Arrowhead Stadium

Arrowhead Stadium
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Aerial photo from 2013
Data
place	1 Arrowhead Drive Kansas City , Missouri 64129
Coordinates	39 ° 2 '56.1 "  N , 94 ° 29' 2.4"  W Coordinates: 39 ° 2 '56.1 "  N , 94 ° 29' 2.4"  W.
owner	Jackson County Sports Complex Authority
operator	Kansas City Chiefs
start of building	July 11, 1968
opening	August 12, 1972
First game	August 12, 1972 Kansas City Chiefs - St. Louis Cardinals 24:14
Renovations	2007-2010
surface	Natural grass (since 1994) Artificial grass (AstroTurf, 1972–1993)
costs	43 million US dollars (1972)
architect	Kivett and Myers (1972) Populous (2007)
capacity	76,416 places (since 2010) 79,451 places (1997–2009) 79,101 places (1995–1996) 78,097 places (1972–1994)
Societies)
Kansas City Chiefs ( NFL , since 1972) Kansas City Wizards ( MLS , 1996-2007)

The Arrowhead Stadium is a football - stadium in the American US city Kansas City in the state of Missouri . It mainly serves as the venue for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). It is part of the Truman Sports Complex along with the neighboring Kauffman Stadium , the baseball stadium of the Kansas City Royals ( Major League Baseball ) .

history

Construction of Arrowhead Stadium began in 1968 after the Kansas City Chiefs first played in the National Football League's final , the Super Bowl , in the 1967 NFL season . The official opening of the US $ 43 million (now US $ 262.2 million) arena followed on August 12, 1972 with a game of the Chiefs against the St. Louis Cardinals (24:14), with which the home team won the stadium 1972 season. The record attendance at a game of the Chiefs , which is still valid today , was set up on November 5, 1972 during the game against the Oakland Raiders with 82,094 spectators.

In 1984, concepts for a roof were presented, but they were felt to be too expensive. In the early 1990s, two video walls were set up. In 1994 the artificial turf was replaced by natural turf . From 1996 to 2007, the Kansas City Wizards from Major League Soccer (MLS) used the Arrowhead as a venue. In 2007 the team announced extensive infrastructural renovation work. The most important changes include the new player and coach rooms as well as new VIP seats. The work was finished in July 2010.

The stadium has a reputation next to CenturyLink Field of the Seattle Seahawks to be the loudest stadium in the NFL. The Arrowhead's volume record is 142.2 decibels , up from 137.6 decibels at CenturyLink Field in 2013.

gallery

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  The Truman Sports Complex with Kauffman Stadium (right) and Arrowhead Stadium (left)

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  Arrowhead Stadium during a Kansas City Chiefs game

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  The stadium under floodlights

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  The stadium exterior after three years of renovation (2010)

See also

• List of the largest football stadiums in the world
• List of the largest stadiums in the world

Web links

Commons : Arrowhead Stadium  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• goarrowhead.com: Official website of Arrowhead Stadium (English)
• kcchiefs.com: Stadium on the site of the Kansas City Chiefs (english)
• stadiumsofprofootball.com: Arrowhead Stadium (English)
• football.ballparks.com: Arrowhead Stadium (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ kcchiefs.com: Arrowhead Stadium Breaks World Record ( Memento of the original from May 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Article from September 29, 2014