page_title: List of events at Soldier Field
section_title: 2004
hierarchical_section_title: List of events at Soldier Field / 2000s / 2004
caption_attribution_description: English: Football Stadium in ChicagoFrançais&#160;: Le stade de Football américain à Chicago. "Chicago bears"
context_page_description: Soldier Field is a stadium that opened in 1924. It has primarily served as the home field of the Chicago Bears professional football club for over four decades, but it also hosted numerous other events in its more than 90 years of existence. The Bears' intent was originally to move from Wrigley Field to Northwestern's Dyche Stadium, but that move was blocked by Evanston as well as the Big Ten Conference, so they later took the City of Chicago up on their offer to move into Soldier Field where they have since played. Soldier Field has hosted a great variety and quantity of events since it opened.
context_section_description: In early 2004 a snowboarding competition was held at Soldier Field's sledding hill (part of the new parkland that was created around the stadium during its renovation).
  May 29 the inaugural edition of the Soldier Field 10 Mile was held. This race has been held every year since.
  July 11 USA vs. Poland international-friendly soccer match. The game finished 1–1.
  October 9 the Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils faced the Grambling State Tigers in the Chicago Football Classic.
  Brother Rice defeated Lane Tech in the 2004 Prep Bowl.
caption: Soldier Field in 2005
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