Year Opened: 1991
Capacity: 40,615
Architect: HOK Sport
Dimensions: 330L, 377LC, 400C, 372RC, 335R
Playing Surface: Grass
Website: whitesox.com
Phone: 1-866-769-4263
Ticket Prices (2009): Premium Club Level, $53-$67; Club Level, $24.50-$67; Premium Lower Box, $53/$67; Lower Box, $19-$52; Lower Reserved, $17-$48; Bleachers, $16.50$47; Premium Upper Box, $13-$40; Upper Box, $11.50-$37; Upper Reserved, $9.50-$33
League: American League
Parking: You might want to take the El because parking could cost you up to $17 if you want to park anywhere close to the stadium. However, there are plenty of lots near the stadium and cops do a good job of directing traffic.
Address/Directions: 333 W. 35th Street, Chicago, IL 60616. From NW suburbs and O’Hare: Take I-90 or I-190 East ramp toward Chicago. Merge onto I-90/94 East and follow for about 17 miles to 94 (Dan Ryan Expressway), taking the local lanes. From SW suburbs and Midway: Take I-55 North toward Chicago. Take the I-94 East/Ryan Expressway Exit 294 toward Indiana. Merge onto I-94 East, taking the local lanes. From the Far North Suburbs and Milwaukee: Take I-94 East to 90/94. Proceed to 94 (Dan Ryan Expressway) local lanes. From the Western Suburbs: Take 290 East to 94 South (Dan Ryan Expressway) using local lanes. From the South: Take 57 East to 94 West. From all directions proceed to 35th Street exit once on Dan Ryan and follow signs.

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Commonly referred to as Chicago’s other baseball team, the American League White Sox reside at 35th Street and Shields and play at U.S. Cellular Field (Comiskey Park until 2003). While "The Cell" does not have nearly the romantic history of its rival in Wrigleyville or the "Old" Comiskey Park, it’s a vastly underrated ballpark.

When the day finally came for the ChiSox to build a new ballpark in the late 80s, those in charge were dealt the impossible task of bringing those memories from the old park across the street to a more modernized setting.

The "new" Comiskey Park opened in 1991 to a franchise record of nearly three million fans and drew reasonably well until the 1994 when the strike took the wind out the South Side’s sails. Every year since then, the ChiSox have been notorious for low attendance. Why? Well, nobody officially knows although there are plenty of theories.

Many believe the new Comiskey came a year early and that when Oriole Park at Camden Yards ushered in a new era of retro ballparks in 1992, the Sox’ facility quickly became an outdated structure. Some say there’s a lack of entertainment in the surrounding neighborhood and complain about the stadium’s steep and often vacant upper deck.

In 2001, the White Sox began renovating Comiskey Park in hopes of turning the stadium’s image around. The Sox again spent money in 2002 to improve the park.

On January 31, 2003, the White Sox announced a naming-rights deal with U.S. Cellular for $68 million to be spread over 20 years. To validate the deal to fans of the sacred Comiskey Park moniker, the franchise vowed to use that money only to remodel the ballpark. They began using the money immediately, spending $20 million that offseason installing a new videoboard and ribbon boards on the upper deck façade, while constructing a Fan Deck in centerfield. (These photos were taken before many of the changes took effect at the ballpark.)

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