Franklin Field

Franklin Field
	Philadelphia Location in the United States Philadelphia Location in Pennsylvania
Address	S. 33rd and Spruce Streets
Location	University of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Public transit	Penn Medicine:; SEPTA Regional Rail; SEPTA bus:; 30, 40, 42, 49, LUCY
Owner	University of Pennsylvania
Operator	University of Pennsylvania
Capacity	52,958 (2003–present) Former capacity: List 30,000 (1895–1922); 50,000 (1922–1925); 78,000 (1925–1958); 60,658 (1958–1970); 60,546 (1970–1989); 52,593 (1989–2002); ;
Surface	Field; Natural grass (1895–1968); AstroTurf (1969–2003); Sprinturf (2004–present); Track; Cinder (1895–1987); Rekortan (1988–present)
Construction
Broke ground	1895
Opened	April 20, 1895
Construction cost	$100,000 (1895); ($3.66 million in 2023)
Architect	Frank Miles Day & Brother; Charles Klauder
General contractor	Turner Construction; (permanent structure in 1922)
Tenants
	Penn Quakers (NCAA) (1895–present); Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) (1958–1970); Philadelphia Bell (WFL) (1975); Philadelphia Atoms (NASL) (1976); Philadelphia Spinners (MLU) (2012–2014); Philadelphia Fury (NISA) (2019)
Website
	upenn.edu/franklin-field

Franklin Field is a sports stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the eastern edge of the University of Pennsylvania's campus. Named after Penn's founder, Benjamin Franklin, it is the home stadium for the Penn Relays, and the university's venue for football, track and field, and lacrosse. Franklin is also used by Penn students for recreation, intramural and club sports, including touch football and cricket; it is also the site of Penn's commencement exercises, weather permitting.

Franklin Field is the oldest stadium still operating for football. It was the first college stadium in the United States with a scoreboard and the second with an upper deck of seats. In 1922, it was the site of the first radio broadcast of a football game on WIP, as well as of the first television broadcast of a football game by Philco.

From 1958 through 1970, Franklin Field was the home of the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). It hosted the NFL Championship Game in December 1960, as the Eagles defeated the Green Bay Packers by four points.

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