Ryan Field (demolished 2024)
Ryan Field is a stadium in Evanston, United States that opened in 1926. Its recorded capacity is 47,130.
Key facts
Ryan Field is a stadium in Evanston, United States that opened in 1926. Its recorded capacity is 47,130. It is owned by Northwestern University and Northwestern University. It is operated by Northwestern University and Northwestern University. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. It has been known by 2 names in total, including Dyche Stadium. Current tenants are Northwestern Wildcats, Northwestern Wildcats football, Northwestern Wildcats, 2006 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 2007 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 2008 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 2009 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 2010 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 2011 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 2012 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1963 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1969 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 2014 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1926 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1930 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1931 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1936 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1950 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1951 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1952 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1953 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1954 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1955 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1956 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1957 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1958 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1959 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1940 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1960 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1961 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1962 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1948 United States Olympic Trials, 1941 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1980 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1942 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1979 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1927 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1928 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1929 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1932 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1933 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1934 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1935 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1937 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1938 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1939 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1944 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1945 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1946 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1947 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1949 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1943 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1948 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1988 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1995 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1996 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1997 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1998 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1999 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 2000 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 2001 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 2002 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 2003 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 2004 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 2005 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1974 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1975 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1976 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1977 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1978 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1981 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1982 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1983 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1984 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1985 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1986 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1987 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1989 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1990 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1991 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1992 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1993 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1994 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1964 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1965 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1966 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1967 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1968 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1970 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1971 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1972 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1973 Northwestern Wildcats football team, 1943 NCAA Track and Field Championships.
- Location
- Evanston, United States
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 47,130
- Opened
- 1926
- Status
- Demolished
- Current owner
- Northwestern University, Northwestern University
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Artificial turf, Natural grass
Ryan Field is at latitude 42.087509, longitude -87.700625, 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 | 42.087509 |
| Longitude | -87.700625 |
| City | Evanston |
| Region | Evanston |
| Country | United States |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | Artificial turf | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Surface | Natural grass | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
Ryan Field has carried 1 recorded name. Dyche Stadium (no sponsor) ran 1926 to 1996. The average tenure of a name here is 70 years.
Data table for this chart
| Name | Sponsor | Period | Deal value | Term | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dyche Stadium | None | 1926 to 1996 | Not published | Not published | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Northwestern University | 1926 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Owner | Northwestern University | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Operator | Northwestern University | 1926 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Operator | Northwestern University | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
Recorded changes
105 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 2671 | 2026-10 |
| 2 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 2670 | 2026-10 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09-28 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_competitions | (created) | not set | 382 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Dyche Stadium | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 31499 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 31498 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 31497 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 26642 | 2026-09 |
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| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 26549 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1374252181 | 2026-09 |
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| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Ryan_Field_(1926) | Ryan Field (1926) | 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: