U.S. Cellular Field
in Chicago, United StatesCategory: Attraction
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U.S. Cellular Field is a baseball park located in Chicago, Illinois. It serves as the home ballpark for the Chicago White Sox, a Major League Baseball club competing in the American League (AL) Central division. The park is owned by the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority, but operated by the White Sox. The park opened for the 1991 season, after the White Sox had spent 81 years at the original Comiskey Park. It also opened with the name Comiskey Park but was renamed in 2003 after U.S. Cellular bought the naming rights at $68 million over 20 years. The ballpark will be renamed again to Guaranteed Rate Field after the 2016 season, as Guaranteed Rate, a private residential mortgage company located in Chicago, purchased the naming rights to the ballpark.The stadium is situated just to the west of the Dan Ryan Expressway in Chicago's Armour Square neighborhood, adjacent to the more famous neighborhood of Bridgeport. It was built directly across 35th Street from old Comiskey Park, which was demolished to make room for a parking lot that serves the venue. Old Comiskey's home plate location is represented by a marble plaque on the sidewalk next to U.S. Cellular Field and the foul lines are painted in the parking lot. Also, the spectator ramp across 35th Street is designed in such a way (partly curved, partly straight but angling east-northeast) that it echoes the contour of the old first-base grandstand.
The park was completed at a cost of US$167 million. It hosted the MLB All-Star Game that same year. Many sportscasters and fans continue to use the name Comiskey Park. The current public address announcer is Gene Honda, who also serves as the PA announcer for the Chicago Blackhawks. On August 24, 2016, owner Jerry Reinsdorf announced a name change for the stadium, removing the U.S. Cellular Field name and replacing it with Guaranteed Rate Field beginning on November 1, 2016 and valid for thirteen years.
