Comiskey Park II
Located in Chicago, Illinois

Stadiums Chicago Comiskey Park II

Guaranteed Rate Field is a baseball park located in the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. The ballpark serves as the home ballpark for Major League Baseball's Chicago White Sox. The facility is owned by the state of Illinois through the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority, and is 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 U.S. Cellular Field in 2003 after U.S. Cellular purchased the naming rights at $68 million over 20 years. The current name was announced on October 31, 2016, after Guaranteed Rate, a private residential mortgage company located in Chicago, purchased the naming rights to the ballpark in a 13-year deal. 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 Guaranteed Rate 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$137 million. The current public address announcer is Gene Honda, who also serves as the PA announcer for the Chicago Blackhawks, NCAA Final Four, and University of Illinois Football.

Guaranteed Rate Field is a baseball park located in the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. The ballpark serves as the home ballpark for Major League Baseball's Chicago White Sox. The facility is owned by the state of Illinois through the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority, and is 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 U.S. Cellular Field in 2003 after U.S. Cellular purchased the naming rights at $68 million over 20 years. The current name was announced on October 31, 2016, after Guaranteed Rate, a private residential mortgage company located in Chicago, purchased the naming rights to the ballpark in a 13-year deal. 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 Guaranteed Rate 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$137 million. The current public address announcer is Gene Honda, who also serves as the PA announcer for the Chicago Blackhawks, NCAA Final Four, and University of Illinois Football.

Stadium Details

Name Comiskey Park II

Style Open Air Stadium
Classic Architecture

Capacity 40,615

Surface Grass

Outfield 330-375-400-375-335

Location 333 West 35th Street
Chicago, IL 60616

Architects HKS Inc.
HOK Sport

Owner State of Illinois

Links

Known As

Guaranteed Rate Field 2017‑2025

U.S. Cellular Field 2004‑2016

Comiskey Park II 1991‑2003

Sox Park (nickname)

The Cell (nickname)

The Rate (nickname)

The G Spot (nickname)

New Comiskey (alternate)

Teams

White Sox (MLB) 1991-2021

F i l t e r & S o r t

Stadium Details

Name Comiskey Park II

Style Open Air Stadium
Classic Architecture

Capacity 40,615

Surface Grass

Outfield 330-375-400-375-335

Location 333 West 35th Street
Chicago, IL 60616

Architects HKS Inc.
HOK Sport

Owner State of Illinois

Links

Known As

Guaranteed Rate Field 2017‑2025

U.S. Cellular Field 2004‑2016

Comiskey Park II 1991‑2003

Sox Park (nickname)

The Cell (nickname)

The Rate (nickname)

The G Spot (nickname)

New Comiskey (alternate)

Teams

White Sox (MLB) 1991-2021