Northwestern Field
Northwestern Field is a stadium in Evanston, United States that opened in 1905. Its recorded capacity is 10,000.
Key facts
Northwestern Field is a stadium in Evanston, United States that opened in 1905. Its recorded capacity is 10,000. It is owned by Northwestern University and Northwestern University. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Northwestern Wildcats, Northwestern Wildcats football, 1905 Northwestern Purple football team, 1916 Northwestern Purple football team, 1920 Northwestern Purple football team, 1908 Northwestern Purple football team, 1909 Northwestern Purple football team, 1910 Northwestern Purple football team, 1911 Northwestern Purple football team, 1912 Northwestern Purple football team, 1913 Northwestern Purple football team, 1914 Northwestern Purple football team, 1915 Northwestern Purple football team, 1917 Northwestern Purple football team, 1918 Northwestern Purple football team, 1919 Northwestern Purple football team, 1921 Northwestern Purple football team, 1922 Northwestern Purple football team, 1923 Northwestern Purple football team, 1924 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1925 Northwestern Wildcats football team.
- Location
- Evanston, United States
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 10,000
- Opened
- 1905
- Status
- Demolished
- Current owner
- Northwestern University, Northwestern University
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
Northwestern Field is at latitude 42.065278, longitude -87.693333, in Evanston, United States. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | 42.065278 |
| Longitude | -87.693333 |
| City | Evanston |
| Region | Evanston |
| Country | United States |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Naming rights
Northwestern Field has carried 1 recorded name. Ryan Field (no sponsor) ran 1926 to present.
Data table for this chart
| Name | Sponsor | Period | Deal value | Term | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Field | None | 1926 to present | Not published | Not published | Wikipedia, with citation | Source |
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Northwestern University | 1904 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Owner | Northwestern University | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
Recorded changes
29 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09-28 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Ryan Field | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 31910 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 31909 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 29432 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 29431 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 29430 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 29429 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 29428 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 29427 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 29426 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 29425 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 29424 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 29423 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 29422 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 29421 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 29420 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 29419 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 29418 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 29417 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 29416 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 29415 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 29414 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 29413 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 29412 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372221063 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | opened_year | 1904 | 1905 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372221063 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Northwestern_Field | Northwestern Field | 2026-09 |
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0 Universal.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Row-level sources used for this venue: