On January 11, 2016, University of Phoenix Stadium hosted the College Football Playoff National Championship Game featuring No. For basketball, it hosted the NCAA Final Four in 2017, which is scheduled to return in 2024. Here we are, it's getting pretty close to reality.”. There are no obstructed view seats in the stadium. Fan Experience  It is the home of the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL) and the annual Fiesta Bowl. The multipurpose nature of the facility has allowed it to host 91 events representing 110 event days between the dates of August 4, 2006 through the BCS National Championship January 8, 2007. On February 10, 2019 Russell M. Nelson, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, spoke to an audience of 68,000, a larger capacity than many events due to the majority of the field space being filled with seats. More Info Stadium Map. Since moving to Arizona from St. Louis, Missouri in 1988, the Cardinals had played at Sun Devil Stadium on the campus of Arizona State University in Tempe. The Spanish side defeated the Galaxy 3–1. [18] On February 1, 2015, the New England Patriots defeated the Seattle Seahawks 28–24 in Super Bowl XLIX held at the stadium. Things To Do . On February 6, the AMA Supercross Championship raced for the first time, after visiting Chase Field from 1999 to 2015. It is the first retractable roof ever built on an incline. Included within the Park is an 8-acre (3.2 ha) landscaped tailgating area called the Great Lawn. The browser you are using is no longer supported on this site. Tag(s): Videos  1 ranked Clemson Tigers. A complete public stadium tour schedule and ticket purchases. This is the highest attended indoor concert in Arizona history. The roof is made out of translucent Birdair fabric and opens in 12 minutes. However, the savings and loan crisis derailed funding for a new stadium during the 1990s. Contributors to the stadium included the Arizona Sports and Tourism Authority ($302.3 million), the Arizona Cardinals ($143.2 million), and the City of Glendale ($9.5 million). The University of Phoenix acquired the naming rights in September 2006, shortly after the stadium had opened under the name Cardinals Stadium and retained the rights until September 2018, when the Cardinals and insurance company State Farm reached an agreement on an 18-year commitment to call it State Farm Stadium.[11][12]. The cost of the project was $455 million, which included $395.4 million for the stadium, $41.7 million for site improvements, and $17.8 million for the land. [23] This was the first WrestleMania since WrestleMania XI with a non-title match as a main event, the first WrestleMania to be held in the state of Arizona and the third to be held in an open-air venue,[23][24] after WrestleMania IX and WrestleMania XXIV.