MLB Baseball Stadiums

US Cellular Stadium

Tenant: Chicago White Sox (AL)
Opened: April 18, 1991
Construction began: May 7, 1989
Surface: Bluegrass
Capacity: 44,321 (1991); 45,936 (2001) .
Renamed U.S. Cellular Field in 2003
Dimensions: Left field: 347 feet (1991), 330 feet (2001); left-center: 375 feet (1991), 377 feet (2001); center field: 400 feet (1991); right-center: 375 feet (1991), 372 feet (2001); right field: feet (1991), 335 feet (2001); backstop: 60 feet (1991).

Fences: 8 ft.

Architect: HOK Sport (Kansas City)
Construction: Gust K. Newberg (Chicago)
Owner: Illinois Sports Facilities Authority
Cost: $167 million
Public financing: $167 million, or 100 percent, mostly from a 2 percent tax on hotels in Chicago