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M&T
Bank StadiumBaltimore, MD Located in downtown Baltimore, M&T Bank Stadium and Oriole Park at Camden Yards are premier stadiums in in the National Football League and Major League Baseball. When the Colts left Baltimore for Indianapolis after the 1984 season local leaders in Baltimore began discussions of building a new football stadium to lure a team back to Baltimore. However, the project took more than a decade to begin. In the mid 1990s, owner of the Cleveland Browns, Art Modell, wanted a new stadium for his team to replace the colossal and deteriorating Cleveland Municipal Stadium. After failing to reach an agreement to build a new stadium in Cleveland, Modell moved the Browns to Baltimore after the 1995 season where local officials promised to build a new state of the art football facility. Officials in Baltimore decided to build a new stadium next to Oriole Park at Camden Yards, home of the Baltimore Orioles (MLB). While the stadium was being constructed, the Baltimore Ravens played at Memorial Stadium for two years(home of the Baltimore Colts prior to moving to Indianapolis). PSINet Inc., originally purchased the naming rights to the stadium, thus receiving the name PSINet Stadium. However, after the 2001 season, the PSINet name was dropped and the stadium was renamed Ravens Stadium. In May 2003, M&T Bank purchased the naming rights for $5 million annually over 15 years.
The Ravens inaugural first game at their
stadium was on September 6, 1998. Over 71,000 purple and silver
seats fill the stadium. M&T Bank Stadium
consists of three main tiers of seats.
The
lower level of seats enclose the entire field. The club level of
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