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Ford Field located in Detroit, Michigan that is the home of the Detroit Lions of the NFL. It is across the street from Comerica Park. It regularly seats 65,000, though it is expandable up to 70,000 for football and 80,000 for basketball. The naming rights were paid for by Ford at $40 million over 20 years; the Ford family (including Lions owner William Clay Ford, Sr.) holds a controlling interest in the company. Ford Field was planned simultaneously with Comerica Park, which opened in April 2000, as part of a public project to replace Tiger Stadium and the Pontiac Silverdome. Ford Field was constructed after Comerica Park, opening in 2002. It cost an estimated $300 million to build, financed largely through public money and the sale of the naming rights. The stadium's design incorporates a six-story former J.L. Hudson's warehouse, which had stood since the 1920s. Architecturally, the stadium shares a likeness with its sister stadium Ford Center, a multipurpose sports/concert arena located in downtown Oklahoma City. The presence of the warehouse structure allows for a seating arrangement unique among professional American football stadiums, with the club seats and lounges located along a single side of the field, and the bulk of the grandstand seats along the other three sides. To prevent the stadium's exterior from becoming an overly dominant presence in the Detroit skyline, the playing field and a majority of the stands were set below street level. Unlike most indoor stadiums, Ford Field allows a large amount of natural light to reach the playing field, thanks to immense skylights and glass-enclosed corners. The southwest corner of the stadium offers Detroit Football fans a fine view of the downtown area.
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