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Cardinals Stadium is a football stadium in Glendale, Arizona. Its primary tenant is the Arizona Cardinals of the NFL. The new stadium is located across the street from the Glendale Arena. It is likely the stadium will be renamed after a naming rights contract is negotiated. The 63,500-seat stadium (expandable to 72,800) opened on August 12, 2006 when the Cardinals defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers, 21-13, in a preseason game. The first regular season game is set for September 10 against the San Francisco 49ers, the first time the Cardinals will play on the opening weekend of the NFL season at home since moving to Arizona in 1988. The stadium will also be home to the annual Fiesta Bowl and, once every four years, the BCS National Championship Game. In 2008, the stadium will host Super Bowl XLII. Glendale is a city located in Maricopa County, Arizona. ...
April 12 is the 102nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (103rd in leap years). ...
2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Arizona Sports and Tourism Authority (AZSTA) is a Municipal Corporation created on April 24, 2000 by Arizona Senate Bill 1220. ...
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Installation art by Peter Eisenman in the courtyard of Castelvecchio Museum in Verona, Italy, Entitled: Il giardino dei passi perduti, (The garden of the lost steps) Peter Eisenman (born August 11, 1932 in Newark, New Jersey) is one of the foremost practitioners of deconstructivism in American architecture. ...
HOK Sport + Venue + Event, a division of Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum, is an architectural practice specializing in the design of public assembly spaces and planning of major special events. ...
City Glendale, Arizona Other nicknames The Cards, Cardiac Cardinals, Big Red Team colors Cardinal Red, Black, and White Head Coach Dennis Green Owner Bidwill Family General manager John Idzik Mascot Big Red League/Conference affiliations Independent (1898-1919) National Football League (1920-present) Western Division (1933-1949) American Conference (1950...
The National Football League (NFL) is the largest professional American football league, consisting of thirty-two teams from American cities and regions. ...
2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Fiesta Bowl, now sponsored by Tostitos tortilla chips (a Frito-Lay product), is a United States college football game played annually since 1971 in Tempe, Arizona, hosted by Arizona State Universitys Sun Devil Stadium. ...
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often pronounced N-C-Double-A or N-C-Two-A) is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletics programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ...
2007 (MMVII) will be a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ...
Telstra Stadium in Sydney, Australia is capable of being converted from a rectangular football field to an oval for cricket games A modern stadium (plural stadiums or stadia in English) is a place, or venue, for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts or other events, consisting of a field or stage partly...
Glendale is a city located in Maricopa County, Arizona. ...
City Glendale, Arizona Other nicknames The Cards, Cardiac Cardinals, Big Red Team colors Cardinal Red, Black, and White Head Coach Dennis Green Owner Bidwill Family General manager John Idzik Mascot Big Red League/Conference affiliations Independent (1898-1919) National Football League (1920-present) Western Division (1933-1949) American Conference (1950...
The National Football League (NFL) is the largest professional American football league, consisting of thirty-two teams from American cities and regions. ...
Glendale Arenas North Entrance (6/13/05) The Glendale Arena is an indoor arena located in Glendale, Arizona, in the suburbs of Phoenix, Arizona. ...
Naming rights are the right to name a piece of property, either tangible property or an event, usually granted in exchange for financial considerations. ...
August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
City Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Team colors Black and Gold Head Coach Bill Cowher Owner Dan Rooney General manager Kevin Colbert League/Conference affiliations National Football League (1933-present) Eastern Division (1933-1943; 1945-1949) Western Division (1944) American Conference (1950-1952) Eastern Conference (1953-1969) Century Division (1967-1969) American Football...
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City San Francisco, California Other nicknames Niners Team colors Cardinal Red, Metallic Gold and Black Head Coach Mike Nolan Owner Denise DeBartolo York and John York General manager none Mascot Sourdough Sam League/Conference affiliations All-America Football Conference (1946-1949) Western Division (1946-1948) National Football League (1950-present...
Official language(s) English Capital Phoenix Largest city Phoenix Area Ranked 6th - Total 113,998 sq mi (295,254 km²) - Width 310 miles (500 km) - Length 400 miles (645 km) - % water 0. ...
The Fiesta Bowl, now sponsored by Tostitos tortilla chips (a Frito-Lay product), is a United States college football game played annually since 1971 in Tempe, Arizona, hosted by Arizona State Universitys Sun Devil Stadium. ...
The BCS National Championship Game or BCS title game is the final game of the annual Bowl Championship Series intended by Series organizers to determine the NCAA Division I-A national football championship. ...
2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Super Bowl XLII will be the 42nd Super Bowl, the annual championship of the NFL between the National Football Conference and American Football Conference champions. ...
It will also be the site for the West Regional Finals of the 2009 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The ceremonial groundbreaking for the new stadium was held on April 12, 2003. The estimated cost of the project is $455 million. The $455 million includes the cost of acquiring the land, constructing the stadium and $41.7 million for site improvements planned directly outside the venue. The Arizona Cardinals will contribute at least $147 million, and the Arizona Sports and Tourism Authority will spend more than $298 million. Glendale, where the stadium is located, will put in $9.5 million. The 2009 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament will involve 65 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of mens NCAA Division I college basketball. ...
April 12 is the 102nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (103rd in leap years). ...
2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Unique features
The facility features a retractable roof that is 206 feet above grade. The roof uses more than 100,000 square feet of Teflon coated translucent fabric which allows light to pass through. The roof is the first of its kind that moves up and down on an incline and is driven by a cable drum drive system. The drive system consists of a series of cables wound around drums and was designed by Uni-Systems. In order to open the roof the cable is unwound and to close the roof the cable is recoiled. The process takes 15 minutes to open or close the roof. Teflon is polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), a polymer of fluorinated ethylene. ...
The facility also features the first fully retractable natural grass playing surface built in the United States. Designed by CMX Sports Engineers, the retractable playing field is situated on a 19 million pound tray that sits on 13 rails. The tray is layered starting with the grass on top which sits on a foot of sand. Under the sand is the plumbing for the grass and under the plumbing is the tray liner that prevents the water for the field from leaking into the wheels and engines. The tray is driven by 76 one horsepower engines and it takes the engines approximately 65 minutes to move the tray. An opening on the southeast side of the stadium allows the playing field to move to the exterior of the building so the entire natural playing surface can be exposed to daylight when it is not in use. This unique design element prevents the problems that have plagued the grass at Chase Field and saves an estimated $50 million in cost. With the field in the outboard position, the 158,000-square foot floor is unencumbered by the turf and features a built-in utility grid. Chase Field, also known as The BOB (after its original name, Bank One Ballpark), is a stadium located in Phoenix, Arizona. ...
The stadium also features oversized 30 foot tall parking lot identifiers outside of each parking lot. This was done to differentiate the stadium from others that use multiple small signs within each parking lot.
Award winning architect Peter Eisenman, in collaboration with HOK Sport, designed the facility, which is said to resemble an abstracted coiled rattlesnake or barrel cactus. Structural engineering and structural design was provided by Walter P Moore Engineers and Consultants. Installation art by Peter Eisenman in the courtyard of Castelvecchio Museum in Verona, Italy, Entitled: Il giardino dei passi perduti, (The garden of the lost steps) Peter Eisenman (born August 11, 1932 in Newark, New Jersey) is one of the foremost practitioners of deconstructivism in American architecture. ...
HOK Sport + Venue + Event, a division of Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum, is an architectural practice specializing in the design of public assembly spaces and planning of major special events. ...
Walter P Moore Engineers and Consultants, based in Houston, Texas, is one of the preeminent structural engineering companies in the United States. ...
A plaza surrounding the stadium is named the Pat Tillman Freedom Plaza in memory of the former Cardinals defensive back who was killed in action by friendly fire while serving with the United States Army in Afghanistan. Patrick Daniel Tillman (November 6, 1976 – April 22, 2004) was an American football player who left his professional sports career and enlisted in the United States Army in May 2002. ...
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On September 8, 2006, Alltel Wireless announced the activation of the only cell site located directly within the stadium. The cell site, located on the Service Level of the stadium, provides service to all levels of the facility through an antenna built into the structure. Alltel (NYSE: AT) is a telecommunications company with headquarters in the Riverdale neighborhood of Little Rock, Arkansas. ...
A cell site is a site where a wireless antenna and network communications equipment are placed to create the network cells for the use of mobile phones. ...
Facility Information The stadium has 88 luxury suites. Luxury box or luxury suite is the North American term for a special seating section in arenas, stadiums and other sports venues. ...
The stadium has a built-in tailgating lawn, called Sportsman's Park, directly outside the stadium.
There are no obstructed view seats in the stadium. There are visible areas in the upper deck of the end zone where seats could have been put in but were not due to the giant pillars supporting the roof structure.
The roof is made out of fabric and opens in twelve minutes. It is the first retractable roof ever built on an incline.
Naming Rights Pink Taco, a Mexican restaurant known for its controversial name, has indicated interest in buying the naming rights.[1] However on August 21, 2006 Cardinals spokesman Mark Dalton stated "We're in serious discussions with companies about naming rights, and Pink Taco is not one of them". [2] Pink Taco Logo Pink Taco is a Las Vegas, Nevada based Mexican restaurant that has earned notoriety for its name, which is the same as a slang term for a human vagina. ...
Mexican food is a style of food that originated in Mexico. ...
External links
References - 12 News Special: Stadium Kickoff. Aired 7:00pm. NBC. KPNX, Phoenix, 10 August 2006.
NBC, (Formerly an acronym for the National Broadcasting Company until 2004), is an American television and radio network based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ...
KPNX is the NBC television affiliate for Phoenix, Arizona. ...
Coordinates: 33°31′39.21″N, 112°15′46.93″W Sun Devil Stadium is located on the campus of Arizona State University in Tempe. ...
1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
City Glendale, Arizona Other nicknames The Cards, Cardiac Cardinals, Big Red Team colors Cardinal Red, Black, and White Head Coach Dennis Green Owner Bidwill Family General manager John Idzik Mascot Big Red League/Conference affiliations Independent (1898-1919) National Football League (1920-present) Western Division (1933-1949) American Conference (1950...
2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...
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