Franklin Field
Philadelphia, United States
52,958
recorded capacity
recorded as 2003–present
1 block = 1,000 placesoutline continues to Michigan Stadium, 107,600
Franklin Field in Philadelphia is the joint 4th-oldest (opened 1895) of the 424 listed stadiums in North America. It is also the 2nd-largest of the 42 listed stadiums that opened in the 1890s.
The nearest listed stadium is Citizens Bank Park, 5.3 km away.
- Listed for
- American football and athletics
- Tenants
- Penn Quakers
- Surface
- Artificial turf
- Position
- 39.95° N, 75.19° W
Where it stands in the United States
- Michigan Stadium54,642 more107,600
- 78 more listed stadiums
- Mountain America Stadium641 more53,599
- Memorial Stadium, Bloomington566 more53,524
- Amon G. Carter Stadium336 more53,294
- Franklin Field52,958
- SHI Stadium504 fewer52,454
- California Memorial Stadium530 fewer52,428
- Boone Pickens Stadium653 fewer52,305
- 223 more listed stadiums
From the record
- Construction began
- 1895
- Owner
- University of Pennsylvania
- Main contractor
- Turner Construction
- Recorded construction cost
- $100,000
- Share of listed capacity in the United States
- 0.4%
- Latest renovation or expansion
- 1922, more recent than 0 of the other 155 listed stadiums in the United States with such a year
- Compared with the median in the United States
- 1.7 times the median capacity of 31,500 across its 309 listed stadiums
- Opened in the 1890s in the United States
- 2 of the 309 listed stadiums, this one included
- Nearest larger listed stadium
- Lincoln Financial Field, 5.8 km
- Listed stadiums within 10 km
- 2
Chronology
- 1895 Opened
- 1903 Renovated
- 1922 Renovated
Nearest listed stadiums
- Citizens Bank Park · south42,901 places, opened 20045.3 km
- Lincoln Financial Field · south67,594 places, opened 20035.8 km
- Villanova Stadium · north-west12,500 places, opened 192715.5 km
- Subaru Park · south-west18,500 places, opened 201020.8 km
- Delaware Stadium · south-west18,500 places, opened 195257.5 km
Source: Wikipedia, Franklin Field.