How much did the original New Comiskey Park (now Rate Field) in Chicago cost to build?
Rate Field (originally New Comiskey Park, later U.S. Cellular Field and Guaranteed Rate Field) is the Chicago White Sox ballpark on the South Side of Chicago, owned by the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority and designed by HOK, with groundbreaking on 7 May 1989 and opening on 18 April 1991. Ballparks of Baseball and Wikipedia give the original cost as USD 137 million, a USD 118 million series of renovations in 2001-2007 is a separate Wikipedia figure, and Illinois Policy notes the public funding package was USD 120 million of revenue bonds topped up by a USD 150 million state subsidy in 1988.
Reported project cost
$137 million
Cost basis: 1991
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Basis of the published figure
Reported project cost1991
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- CapacityBallparks of Baseball
- 40,615 seats
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