Memorial Stadium

The FactsWhile Chicago's Soldier Field was being refurbished, the NFL Bears played the entire 2002 home season in Champaign. Memorial Stadium continues to be the home field for the...

Memorial Stadium is a football stadium located in Champaign, Illinois, in the United States, on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The stadium is dedicated as a memorial to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign students who died in World War I; their names are engraved on the nearly 200 pillars surrounding the stadium's façade. The stadium is primarily used...