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Northwestern Scores Dramatic First Wrigley Field Win in Final Home Game Before New Stadium Opens

The Wildcats played a pair of home games at the Friendly Confines in 2025, ahead of the opening of new Ryan Field next season.

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Opponents of Northwestern stadium sue city of Evanston

Evanston, Wilmette homeowners claim the city acted unlawfully, blast “commercialization” of the new football field the university plans to build.

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Evanston City Council narrowly adopts zoning for concerts at new Ryan Field

Northwestern University’s plan for six annual concerts at a rebuilt football stadium passed with Mayor Daniel Biss’ vote as opponents craft arguments to use in litigation.

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Evanston City Council calls a timeout on Northwestern’s Ryan Field plan

The university made a new $157.5 million public benefits offer that prompted the council to defer its final vote on Northwestern’s $800 million football stadium project.

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Northwestern should renovate Ryan Field, just like the Cubs did at Wrigley

In 2014, Chicago Cubs owners began a renovation of Wrigley Field costing upwards of $500 million, far less than the $800 million for Northwestern’s new stadium.

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New $800 million Ryan Field plan could be good for Evanston — but only if both sides benefit

The university, with its influence and $14 billion endowment, can do more to make its stadium expansion bid a winner for itself — and the public.

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Northwestern pledges $100 million for Evanston if it gets OK for Ryan Field concerts

The school faces heavy local opposition to its proposal, which was rejected by the city’s Land Use Commission but now is pending before the City Council.

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Northwestern consults its playbook to make concerts part of Ryan Field

An Evanston panel wouldn’t allow concerts as part of an $800 million stadium proposal, but the school’s now taking its case to the city council.

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Evanston commission rejects Northwestern plan for Ryan Field concerts

The Land Use Commission approved a planned development authorizing a new $800 million Ryan Field, but the panel rejects a request for concerts, similar events.

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Don’t pass on redevelopment of Northwestern’s Ryan Field, ‘a generational project’ for Evanston

“We ask those who still oppose this project to consider the price of letting it fail,” write the Evanston NAACP chairman and a former mayor.

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Four things opponents want from Ryan Field stadium redevelopment

Those who oppose Northwestern’s current plan for Ryan Field have outlined core tenets to make the proposal benefit the city, Evanston resident Sebastian Nalls writes.

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Evanston should support Northwestern’s latest proposal on Ryan Field

It’s hard to understand why six additional nights of music events a year are too much of a burden. The project would create transformational change for many Evanstonians.

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Northwestern throws ‘Hail Mary’ for Ryan Field stadium rebuild

If NU successfully pushes the proposed new stadium through Evanston City Council, the wounds to the community will take generations to heal, lawyer Steven Harper writes.

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Northwestern reduces events held at Ryan Field, residents continue to oppose rebuild

In a statement, Northwestern University President Michael Schill said they have taken into consideration neighbors’ concerns and will drop the number of concerts held in a year from 10 to six.

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Douglass Park music festivals cause noise, traffic problems for nearby hospitals

“And then there is the noise,” writes Dr. Ronald Meyer in a recent op-ed regarding the Northwestern plan to rebuild Ryan Field. His concern is how the large concerts will affect Evanston Hospital, “just 2,000 feet away from the proposed arena.”

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Northwestern’s plan to rebuild Ryan Field will cause traffic, noise problems for Evanston Hospital

The university’s plan will restrict hospital access and subject patients and caregivers to noise that is incompatible with the standard of care.

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Hazing scandal and the fate of city trees interfere with NU’s Ryan Field plans

Evanston’s council member who represents the ward with the stadium said she is leaning against the $800 million project because it would divert groundwater.

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Northwestern drives toward goal line on $800 million Ryan Field project

Facing opposition in Evanston, university officials want to see action soon on the plans to make the stadium suitable for concerts and other events.

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Owner of “Mustard’s Last Stand” hot dog store in Evantston takes a jab at Ohio State fans

Really? #GoBucks

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Battle over Ryan Field in Evanston could be a seminar for the Bears

Northwestern University is trying to win over neighbors with plans to bring concerts to the home of the Wildcats.

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Ohio State vs. Northwestern, live stream, preview, TV channel, time, how to watch college football

The Ohio State Buckeyes will meet the Northwestern Wildcats in Big Ten action on Saturday afternoon from Ryan Field.

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Northwestern Shares Plans for $800 Million Football Stadium

The new Ryan Field will be entirely privately funded and is meant to “create a best-in-the-nation football experience for fans, student-athletes and the community.”

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Northwestern unveils plans for new football stadium. In two words: smaller, better

The price tag is hefty for a 35,000-seat venue — down from Ryan Field’s current 47,000-plus, already the lowest seating capacity in the Big Ten — but there’s big-time ambition behind what the school describes as a “world-class home.”

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Northwestern drops third consecutive game in loss to Miami (Ohio)

The Wildcats couldn’t hold a fourth-quarter lead and lost on a field goal with 21 seconds left at Ryan Field.

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Complete week-by-week 2022 Big Ten football schedule

The complete week-by-week Big Ten football schedule to get you ready for the start of the 2022 college football season. Which game are you looking forward to the most? #B1G

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