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M&T Bank Stadium is the home of the Baltimore Ravens. It is located at the south point of Camden Yards on Russell Street. The stadium opened in 1998 and was originally called Ravens Stadium at Camden Yards. From 1999-2002, it was known as PSINet Stadium. The Ravens franchise inked a 20-year deal with the internet service provider, but when PSINet went bankrupt in 2002, a new name was needed. In 2003, Buffalo, N.Y.-based M&T Bank bought the naming rights to Ravens Stadium for 15 years. The stadium was completed in 1998, costing roughly $220 million. M&T Bank Stadium has a capacity of 71,008, which includes 119 suites and 8,196 club seats. The Ravens' first regular season NFL game in their new...
M&T Bank Stadium is the home of the Baltimore Ravens. It is located at the south point of Camden Yards on Russell Street. The stadium opened in 1998 and was originally called Ravens Stadium at Camden Yards. From 1999-2002, it was known as PSINet Stadium. The Ravens franchise inked a 20-year deal with the internet service provider, but when PSINet went bankrupt in 2002, a new name was needed. In 2003, Buffalo, N.Y.-based M&T Bank bought the naming rights to Ravens Stadium for 15 years. The stadium was completed in 1998, costing roughly $220 million. M&T Bank Stadium has a capacity of 71,008, which includes 119 suites and 8,196 club seats. The Ravens' first regular season NFL game in their new stadium was on Sept. 6, 1998 -- a 20-13 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers. M&T Bank Stadium has also hosted several college football games, including two Army-Navy games (2000, 2007), a Maryland-Georgia Tech matchup and several Morgan State games. The 2003 and 2004 NCAA Lacrosse tournaments were played there, and numerous concerts have been held at the stadium over the years. All four Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association high school football championship games are held at the stadium. In addition to the state championships, two regular season Baltimore high school games are played at M&T Bank Stadium each year -- City vs. Poly in the one of country's oldest high school football rivalries, and the Turkey Bowl matchup between Loyola and Calvert Hall.
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Health, music get top billing at black festival
Standing in a lot next to M&T Bank Stadium, Aaliyah McCray, 12, slipped the blue hula hoop over her head and faced Chris Pierce, 9.
"Ready, set, go!" shouted Ashley Bertrand, who was refereeing the contest. Cheers erupted as the two swung their hoops and...Tags: Culture, Minority Groups, National or Ethnic Minorities, Anita Baker, Physical Fitness
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The ups and downs of tournament golf
The scene around the first tee at Congressional Country Club Friday was what most envisioned when Tiger Woods announced three years ago that he would be hosting a regular Professional Golf Association tour event over Fourth of July weekend. Fans stood...Tags: Armed Forces, Clubs and Associations, PGA Tour, U.S. Open Golf, AT&T Corp.
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Correction
The Baltimore Sun is committed to providing fair and accurate coverage. Readers who have concerns or comments are encouraged to call us at 888-539-1280. An article in Thursday's editions about Constellation Energy Group's lawsuit misspelled a Baltimore...Tags: Constellation Energy Group, Murder
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Green is good, at least for that kind of football
News item: The Ravens are installing natural sod at M&T Bank Stadium for the big July 24 soccer game between AC Milan and Chelsea. My take: Natural grass in an NFL stadium? Why don't we just join the European Union and get it over with? Related news...Tags: European Union, New England Patriots, Tom Brady, Ralph Friedgen, NFL
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For soccer, turf on takeout
When soccer clubs Chelsea and AC Milan come to Baltimore this month as part of the World Football Challenge, they'll be playing soccer inside M&T Bank Stadium on the best pitch that money can buy.
The Ravens just have to ship the natural grass in from...Tags: World Cup, Multi-Sport Events, Sports Organizations, NFL, United States
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Ravens say green is good for AC Milan-Chelsea
News item: The Ravens are installing natural sod at M&T Bank Stadium for the big July 24 soccer game between AC Milan and Chelsea. My take: Natural grass in an NFL stadium? Why don't we just join the European Union and get it over with. Related news...Tags: European Union, New England Patriots, Tom Brady, Ralph Friedgen, NFL
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Tonys look forward to playing AFRAM festival
Lineups have changed, musical tastes have changed. But Tony! Toni! Tone! has turned 21, and founding member D'wayne Wiggins thinks that's pretty cool – and maybe a little amazing.
"Toby! Toni! Tone! is legal, 21 years old," Wiggins says with a...Tags: Minority Groups, Terence Blanchard, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, National or Ethnic Minorities, Anita Baker
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Sand sculptures have a Poe theme
Six whimsical sculptures took over the amphitheater at the Inner Harbor on Saturday as the annual City Sand festival pitted local architects and designers in a somewhat artistic race. Competitors, who took their theme from the life and writings of...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Edgar Allan Poe, Dining and Drinking, Sculpture
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In Baltimore, the shock of (a lack of) recognition
How can this be? This isn't supposed to look like this. The other afternoon, while on Redwood Street near Calvert, a group of bellhops unloaded a car and carried luggage into the old Maryland Trust Co. building. One part of me said, 'This is a bank, not...Tags: Great Baltimore Fire (1904), Johns Hopkins Hospital, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Tourism and Leisure, Beverage Industry
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Racial gap in juvenile arrests called wider
African-American children in Maryland are being arrested at a rate nearly three times higher than their white counterparts, a gap that continues to widen because of law enforcement practices and failures of school personnel to distinguish between...Tags: Teen-agers, Employees, Minority Groups, National or Ethnic Minorities, Society
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Md. Lottery teams up with Ravens for $810,000
Maryland Lottery officials are gambling that Ravens football fever will bolster ticket sales when a new scratch-off is unveiled later this year, marking one of the first partnerships of its kind in the country. Under the $810,000 deal with the Ravens...Tags: New England Patriots, Washington Redskins, NFL, Office Needs, Casino and Gambling
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In Baltimore, a question: 'Why not a World Cup?'
Headed for a sellout in the July 24 international soccer match between A.C. Milan and Chelsea, Baltimore could be on the verge of an even bigger sporting catch: the World Cup. M&T Bank Stadium, which will stage its first soccer event next month, made the...Tags: World Cup, Multi-Sport Events, Sales, FedEx Corporation, United States
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