State Farm Stadium
State Farm Stadium is a multi-purpose retractable roof stadium in Glendale, Arizona, United States, west of Phoenix. It is the home of the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL) and the annual Fiesta Bowl. It replaced Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe as the home of the Cardinals, and is adjacent to Desert Diamond Arena, former home of the Arizona Coyotes of the National Hockey League.
For similarly named sports facilities, see State farm (disambiguation).Former names
Cardinals Stadium
(August–September 2006)
University of Phoenix Stadium
(2006–2018)
1 Cardinals Drive
14,000 on-site parking spaces
88
Natural grass:
Tifway 419 Hybrid Bermuda
April 12, 2003
August 1, 2006
2014, 2017
Eisenman Architects
Populous (then HOK Sport)
TLCP Structural, Inc. (bowl)[6]
Walter P Moore[7] and roof designed by Walter P Moore[8]
M-E Engineers, Inc.[9]
The stadium has been the host of the Fiesta Bowl since 2007. It hosted two BCS National Championship games in 2007 and 2011 respectively. It hosted the College Football Playoff National Championship in 2016, three Super Bowls (2008, 2015, and 2023), as well as the Pro Bowl in 2015. For soccer, it was one of the stadiums for the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup also the first semi-final of the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup and the Copa América Centenario in 2016. For basketball, it hosted the NCAA Men’s Final Four in 2017 and 2024.
The stadium opened in 2006 as Cardinals Stadium. Later that year in September, the University of Phoenix acquired naming rights, renaming it University of Phoenix Stadium, in what was then a 20-year agreement. It was renamed in September 2018 for insurance company State Farm, which has an 18-year naming rights deal.[11][12]
