Normal Park

Opened in 1920

About Normal Park

Normal Park is recorded as an NFL stadium in Chicago, Illinois. It opened in 1920. Its recorded capacity is 7,500. Its only tenant was Chicago Cardinals (NFL, 1920–1921, 1926–1928).

Venue Information

Capacity

7,500

Year Opened

1920

Location

Chicago, Illinois 60636

Elevation

595 ft

181 m above sea level

Location derived from the venue's coordinates using data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL).

Elevation of the venue's coordinates from USGS and NASA SRTM elevation data, via Open Topo Data.

Teams

Home seasons at Normal Park by team, 1920–1928. Bars use each team's colors at the time; the table below lists every season.

Team	League	Years
Chicago Cardinals While based here: 5 seasons · 15-23-5 regular season APFA, NFL · 1920–1921, 1926–1928 Territory map on ImperialismMap Normal Park 1920–1921 Comiskey Park 1922–1925 Normal Park 1926–1928 Comiskey Park 1929–1930 All 11 home venues of the Chicago Cardinals Normal Park 1920–1921 Comiskey Park 1922–1925 Normal Park 1926–1928 Comiskey Park 1929–1930 Wrigley Field 1931–1939 Comiskey Park 1940–1958 Soldier Field 1959 Busch Stadium 1960–1965 Busch Stadium 1966–1987 Sun Devil Stadium 1988–2005 State Farm Stadium 2006–present	APFA, NFL	1920–1921, 1926–1928

Records are each team's full-season results while it was based here, home and away games alike, from final scores. They are not records of games played at this venue.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the capacity of Normal Park?

The capacity of Normal Park is 7,500.

When was Normal Park built?

Normal Park opened in 1920.

Where did the Chicago Cardinals play after Normal Park?

After leaving Normal Park in 1928, the Chicago Cardinals moved to Comiskey Park in 1929. They played there until 1930.

Sources

Where the facts on this page were read from. How VenueStats compiles them.

Open Topo Data (Public domain): Elevation.
OpenStreetMap Nominatim (ODbL): Location.
VenueStats compilation: Opening and closing years, name history and teams (compiled by VenueStats from Sports Reference and Wikipedia).
Wikidata (CC0): Coordinates (Wikidata places the building within 0 m of this point).

Location

Coordinates: 41.7814, -87.6545

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Nearby Venues

Venue	Years	Distance
International Amphitheatre	1934–1999	2.4 mi
Stagg Field		2.7 mi
South Side Park III	1893–1940	3.2 mi
South Side Park I	1884–	3.4 mi
Rate Field	1991–	3.5 mi
Comiskey Park	1910–1991	3.6 mi

Straight-line distance between the venues' coordinates.

References

Teams on Wikipedia

Chicago Cardinals

Every source for the facts on this page is listed under Sources.