American Family Field
American Family Field is a retractable roof stadium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Located southwest of the intersection of Interstate 94 and Brewers Boulevard, it is the home ballpark of Major League Baseball's Milwaukee Brewers. It opened in 2001 as a replacement for Milwaukee County Stadium. The stadium was previously called Miller Park as part of a $40 million naming rights deal with Miller Brewing Company, which expired at the end of 2020.
American Family Field (then Miller Park) in 2018 | |
American Family Field Location in Wisconsin American Family Field Location in the United States | |
| Former names | Miller Park (2001–2020) |
|---|---|
| Address | 1 Brewers Way |
| Location | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Coordinates | 43°1′42″N 87°58′16″W |
| Owner | Southeast Wisconsin Professional Baseball Park District |
| Capacity | 41,900 |
| Record attendance | 46,641 (Concert; George Strait; June 3, 2023) baseball: 46,218 (September 6, 2003, Cubs vs Brewers) |
| Field size | Left Field – 342 feet (104 m) (2021 posted 342, original 344 feet) Left-Center – 371 feet (113 m) (Not Posted) Center Field – 400 feet (122 m) Right-Center – 374 feet (114 m) (Not Posted) Right Field – 337 feet (103 m) (345 posted) Backstop – 56 feet (17 m) |
| Surface | Kentucky Bluegrass |
| Scoreboard | 1080 display, 5,940-square-foot (552 m2) video board, 55 feet (17 m) high x 110 feet (34 m) wide |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | November 9, 1996 |
| Built | 1996–2001 |
| Opened | April 6, 2001 |
| Construction cost | US$400 million ($688 million in 2023 dollars) |
| Architect | HKS, Inc. NBBJ Eppstein Uhen Architects |
| Project manager | International Facilities Group, LLC. |
| Structural engineer | Arup/Flad Structural Engineers |
| Services engineer | Arup/Kapur & Associates |
| General contractor | HCH Miller Park Joint Venture (Hunt Construction; Clark Construction; Hunzinger Co.) |
| Tenants | |
| Milwaukee Brewers (MLB) 2001–present | |
American Family Field features North America's only fan-shaped convertible roof, which can open and close in less than 10 minutes. Large panes of glass allow natural grass to grow, augmented with heat lamp structures wheeled out across the field during the off-season.
The stadium opened in 2001 at a cost of $392 million. Between 1996 and 2000, taxpayers paid $609 million for the construction costs through higher sales taxes. In 2023, Wisconsin lawmakers entered into an agreement with the Milwaukee Brewers to spend nearly half a billion dollars of public funds on stadium renovations.