The Stadium In The Desert - State Farm Stadium

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  • Опубликовано: 20 июн 2021
  • State Farm Stadium is home to the Arizona Cardinals of the NFL. The Stadium opened on August 1st, 2006 as a replacement for ASU’s Sun Devil Stadium, where the Carinals had played for nearly the first 20 years of their existence.
    College stadiums are often used as the temporary homes of NFL teams while their new stadiums are being constructed. A recent example of this is when the Minnesota Vikings played at the University of Minnesota’s football stadium while U.S. Bank Stadium was being constructed. When the Cardinals moved to Phoenix, they had the same plan. They would temporarily play at the outdoor Sun Devil Stadium until a new stadium could be built in the next few years.
    What the Cardinals didn't foresee was the savings and loan crisis of the early 1990s. The crisis sent funding plans for the stadium into total chaos, and plans were postponed indefinitely for the new Cardinals Stadium until the financial situation stabilized. At the 1990s went on, the Cardinals began to express frustration as they were the only team in the NFL to continue to be permanently based out of a college stadium. This cut off major funding streams that every other team had access to.
    On November 8, 2000 Arizona voters gave the approval for the $331 million dollar stadium, a relative bargain compared to modern stadiums even when adjusted for inflation. The stadium plan was approved after rumors began circulating that team owner Bill Bidwill would move the team to San Antonio or Los Angeles. Eventual costs of the stadium rose to $455 million dollars, with $143.2 million dollars coming from the Cardinals, and the rest coming from public funding. With the new stadium funding in place, HOK Sport (now Populous) was hired to design the complex.
    The stadium has an ultra modern design with a retractable roof. Capacity for the stadium is a respectable 63,400 although this is expanded quite often to well over 72,000 for events like the Super Bowl. Other unique features include the stadium’s retractable grass field. Yes you heard me right. The Cardinals, unlike many other NFL teams, prefer to play on a natural grass field. Walper P Moore company was tasked with designing a way to have a natural grass field in the middle of a desert, that would often have to be moved around with events like Monster Jam and concerts taking place. Their solution was a massive rolling surface that the natural grass field would sit on. The grass can soak up the Phoenix sun and sprinklers when outside, and will be healthy and ready to go when its rolled inside. Its an absolutely incredible site to see and truly an engineering marvel.
    The stadium aside from its technological wonder rolling grass field has large LED video and ribbon displays from Daktronics, 88 luxury suites with room for 16 more, a 25 acre Park surrounding the stadium for activities and tailgating, as well as a 14,000 spot parking lot. Due to careful design work by Populous, the stadium has no obstructed views anywhere in the stadium from general fan seating.
    As mentioned previously, the roof is retractable. The roof is made out of a special high strength fabric designed by Birdair and opens in only 12 minutes. It was also the first retractable roof on a stadium to be built on an incline.
    Since opening, State Farm Stadium has had three different names. The first was simple Cardinals Stadium, which only lasted for its first two months of operation. For the next 12 years the stadium was named the somewhat confusing University of Phoenix Stadium. The name lead some to believe the online school had a football team that played at the venue. This name was dropped in 2018 for its current name State Farm Stadium.
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  • @TJCards
    @TJCards 3 года назад +20

    Sweet video. I used to live 5 minutes away from the stadium. Watching the stadium get built and the area around it grow has been crazy!

  • @JDP2104
    @JDP2104 Год назад +10

    As an Arizona fan I feel privileged to have a stadium this nice. I've been to at least 30 games there by now. Just wish we had a team that was worthy of such a nice venue...

  • @bballer191
    @bballer191 3 месяца назад +1

    Great stadium with a cool and unique atmosphere. I dig it.

  • @robfreedman6496
    @robfreedman6496 3 года назад +10

    Thank you for making this video of my team's stadium, State Farm Stadium! Go Cardinals and Be Red See Red all year long! Your videos are amazing!
    You will have to come to Glendale, AZ for a Cardinal game! It is an amazing venue to see a game at!

    • @ArchiveofEverything
      @ArchiveofEverything  3 года назад

      Thanks for watching and sharing! Not sure if you stuck around to the very end but you get a bit of a shout out!

    • @robfreedman6496
      @robfreedman6496 3 года назад

      @@ArchiveofEverything I did watch the end and that made the video even more special to me and my mom! I shared it on my Facebook page, Twitter page and my Cardinal group on Facbeook, AZ BirdGang Nation!

  • @rockerseven
    @rockerseven Год назад +3

    It also hosted Wrestlemania 26. The seats are also colored to match the exterior design (the gray seats match the large window panels, and the spiral design). It was also designed specifically to resemble a barrel cactus.

  • @tsunamipapi1343
    @tsunamipapi1343 8 месяцев назад +1

    great stadium, been there like four or five times, but I c it almost every week, I hope they never demolish it

  • @ericewing6545
    @ericewing6545 2 года назад +2

    Excellent video! Thx

  • @AZsportshut
    @AZsportshut 2 года назад +14

    It hosted Westlemania, Fiesta Bowl, BCS National Championship, Super Bowl, and hosted many other events.

    • @moneyonfleek305
      @moneyonfleek305 Год назад

      So has Hard Rock stadium in Miami

    • @cardinalsgang645
      @cardinalsgang645 Год назад +1

      @@moneyonfleek305 yea but that stadium is a dump!!! state farm gang

    • @moneyonfleek305
      @moneyonfleek305 Год назад

      @@cardinalsgang645 despite phoenix hosting this year’s superbowl ..Miami has hosted the most in the league. Of course cardinals stadium will be more better cus it was recently built lol Miami stadium was build in the 80’s but they have obviously done some upgrades. Plus the city of Miami is better 😅😆

    • @cardinalsgang645
      @cardinalsgang645 Год назад

      @@moneyonfleek305 nah i was kidding i like hard rock especially with the renovations really made it a beautiful stadium with the aqua seats and roof, that being said phx is better then miami 😁

    • @moneyonfleek305
      @moneyonfleek305 Год назад

      @@cardinalsgang645 yea I’m currently in Mesa, Az recently moved to Phoenix I like it here.

  • @MrAuzzieboi
    @MrAuzzieboi 3 года назад

    great vid, love all cardinals content. as an aussie you need to check out the MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground) and the history in the great stadium.

  • @redmanr5522
    @redmanr5522 2 года назад +5

    570 days til Super Bowl 57 in Glendale, Arizona. Sun 2/12/23 on FOX. tonight is Thu 7/22/21.

  • @reveresearles7527
    @reveresearles7527 9 месяцев назад

    Pls do the footprint center in Phoenix, Arizona

  • @sebastianbelcher5354
    @sebastianbelcher5354 Год назад

    Moved to Goodyear 2 years ago and so glad to live 15 minutes from a pro stadium. Not the biggest cards fan but it’s still awesome. Just bummed the coyotes moved east.

  • @techi9
    @techi9 2 года назад +3

    I toured it 2 years ago. Nice place

    • @jordanwelch3832
      @jordanwelch3832 2 года назад

      Going to a game there this month; been to it but only saw the outside. I’m sure it’s fun!

  • @Marklujan20
    @Marklujan20 6 месяцев назад

    I call State Farm the Giant toaster because to me it looks like a toaster.

  • @MrAkenuts
    @MrAkenuts Год назад +1

    Is this a State Farm commercial?

  • @ivanroa5988
    @ivanroa5988 Год назад +1

    5:37 LMAO Bender.

  • @inscripcion.380
    @inscripcion.380 2 года назад

    I wonder what percentage of the money was destinated to the grass moving plataform

  • @MOCdude
    @MOCdude 2 года назад +4

    This stadium would make modern new indoor NFL stadiums popular

  • @crixxxxxxxxx
    @crixxxxxxxxx 2 года назад

    Hosted the greatest Super Bowl of all time.

  • @crispyclipz4904
    @crispyclipz4904 2 года назад +2

    I was supposed to have my graduation ceremony in State Farm stadium but because of covid it didn’t happen 😕.

  • @howardhamlin5091
    @howardhamlin5091 Год назад

    Number 15: Burger king foot lettuce. The last thing you'd want in your Burger King burger is someone's foot fungus. But as it turns out, that might be what you get. A 4channer uploaded a photo anonymously to the site showcasing his feet in a plastic bin of lettuce. With the statement: "This is the lettuce you eat at Burger King." Admittedly, he had shoes on.
    But that's even worse.
    The post went live at 11:38 PM on July 16, and a mere 20 minutes later, the Burger King in question was alerted to the rogue employee. At least, I hope he's rogue. How did it happen? Well, the BK employee hadn't removed the Exif data from the uploaded photo, which suggested the culprit was somewhere in Mayfield Heights, Ohio. This was at 11:47. Three minutes later at 11:50, the Burger King branch address was posted with wishes of happy unemployment. 5 minutes later, the news station was contacted by another 4channer. And three minutes later, at 11:58, a link was posted: BK's "Tell us about us" online forum. The foot photo, otherwise known as exhibit A, was attached. Cleveland Scene Magazine contacted the BK in question the next day. When questioned, the breakfast shift manager said "Oh, I know who that is. He's getting fired." Mystery solved, by 4chan. Now we can all go back to eating our fast food in peace.

  • @tommyparsons5846
    @tommyparsons5846 Год назад

    Do First Energy Stadium

  • @mamaluigi2064
    @mamaluigi2064 2 года назад

    What blows my mind it is it only cost half a billion dollars

    • @joeyhernandez7908
      @joeyhernandez7908 Год назад

      Litteraly. Seeing it in person you would think it’s surely atleast 1-2 billion

  • @TheSwanlake2009
    @TheSwanlake2009 Год назад +1

    Why cant the Philadelphia eagles have a stadium like this?

  • @javierdonaire6877
    @javierdonaire6877 2 года назад +1

    watch new Santiago Bernabeu stadium

  • @domfiore
    @domfiore Год назад

    88 home games, huh? Big season.

  • @nathonthill4390
    @nathonthill4390 Год назад

    USBANK stadium please
    MN Vikings

  • @mondop5270
    @mondop5270 Год назад +1

    I wanna go to america

  • @TimFrith24
    @TimFrith24 2 года назад +1

    Following the 2023 NFL season, Michael Bidwill will sell a 55% stake in the Arizona Cardinals to Utah Jazz and Real Salt Lake owner Ryan Smith for $1.25 billion. Following the 2024 NFL season, Ryan and Michael will pay a relocation fee of $550 million to relocate the Cardinals from the Phoenix area to Salt Lake City prior to the 2025 NFL season once the Cardinals opt out of the lease of State Farm Stadium in Glendale, so the Cardinals will use Rice-Eccles Stadium on the University of Utah campus as their temporary home venue until their new $1.1 billion, 80,000-seat domed stadium is built adjacent to Salt Lake City International Airport in time for the 2027 NFL season.

    • @Itshadow306
      @Itshadow306 Год назад

      I agree 100% I really want a Salt Lake City NFL Team as well but the Cardinals are staying in Phoenix the team that should move to Salt Lake City is the San Francisco 49ers because Utah has a ton of 49ers fans I say the Jazz and Real Salt Lake Ownership purchase the 49ers and move them to West Valley City, Utah in 2026.

    • @tsunamipapi1343
      @tsunamipapi1343 8 месяцев назад +1

      hell fucking no

  • @ti994apc
    @ti994apc Год назад +1

    I am not a fan of Stadiums taking on sponsors.

    • @royce9018
      @royce9018 Год назад

      Lol 😂😂

    • @GloriaGrothe
      @GloriaGrothe Месяц назад +1

      Every Sponsors have main headquarters in each city in North America