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Guaranteed Rate Field
(New) Comiskey Park; "The Arrow"; "The G-Spot"
	Guaranteed Rate Field (then U.S. Cellular Field) on Opening Day 2014
Former names	Comiskey Park (II) (1991–2003); U.S. Cellular Field (2003–2016)
Location	333 West 35th Street; Chicago, Illinois 60616
Coordinates	41°49′48″N 87°38′2″W / 41.83000°N 87.63389°W
Public transit	Sox–35th (CTA station); 35th–Bronzeville–IIT (CTA station)
Owner	Illinois Sports Facilities Authority
Operator	Chicago White Sox Ltd.
Capacity	40,615 (2004–present); 47,098 (2003); 45,936 (2001–2002); 44,321 (1991–2000)
Record attendance	47,609; July 15, 2003; 74th All-Star Game; ; White Sox game: 46,246; October 5, 1993; Game 1 of the 1993 ALCS; ; Post-renovations: 41,432; October 23, 2005; Game 2 of the 2005 World Series
Field size	(2001–present); Left Field – 330 feet (101 m); Left-Center – 375 feet (114 m) (Not Posted); Center Field – 400 feet (122 m); Right-Center – 375 feet (114 m) (Not Posted); Right Field – 335 feet (102 m); Backstop – 60 feet (18 m); Outfield Wall Height – 8 feet (2 m); ; (1991–2000); Left Field – 347 feet (106 m); Left-Center – 375 feet (114 m); Center Field – 400 feet (122 m); Right-Center – 375 feet (114 m); Right Field – 347 feet (106 m); Backstop – 60 feet (18 m); Outfield Wall Height – 8 feet (2 m)
Surface	Bluegrass
Scoreboard	Center Field full-color, high resolution video board 28 feet (8.5 m) x 53 feet (16 m) (2003–present); Right Field LED Display out-of-town scoreboard 23 feet (7.0 m) x 68 feet (21 m) (2009–present); Left Field matrix board (2003–present); Fan Deck ticker board (2003–present); 2 small scoreboards along the facade down the Right Field and Left Field lines below the 500 level
Construction
Started	May 7, 1989
Built	1989–1991
Opened	April 18, 1991
Renovated	2001–2011
Construction cost	US$167 million; ($332 million in 2024 dollars); ; $118 million (2001–2007 renovations); ($154 million in 2024 dollars)
Architect	HOK Sport (now Populous) (original); HKS, Inc. (2001–2007 renovations)
Project manager	International Facilities Group, LLC
Structural engineer	Thornton Tomasetti
Services engineer	Flack + Kurtz
General contractor	Gust K. Newberg Construction Company
Tenants
	Chicago White Sox (MLB) (1991–present)

Guaranteed Rate Field is a baseball park in Chicago, Illinois. It is the home field of the Major League Baseball team called the Chicago White Sox. It opened in 1991, replacing historic Comiskey Park. Before U.S. Cellular, a wireless telephone carrier, bought naming rights in 2003, with the stadium then being renamed U.S. Cellular Field, the ballpark was known as New Comiskey Park (or just "Comiskey Park"), in honor of the old park.

The stadium name lost most of its value in Chicago after the company sold its local network to Sprint in 2012. During the 2016 MLB season, the White Sox made a new deal with Chicago-based mortgage lender Guaranteed Rate. The stadium name officially changed on November 1 of that year.^[5]

Sources

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved April 16, 2022.
↑ "International Facilities Group - US Cellular Field". Archived from the original on 2016-10-11. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
↑ "Opus North Promotes Jacobson". Chicago Tribune. September 24, 1989. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 21, 2012.
↑ U.S. Cellular Field - Ballparks.com
↑ Ecker, Danny (August 24, 2016). "White Sox home gets a new name: Guaranteed Rate Field". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved August 25, 2016.

Green Cathedrals, by Philip J. Lowry

Other websites

Stadium site on whitesox.com Archived 2011-05-06 at the Wayback Machine
ISFAuthority.com
Andrewclem.com
Ballparksofbaseball.com
Ballparks.com
Aerial view of Guaranteed Rate Field
U.S. Cellular Field Seating Chart Archived 2016-11-01 at the Wayback Machine

Events and Tenants
Preceded by Comiskey Park	Home of the Chicago White Sox 1991 – present	Succeeded by Current
Preceded by Miller Park	Host of the MLB All-Star Game 2003	Succeeded by Minute Maid Park
Preceded by Turner Field	Host of the Civil Rights Game 2013	Succeeded by Minute Maid Park

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[inflation-US-1] 1.0 ^1.1 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved April 16, 2022.

[2] "International Facilities Group - US Cellular Field". Archived from the original on 2016-10-11. Retrieved 2014-05-19.

[3] "Opus North Promotes Jacobson". Chicago Tribune. September 24, 1989. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 21, 2012.

[4] U.S. Cellular Field - Ballparks.com

[5] Ecker, Danny (August 24, 2016). "White Sox home gets a new name: Guaranteed Rate Field". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved August 25, 2016.

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Construction
(New) Comiskey Park "The Arrow" "The G-Spot"
Guaranteed Rate Field (then U.S. Cellular Field) on Opening Day 2014

Former names	Comiskey Park (II) (1991–2003) U.S. Cellular Field (2003–2016)
Location	333 West 35th Street Chicago, Illinois 60616
Coordinates	41°49′48″N 87°38′2″W / 41.83000°N 87.63389°W / 41.83000; -87.63389
Public transit	Sox–35th (CTA station) 35th–Bronzeville–IIT (CTA station)
Owner	Illinois Sports Facilities Authority
Operator	Chicago White Sox Ltd.
Capacity	40,615 (2004–present) 47,098 (2003) 45,936 (2001–2002) 44,321 (1991–2000)
Record attendance	47,609 July 15, 2003 74th All-Star Game White Sox game: 46,246 October 5, 1993 Game 1 of the 1993 ALCS Post-renovations: 41,432 October 23, 2005 Game 2 of the 2005 World Series
Field size	(2001–present) Left Field – 330 feet (101 m) Left-Center – 375 feet (114 m) (Not Posted) Center Field – 400 feet (122 m) Right-Center – 375 feet (114 m) (Not Posted) Right Field – 335 feet (102 m) Backstop – 60 feet (18 m) Outfield Wall Height – 8 feet (2 m) (1991–2000) Left Field – 347 feet (106 m) Left-Center – 375 feet (114 m) Center Field – 400 feet (122 m) Right-Center – 375 feet (114 m) Right Field – 347 feet (106 m) Backstop – 60 feet (18 m) Outfield Wall Height – 8 feet (2 m)
Surface	Bluegrass
Scoreboard	Center Field full-color, high resolution video board 28 feet (8.5 m) x 53 feet (16 m) (2003–present) Right Field LED Display out-of-town scoreboard 23 feet (7.0 m) x 68 feet (21 m) (2009–present) Left Field matrix board (2003–present) Fan Deck ticker board (2003–present) 2 small scoreboards along the facade down the Right Field and Left Field lines below the 500 level
Started	May 7, 1989
Built	1989–1991
Opened	April 18, 1991
Renovated	2001–2011
Construction cost	US$167 million ($332 million in 2024 dollars^[1]) $118 million (2001–2007 renovations) ($154 million in 2024 dollars^[1])
Architect	HOK Sport (now Populous) (original) HKS, Inc. (2001–2007 renovations)
Project manager	International Facilities Group, LLC^[2]
Structural engineer	Thornton Tomasetti
Services engineer	Flack + Kurtz^[3]
General contractor	Gust K. Newberg Construction Company^[4]
Tenants
Chicago White Sox (MLB) (1991–present)