<P> Soldier Field was designed in 1919 and opened on October 9 , 1924 , as Municipal Grant Park Stadium . The name was changed to Soldier Field on November 11 , 1925 , as a memorial to U.S. soldiers who had died in combat . Its formal dedication as Soldier Field was on Saturday , November 27 , 1926 , during the 29th annual playing of the Army -- Navy Game . Its design is in the Neoclassical style , with Doric columns rising above the East and West entrances . The stadium cost $13 million to construct ( $182 million in 2015 dollars ) , a very large sum for a sporting venue at that time ( in comparison , L.A. Memorial Coliseum had cost less than $1 million in 1923 dollars ) . </P>
<P> Soldier Field was designed in 1919 and opened on October 9 , 1924 , as Municipal Grant Park Stadium . The name was changed to Soldier Field on November 11 , 1925 , as a memorial to U.S. soldiers who had died in combat . Its formal dedication as Soldier Field was on Saturday , November 27 , 1926 , during the 29th annual playing of the Army -- Navy Game . Its design is in the Neoclassical style , with Doric columns rising above the East and West entrances . The stadium cost $13 million to construct ( $182 million in 2015 dollars ) , a very large sum for a sporting venue at that time ( in comparison , L.A. Memorial Coliseum had cost less than $1 million in 1923 dollars ) . </P>
why is the chicago bears stadium called soldier field
why is the chicago bears stadium called soldier field
as a memorial to U.S. soldiers who had died in combat
as a memorial to U.S. soldiers who had died in combat