000) Basketball: 78,000 |
| Record attendance | WrestleMania 23: 80,103 (April 1, 2007) |
| Surface | FieldTurf |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | November 16, 1999 |
| Opened | August 24, 2002 |
| Renovated | 2017 |
| Construction cost | US$500 million ($847 million in 2023 dollars) |
| Architect | Rossetti Architects Hamilton Anderson Associates, Inc. Kaplan, McLaughlin, Diaz Architects |
| Project manager | Hammes Company |
| Structural engineer | Thornton Tomasetti |
| Services engineer | SmithGroup |
| General contractor | Hunt/Jenkins/White/Olson JV |
| Tenants | |
| Detroit Lions (NFL) (2002–present) Little Caesars Pizza Bowl (NCAA) (2002–2013) Quick Lane Bowl (NCAA) (2014–present) MHSAA Football Finals (2005–present) MHSAA Wrestling Individual States (2017–present) Michigan Panthers (USFL, UFL) (2023–present) Philadelphia Stars (USFL) (2023) | |
| Website | |
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The naming rights were purchased by the Ford Motor Company for $40 million over 20 years; the Ford family holds a controlling interest in the company, and they have controlled ownership of the Lions franchise since 1963.