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Lincoln Financial Field
"The Linc"
Location	One Lincoln Financial Way Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19101
Broke ground	May 7, 2001
Opened	August 3, 2003
Closed	Open
Demolished	N/A
Owner	City of Philadelphia
Operator	Philadelphia Eagles
Surface	Grass
Construction cost	$512 million
Architect	NBBJ Sports
Former names
N/A
Tenants
Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) (2003-present) Temple Owls (NCAA) (2003-present)
Capacity
68,532

Lincoln Financial Field, familiarly known as The Linc, is the home stadium of the National Football League's Philadelphia Eagles. It has a seating capacity of 68,532 (69,032 with Standing Room Only tickets). The stadium was named in June 2002 when Lincoln Financial Group paid $139.6 million for naming rights over the next 21 years. The Eagles sold Stadium Builder Licenses to their fans in order to finance some of the construction cost of the stadium. It is located in South Philadelphia on Pattison Avenue between 11th and 10th Streets, closer to the area's stretch of Interstate 95 than to Pattison.

The stadium replaced the old Veterans Stadium after over two years of construction. While its total capacity barely changed, the new stadium contained double the amount of luxury and wheelchair-accessible seats, along with the newer, more modern services. Like the Vet, Lincoln Financial Field had a jail inside the stadium, that contained four cells. However, this jail was done away within two years as the level of unruly behavior had dropped considerably from the worst days of the Vet. The Linc also plays hosts to several soccer games each year, and in the past two years it has played host to the NCAA lacrosse national championship.

The stadium opened on August 3, 2003 with a preseason friendly match between European soccer giants Manchester United and FC Barcelona. Some matches in the FIFA Women's World Cup for soccer were also played there in 2003. Bruce Springsteen performed three sold-out concerts there in 2003. Also, the NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship in 2005 and 2006 were held there. The Army-Navy football game is also played at the stadium, and the stadium is scheduled to host more in the future.

Temple University's Division I-A college football team also plays their home games at Lincoln Financial Field, paying the Eagles $6 million a year to do so.

Aug. 3, 2003 Lincoln Financial Field hosts its first ticketed event, a soccer match between Manchester United and FC Barcelona

Aug. 22, 2003 The Eagles host the New England Patriots in the first football game at Lincoln Financial Field

Sept. 8, 2003 The Eagles and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers square off on Monday Night Football in the “Inaugural Game” at Lincoln Financial Field

• NFC Divisional Playoff: January 11, 2004 (Philadelphia Eagles 20, Green Bay Packers 17)
• NFC Championship: January 18, 2004: (Carolina Panthers 14, Philadelphia Eagles 3)
• NFC Divisional Playoff: January 16, 2005 (Philadelphia Eagles 27, Minnesota Vikings 14)
• NFC Championship: January 23, 2005: (Philadelphia Eagles 27, Atlanta Falcons 10)
• NFC Wild Card Game: January 7, 2007: (Philadelphia Eagles 23, New York Giants 20)

• Lincoln Financial Field
• Aerial Views of Lincoln Financial Field, StadiumFind.com

Preceded by Veterans Stadium 1971–2002

Home of the Philadelphia Eagles 2003–present

Succeeded by current

Coordinates: 39°54′2.79″N, 75°10′2.83″W

Current stadiums of the National Football League
American Football Conference		National Football Conference
Arrowhead Stadium | Cleveland Browns Stadium | Dolphin Stadium | Giants Stadium | Gillette Stadium | Heinz Field | INVESCO Field at Mile High | Jacksonville Municipal Stadium | LP Field | M&T Bank Stadium | McAfee Coliseum | Paul Brown Stadium | Qualcomm Stadium | Ralph Wilson Stadium | RCA Dome | Reliant Stadium		Bank of America Stadium | Edward Jones Dome | FedExField | Ford Field | Georgia Dome | Giants Stadium | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome | Lambeau Field | Lincoln Financial Field | Louisiana Superdome | Monster Park | Qwest Field | Raymond James Stadium | Soldier Field | Texas Stadium | University of Phoenix Stadium

Football Stadiums of the Mid-American Conference

Dix Stadium (Kent State) • Glass Bowl (Toledo) • Huskie Stadium (Northern Illinois) • Kelly/Shorts Stadium (Central Michigan) • Lincoln Financial Field (Temple) • Peden Stadium (Ohio) • Doyt Perry Stadium (Bowling Green) • Rubber Bowl (Akron) • Rynearson Stadium (Eastern Michigan) • Scheumann Stadium (Ball State) • University at Buffalo Stadium (Buffalo) • Waldo Stadium (Western Michigan) • Yager Stadium (Miami)