State Farm Stadium

Location: Glendale, Arizona, USA
Capacity: 63,400 (expandable to 72,200;
Record Crowd: 78,603 – Auburn Tigers vs Oregon Ducks (January 10, 2011)
Home Team: Arizona Cardinals

State Farm Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Glendale, Arizona, west of Phoenix. It is the home of the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL) and the annual Fiesta Bowl. State Farm Stadium replaced Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe as the Valley of the Sun’s main stadium. The stadium is adjacent to Gila River Arena, home of the Arizona Coyotes of the National Hockey League.

The stadium was opened in 2006 as Cardinals Stadium. Later that year in September, the University of Phoenix acquired naming rights, renaming it University of Phoenix Stadium, in what was initially a 20-year agreement. The current name was announced in September 2018 and comes from insurance company State Farm, which has an 18-year commitment on their naming rights deal.

The stadium has hosted the Fiesta Bowl 2007 and 2011 BCS National Championship Games, 2016 College Football Playoff National Championship, Super Bowl XLII in 2008, the Pro Bowl and Super Bowl XLIX in 2015, and will host Super Bowl LVII in 2023. It was one of the stadiums for the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup also the first semi-final of the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup and the Copa América Centenario in 2016. It also hosted the NCAA Final Four in 2017, which is scheduled to return in 2024.

The venue has also hosted non-sporting events such as Metallica, U2, Guns N’ Roses and Rolling Stones concerts.