List of Chicago Public Schools stadiums
List of public school stadiums in Chicago IL
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Chicago Public Schools operates seven municipally owned stadiums across Chicago, which are used for Chicago Public League sports events.[1]
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Use for Chicago Public League games
As of 2022, each of the stadiums (with the exception of Hanson Stadium)[2] was the site of approximately 1,000 games each year.[3] At that time, Hanson Stadium had been infrequently used due to its state of poor repair,[2] but it has since been renovated in 2025.[1]
List
| List of stadiums[1] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stadium | Location | Year built | Year(s) renovated | Capacity | Namesake of | Notes |
| Eckersall Stadium | 2423 East 82nd Street | 1949 | 2018,[4] 2024 | Walter Eckersall[a] | ||
| Gately Stadium | 810 East 103rd Street | 1955 | 2011[5] | 5,000[5] | James H. Gately[b] | in 1959, a temporary outdoor velodrome was erected at the stadium to host the track cycling competition of the 1959 Pan American Games[6] |
| Hanson Stadium | 2233 North Central Avenue | 2025 | 10,000 | Hanson Family[c] | ||
| Lane Stadium | 2601 West Addison Street | 1934 | 2007, 2015[7] | 4,800[8] | Albert G. Lane[d] | since 2020, football turf is named "Fritz Pollard Field at Lane Stadium"; the stadium is the home venue of the DePaul Blue Demons collegiate track and field teams (NCAA Division I)[7] |
| Rockne Stadium | 1117 South Central Avenue | 2007,[3] 2022–2024[1][3] | Knute Rockne | |||
| Stagg Stadium | 1035 West 74th Street | 2024 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | |||
| Winnemac Stadium | 5105 North Leavitt Street | 1930s | 4,500[9] | Winamac[e] | since 2004, the sports turf has been named "Jorndt Field", after teacher Louis C. Jorndt | |
Notes
- both Eckersall Stadium and the surrounding Eckersall park are namesakes of Walter Eckersall
- both the stadium and the surrounding park, Gately Park, are namesakes of James H. Gately
- whose farm once occupied the land that Hanson Stadium and Hanson Park are located upon
- Lane Tech College Prep High School, where the stadium is located, is named for Lane
- indirect namesake, as the stadium and the park it is located inside of (Winnemac Park) are named for the adjacent Winnemac Street, which is itself named for a Potawatomi chief who used the name "Winamac" (meaning "catfish"), who had signed the 1795 Treaty of Greenville (in which Great Lakes tribes surrendered Chicago to the United States government) and later died fighting in alliance with the United States against the British in the War of 1812.[10]