It’s a pretty sick stadium especially because there are hardly any over hang stadiums like that in college

I like the overhangs.  So much better than lame ass domes.  Hopefully it's real grass.

I flew over it a few times when flying into O'Hare. From 8000 feet, it looks gorgeous.

Looks really nice, congrats to the NW faithful who have been waiting a long time

The should’ve scheduled Colorado so they could’ve played them there that weekend, it would’ve been perfect💀🤣.

Northwestern had to squeeze this in.  Evanston is a pretty dense Chicago Suburb for college town standards.    They wanted to leave a little space outside the stadium for beer gardens and places for people to pre-game.       There was no more space to build a larger stadium this was about max size you could build and still put in some pre-game beer garden area.    College Football has become a TV game , I think they built this stadium the right way for 2026 and for Chicago.   They will host concerts in the summer and stuff so they couldn't make it too steep for safety reasons.

After watching NW hold their own against IU, this grand opening game is going to be must watch TV and I would love to see NW get a big win over penn state.

I heard Mr. Ryan always said size doesn't matter.  Unfortunately for him, in the Big Ten, it absolutely does.  Fewer seats at exorbitant  prices is not a good trend for college football.  In 20 years all they will have left are silver-haired knitters in the stands.

I think they’re just way ahead of the times. I really think less people are gonna want to give up their entire day and tons of money to go sit in a stadium for 4 hours

This dude didn’t react to the newest video of the football team going into the locker room. I want to make sure the dude knows this, the stadium has two of those video boards.

It's north western, considering the legacy going brand new is almost a no brainer.

Ginger you should look into the one of a kind hotel tailgate bar restaurant etc etc being built at Neyland stadium in Knoxville it’s gonna be the best venue in college or NFL makes Dallas stadium look like a high school

Its somethin that Northwestern football program needed in a very long time.  A new stadium.  Congratulations Northwestern on your new football facility.  Enjoy.  🎉🎉🤟🤟👏👏👏

The "partially enclosed" purpose on the sides/top of upper deck is for air flow...especially during warmer months.
Air circulation. There will be non-football events as well, and they don't want people to bake.

Welsh-Ryan Arena (just to the north of the new football stadium) was remodeled first several years earlier.  Prior to the WRA project, a committee of interested parties toured several of the best NBA and college facilities in the country to assemble the to-do list for the renovation.  They kept the steel roof trusses and ripped out everything else.  Doing so allowed the walls to be pushed back so that 3 levels of concourses could be added, one looping each floor.  One aged elevator was replaced with 5 new ones, and bleacher seating was replaced with individual seats.  Capacity was reduced from 8,000 to 7,000.  College basketball fans know of Butler's Hinkle Fieldhouse.  Former Northwestern player, Vic Law, shot free throws in a game at Hinkle and found the double level of fans behind the basket distracting.  NU heard Vic and brought that to the WRA remodel.  WRA is now a great place to see a game.  

With many of the same people involved on the new football stadium, one can be sure they toured the best places to get their homework done.  If your team plays at Northwestern, buy some tickets and go!

Shit looks good.  I’d go.

The new Ryan Field at Northwestern University has an official capacity of 35,000 fans. Scheduled to debut on October 2, 2026, against Penn State, the fully reconstructed $875 million facility is the most expensive stadium project in college football history. Despite being significantly larger in physical footprint than its predecessor, the university purposefully reduced the capacity from the old stadium's 47,000 seats to prioritize a premium, intimate fan experience. This makes it the smallest football stadium in the Big Ten Conference.

it'd be nice to see them fill it for the opener, idk if they would later this year unless northwestern makes some noise

That's a lot of money for a small soccer stadium.  And there there doesn't appear to be any way to expand it.  They are betting attendance will never increase.  Makes you wonder if they even still belong in the B1G with something that small, it's 11K smaller than the next smallest stadium in the conference.

I will be there soon