A Preview
"Those two long rows of Doric columns are Soldier Field, or at least the part of it that's original. Everything you can see between and above them arrived seventy-nine years later, and Chicago has never fully forgiven anyone for it. The stadium opened in nineteen twenty-four under the name Grant Park Municipal Stadium."
Hear the full story in the app — narrated and timed to play right where you're standing.
The Reveal
This stop is part of the tour’s larger story. An optional reveal at the end lets you revisit which details stayed perfectly honest and which got a little extra help.
Tour Stops
Follow the full Museum Campus: Landfill of Dreams route.
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Buckingham Fountain
- 3 Grant Park — The Fight to Keep It Empty
- 4 The Field Museum — A Greek Temple on Landfill
- 5 Sue and the Lions of Tsavo
- 6 Shedd Aquarium — They Shipped the Ocean
- 7 Solidarity Drive
- 8 Adler Planetarium — The First Sky in the Hemisphere
- 9 Northerly Island — The Airport That Was Erased Overnight
- 10 The Balbo Monument
- 11 Soldier Field
- 12 The Reveal
Hear the full story at Soldier Field
This is just one of 12 stops on the Museum Campus: Landfill of Dreams tour. Download the app, put in your headphones, and experience it for real.
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