Chronology of home stadiums for current NFL teams

The following is a chronology of NFL home stadiums, that is, all home stadiums of teams currently playing in the National Football League (NFL), and their locations and capacities. It contains all past and present (in bold) home stadiums used by the current 32 members of the National Football League since 1920, along with future home stadiums presently under construction (in italics immediately above the present stadium). It is ordered by the conference and division to which the team belongs.

Soldier Field in Chicago, home of the Chicago Bears is the oldest stadium in the league having opened in 1924. The stadium that has been used the longest by an NFL team is Lambeau Field, home of the Green Bay Packers since 1957.

Stadiums represent a considerable expense to a community, and thus their construction, use, and funding often enters the public discourse. Also, given the perceived advantage a team gets from playing in their home stadium, particular attention is given in the media to the peculiarities of each stadium's environment. Weather, playing surface (either natural or artificial turf), and the presence or lack of a roof or dome all contribute to giving each team its home-field advantage.

Home stadiums

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: center; width: 100%;"

| colspan="5" align="center" style="background: #FF0000" |AFC

| colspan="5" align="center" style="background: #E77471" |AFC East

! style="width:15%; background: #FFCCCC;" | Team (former names)

! style="width:25%; background: #FFCCCC;" | Stadium (former names)

! style="width:10%;background: #FFCCCC;" | Years used

! style="width:5%; background: #FFCCCC;" | Capacity

! style="width:10%; background: #FFCCCC;" | Location

! rowspan=4 | Buffalo Bills

| New Highmark Stadium (2026–present)

| 2026–present

| 63,000

| Orchard Park, New York

| Highmark Stadium (2021–2025) Bills Stadium (2020–2021) New Era Field (2016–2019) Ralph Wilson Stadium (1997–2016) Rich Stadium (1973–1997)

| 1973–2025

| 71,608

| Orchard Park, New York

| Rogers Centre SkyDome (1989–2005)

| 2008–2013 (Bills Toronto Series)

| 54,000

| Toronto

| War Memorial Stadium

| 1960–1972

| 46,500

| Buffalo, New York

! rowspan=2 | Miami Dolphins

| Hard Rock Stadium (2016–present) Sun Life Stadium (2010–2016) Land Shark Stadium (2009) Dolphin(s) Stadium (2005–2009) Pro Player Park/Stadium (1996–2005) Joe Robbie Stadium (1987–1996)

| 1987–present

| 65,000

| Miami Gardens, Florida

| Miami Orange Bowl

| 1966–1986

| 74,476

| Miami

! rowspan=6 | New England Patriots (Boston Patriots)

| Gillette Stadium (2002–present) CMGi Field (2002)

| 2002–present

| 66,829

| rowspan=2 | Foxborough, Massachusetts

|Foxboro Stadium Sullivan Stadium (1983–1989) Schaefer Stadium (1971–1982)

| 1971–2001

| 60,292

| Harvard Stadium

| 1970

| 30,898

| Boston

| Alumni Stadium

| 1969

| 44,500

| Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

| Fenway Park

| 1963–1968

| 33,524

| rowspan=2 | Boston, Massachusetts

| Boston University Field

| 1960–1962

| >9,000

! rowspan=4 | New York Jets (New York Titans)

| MetLife Stadium (2010–present) New Meadowlands Stadium (2010)

| 2010–present

| 82,500

| rowspan=2 | East Rutherford, New Jersey

| Giants Stadium

| 1984–2009

| 79,469

| rowspan=2 | Baltimore

| Memorial Stadium

| 1996–1997

| 53,371

! rowspan=3 | Cincinnati Bengals

| Paycor Stadium (2022–present) Paul Brown Stadium (2000–2022)

| 2000–present

| 65,515

| rowspan=3 | Cincinnati

| Cinergy Field (1997–1999) Riverfront Stadium (1970–1996)

| 1970–1999

| 59,754

| Nippert Stadium

| 1968–1969

| 35,000

! rowspan=2 | Cleveland Browns

| Huntington Bank Field (2024–present) FirstEnergy Stadium (2013–2022) Cleveland Browns Stadium (1999–2012, 2023–2024)

| 1999–present

| 67,895

| rowspan=2 | Cleveland

| Cleveland Stadium

| 1946–1995

| 74,400

! rowspan=4 | Pittsburgh Steelers (Pittsburgh Pirates)

| Acrisure Stadium (2022–present) Heinz Field (2001–2022)

| 2001–present

| 68,400

| rowspan=4 | Pittsburgh

| Three Rivers Stadium

| 1970–2000

| 59,000

| Pitt Stadium

| 1958–1969

| 56,150

| Forbes Field

| 1933–1963

| 35,000

| colspan="5" align="center" style="background: #E77471" |AFC South

! style="width:15%; background: #FFCCCC;" | Team (former names)

! style="width:25%; background: #FFCCCC;" | Stadium (former names)

! style="width:10%;background: #FFCCCC;" | Years used

! style="width:5%; background: #FFCCCC;" | Capacity

! style="width:10%; background: #FFCCCC;" | Location

! | Houston Texans

| NRG Stadium (2014–present) Reliant Stadium (2002–2013)

| 2002–present

| 71,500

| Houston

! rowspan=3 | Indianapolis Colts (Baltimore Colts)

| Lucas Oil Stadium (2008–present)

| 2008–present

| 67,000

| rowspan=2 | Indianapolis

| RCA Dome (1994–2007) Hoosier Dome (1984–1993)

| 1984–2007

| 57,980

| Jacksonville, Florida

! rowspan=6 | Tennessee Titans (Tennessee Oilers) (Houston Oilers)

| Nissan Stadium (2015–present) LP Field (2006–2014) The Coliseum (2002–2005) Adelphia Coliseum (1999–2001)

| 1999–present

| 67,000

|December 18, 1932

|Chicago Stadium

|Portsmouth Spartans

|Chicago Bears

|style="text-align:left;"|The 1932 NFL playoff game was moved indoors because of severe blizzards in Chicago.

|September 22, 1968

|Legion Field, Birmingham, Ala.

|New York Jets

|Boston Patriots

|style="text-align:left;"|Boston Red Sox refused to rent Fenway Park to Boston Patriots until American League Championship Series and, if necessary, World Series concluded.

|rowspan=2 |October 5, 1969

|Grant Field

|Baltimore Colts

|Atlanta Falcons

|style="text-align:left;"|A baseball playoff game hosted by the Atlanta Braves forced the Falcons to move their contest from Fulton County Stadium.

|Memorial Stadium

|Green Bay Packers

|Minnesota Vikings

|style="text-align:left;"|A baseball playoff game hosted by the Minnesota Twins forced the Vikings to move their contest from Metropolitan Stadium.

|September 27, 1970

|Dyche Stadium

|Philadelphia Eagles

|Chicago Bears

|style="text-align:left;"|As part of a trial run. In 1970, the NFL ruled that all teams must play in stadiums that seated more than 50,000 fans, and the Bears were forced to leave Wrigley Field. Ultimately, a deal to play permanently at Dyche Stadium fell through, forcing the Bears to return to Wrigley for the remainder of the 1970 season. The team moved to Soldier Field in 1971.

|September 23, 1973

|California Memorial Stadium

|Miami Dolphins

|Oakland Raiders

|style="text-align:left;"|The Raiders moved their game from the Oakland Coliseum to accommodate a larger crowd to see the defending Super Bowl VII champion Dolphins.

|October 22, 1989

|Stanford Stadium

|New England Patriots

|San Francisco 49ers

|style="text-align:left;"|Candlestick Park, the then-home of the 49ers, was damaged by the Loma Prieta earthquake.

|October 27, 2003

|Sun Devil Stadium

|Miami Dolphins

|San Diego Chargers

|style="text-align:left;"|Qualcomm Stadium was being used as a major evacuation site during the Cedar Fire.

|September 19, 2005

|Giants Stadium

|New York Giants

|New Orleans Saints

|style="text-align:left;"|Hurricane Katrina forced the Saints out of New Orleans. The NFL decided that the Saints' first regularly scheduled home game against the Giants be played in New Jersey, with the Saints the home team in name only. For the rest of the season, the Saints played three games at the Alamodome and four games at LSU's Tiger Stadium (LSU) (see above).

|December 13, 2010

|Ford Field

|New York Giants

|rowspan=2|Minnesota Vikings

|style="text-align:left;" rowspan=2|The Metrodome suffered severe damage on December 12 during a blizzard, in which the weight of the snow accumulated on its Teflon-coated roof tore it open. Because of the short notice, the game between the Giants and the Vikings was moved to Detroit's Ford Field, in part because the Giants did not pack any cold weather gear on their trip, expecting to play indoors, and because Fox Sports was able to keep all their broadcast equipment in place after the Packers/Lions game the day before. Because it would take longer than a week to repair the Metrodome, the Vikings' next home game against the Bears was instead held locally outdoors at TCF Bank Stadium.

|December 20, 2010

|TCF Bank Stadium

|Chicago Bears

|November 24, 2014

|Ford Field

|New York Jets

|Buffalo Bills

|style="text-align:left;"|A massive blizzard in western New York forced the game to be moved from Buffalo's Ralph Wilson Stadium to Detroit, and postponed from Sunday to Monday night.

|December 7, 2020

|rowspan=3|State Farm Stadium

|Buffalo Bills

| rowspan="3" |San Francisco 49ers

|style="text-align:left;" rowspan=3|On November 30, Santa Clara County imposed a ban on all contact sports for three weeks due to rising COVID-19 cases. As a result, the 49ers were forced to play home games and practice from out-of-county, away from Levi's Stadium. The team used Arizona's State Farm Stadium as a temporary venue for Weeks 13 and 14. After the ban on contact sports was extended thru January 8, the 49ers announced that their Week 17 regular season finale against the Seattle Seahawks would be played in Arizona as well.

|December 13, 2020

|Washington Football Team

|January 3, 2021

|Seattle Seahawks

|September 12, 2021

|TIAA Bank Field

|Green Bay Packers

|New Orleans Saints

|style="text-align:left;"|Hurricane Ida severely damaged New Orleans, including major damage to electric transmission lines causing nearly all of the city to lose power; restoration of power was expected to take weeks. The Saints used Jacksonville's TIAA Bank Field for its Week 1 matchup against the Packers.

|November 20, 2022

|Ford Field

|Cleveland Browns

|Buffalo Bills

|style="text-align:left;"|A massive blizzard in western New York forced the game to be moved from Buffalo's Highmark Stadium to Detroit.

NFL International Series

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Map of NFL Stadiums

Home stadiums

NFL International Series

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