Arizona Cardinals

The 63,400-seat home of the Arizona Cardinals -    University of Phoenix Stadium - made its debut in 2006 and has received worldwide acclaim for its world-class architecture, cutting-edge technologies and first-rate fan comfort. The retractable field which is about 3 feet deep, weighs 17 million pounds and will move on 13 rails embedded in the floor.

The architect Eisenman's use of the Native-American mandala symbol, a circle representing wholeness, the universe or infinity, which appears in Navajo sand paintings, native rock paintings, and depicted in ancient ball fields. An off-center mandala is embedded in the fabric of the retractable roof, with rays extending out to the spines of the building.Inspired by a barrel cactus, the silver-skinned structure has 21 "spines," or openings with floor-to-roof glass, to give the stadium an open, airy feeling.

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University Of Phoenix Stadium Named Top NFL Stadium

Street & Smith's Sportsbusiness Journal and Sportsbusiness Daily have presented the results from their second annual SBJ/SBD Readers Survey on the state of the sports industry and University of Phoenix Stadium was named the top stadium in the NFL.

Turnkey Sports & Entertainment partnered with SBJ/SBD, and its FanTrak market intelligence platform was used in compilation and analysis of the results. The survey was conducted October 2-25. University of Phoenix Stadium, the NFL’s newest venue, took the title of best NFL facility from historic Lambeau Field, last year’s winner with 14.2%.

BEST NFL STADIUM
16.4% University of Phoenix Stadium (AZ Cardinals)
12.6% Lambeau Field (Green Bay Packers)
7.1% Qwest Field (Seattle Seahawks)
6.8% Gillette Stadium (New England Patriots)
6.7% Lincoln Financial Field (Philadelphia Eagles)
6.6% Soldier Field (Chicago Bears)

The new home of the Cardinals has also been named one of the top 10 stadiums in the world by BusinessWeek.

The Stadium will host the biggest event in sports next year when Super Bowl XLII is played there on February 3, 2008.

Source: Arizona Cardinals' website

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