Rate Field is a baseball park in Chicago, Illinois. It is the home field of the Major League Baseball team called the Chicago White Sox. It opened in 1991, replacing historic Comiskey Park. Before U.S. Cellular, a wireless telephone carrier, bought naming rights in 2003, with the stadium then being renamed U.S. Cellular Field, the ballpark was known as New Comiskey Park (or just "Comiskey Park"), in honor of the old park.
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Rate Field|
 Rate Field (then U.S. Cellular Field) on Opening Day 2014 |
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| Former names | Comiskey Park (II) (1991–2003)
U.S. Cellular Field (2003–2016)
Guaranteed Rate Field (2016–2024) |
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| Location | 333 West 35th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60616 |
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| Coordinates | 41°49′48″N 87°38′2″W |
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| Public transit | Sox–35th (CTA station)
35th–Bronzeville–IIT (CTA station) |
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| Owner | Illinois Sports Facilities Authority |
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| Operator | Chicago White Sox Ltd. |
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| Capacity | 40,615 (2004–present)
47,098 (2003)
45,936 (2001–2002)
44,321 (1991–2000) |
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| Record attendance | 47,609
July 15, 2003
74th All-Star Game
White Sox game: 46,246
October 5, 1993
Game 1 of the 1993 ALCS
Post-renovations: 41,432
October 23, 2005
Game 2 of the 2005 World Series |
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| Field size | (2001–present)
Left Field – 330 feet (101 m)
Left-Center – 375 feet (114 m) (Not Posted)
Center Field – 400 feet (122 m)
Right-Center – 375 feet (114 m) (Not Posted)
Right Field – 335 feet (102 m)
Backstop – 60 feet (18 m)
Outfield Wall Height – 8 feet (2 m)
(1991–2000)
Left Field – 347 feet (106 m)
Left-Center – 375 feet (114 m)
Center Field – 400 feet (122 m)
Right-Center – 375 feet (114 m)
Right Field – 347 feet (106 m)
Backstop – 60 feet (18 m)
Outfield Wall Height – 8 feet (2 m) |
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| Surface | Bluegrass |
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| Scoreboard | Center Field full-color, high resolution video board 28 feet (8.5 m) x 53 feet (16 m) (2003–present)
Right Field LED Display out-of-town scoreboard 23 feet (7.0 m) x 68 feet (21 m) (2009–present)
Left Field matrix board (2003–present)
Fan Deck ticker board (2003–present)
2 small scoreboards along the facade down the Right Field and Left Field lines below the 500 level |
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| Started | May 7, 1989 |
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| Built | 1989–1991 |
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| Opened | April 18, 1991 |
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| Renovated | 2001–2011 |
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| Construction cost | US$167 million
($332 million in 2025 dollars[1])
$118 million (2001–2007 renovations)
($154 million in 2025 dollars[1]) |
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| Architect | HOK Sport (now Populous) (original)
HKS, Inc. (2001–2007 renovations) |
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| Project manager | International Facilities Group, LLC[2] |
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| Structural engineer | Thornton Tomasetti |
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| Services engineer | Flack + Kurtz[3] |
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| General contractor | Gust K. Newberg Construction Company[4] |
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| Chicago White Sox (MLB) (1991–present) |
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The stadium name lost most of its value in Chicago after the company sold its local network to Sprint in 2012. During the 2016 MLB season, the White Sox made a new deal with Chicago-based mortgage lender Guaranteed Rate. The stadium name officially changed on November 1 of that year.[5] In late 2024, Guaranteed Rate changed its name to Rate, and the ballpark name was changed that December 18.[6]
