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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. The stadium was named in June 2002 when Lincoln Financial Group paid $139.6 million for naming rights over the next 21 years. 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 has a jail inside the stadium, in this case one with four jail cells.

The stadium opened on August 8, 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 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.

[Source: Wikipedia]