M & T Bank Stadium M & T Bank Stadium is a multi - purpose football stadium located in Baltimore , Maryland . It is the home of the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League . The stadium is immediately adjacent to Oriole Park at Camden Yards , the home of the Baltimore Orioles . Served by the Hamburg Street station of the Baltimore Light Rail , the stadium originally featured a natural grass surface . However , an artificial surface , Sportexe Momentum Turf , was installed for the 2003 season , which in turn was replaced by a new generation Sportexe Momentum 51 in 2010 . The listed capacity for M & T Bank Stadium is 71 , 008 . The stadium contains five levels , being the lower bowl , club level , 300 suites level , 400 suites level and the upper bowl . The lower bowl contains 42 rows of seats , split into two sections . The seats below the tunnel entrances are labeled from 1 - 18 , while the seats above the tunnels are labeled from 19 - 42 , except in sections 123 - 130 , which contain rows 19 - 35 , due to the press box taking up sideline space . On the club level , the rows are labeled from 1 - 13 on the sidelines , and 1 - 17 in the corners where no suites are located . In the upper bowl , the sideline seats are labeled from 1 - 32 , while in the upper bowl endzones , the rows range from 1 - 26 . Seat widths for the lower and upper bowls of the stadium vary from 19 - 21 inches , due to the curve design of the stadium , while the padded club seats range from 21 - 23 inches respectively . History . Prior to the 1998 season , the Baltimore Ravens played at Memorial Stadium for two years . However , due to the stadium ' s aging state , it wasn ' t suitable for an NFL franchise , and ground was broken for the new stadium in mid - 1996 . It is sometimes called the Russell Street Coliseum ( since the stadium sits directly on Russell Street ) or ' The Bank ' . M & T Bank Stadium officially opened in 1998 , and is currently one of the most praised stadiums in the NFL for fan amenities , ease of access , concessions and other facilities . The stadium was originally known as Ravens Stadium at Camden Yards , until ISP PSINet acquired the naming rights in 1999 , naming it PSINet Stadium . It then reverted back to Ravens Stadium in 2002 when PSINet filed for bankruptcy . The stadium site was previously the site of the Wm . Knabe & Co . piano factory , which closed during The Great Depression . A sidewalk keyboard mosaic on the southwest corner of the stadium honors that legacy . In 2003 , M & T Bank acquired naming rights to the stadium . The bank had recently entered the Baltimore market with its purchase of Allfirst Bank . Two other companies were in the running to be granted naming rights to the stadium ; they were reportedly Nextel and CarMax . Following the September 2002 death of Baltimore Colts quarterback Johnny Unitas , public sentiment leaned toward renaming the then - sponsorless stadium after the Baltimore icon . However , the Ravens and the Maryland Stadium Authority held firm in their right to negotiate naming rights fees . Unitas was honored instead by Towson University , which named its recently renovated football and lacrosse stadium , where Unitas had thrown his last pass just weeks before his death , after the former Colt . In the end , the plaza in front of the main entrance to the Ravens ' stadium was named " Unitas Plaza " , complete with a bronze statue of the Hall of Famer . The plaza features large banners , each containing a picture of Unitas in his playing days , flanking the stadium entrance . The stadium ' s name may change again due to M & T Bank being in merger discussions with other banks , including Grupo Santander ( which owns Sovereign Bank ) , Wells Fargo , and PNC Financial Services . A possible takeover of M & T by PNC would be ironic , considering it is based in Pittsburgh , the home of the Ravens archrivals , the Pittsburgh Steelers , and is already a major sponsor for both the Steelers and the Cleveland Browns within the AFC North . ( PNC became a sponsor of the Browns after PNC ' s 2008 acquisition of Cleveland - based National City , which had a sponsorship deal with the Browns before the deal . ) The stadium ' s name would remain unchanged if M & T Bank merged with Sovereign Bank , as the M & T name would survive . Tenants . While its primary tenant is the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League , the stadium also serves as an alternate venue for the Johns Hopkins University ' s men ' s lacrosse team , and was the site of the NCAA Men ' s Lacrosse Championship in 2003 , 2004 , 2007 , 2010 , and 2011 . Major League Lacrosse ' s Baltimore Bayhawks used the stadium as their home during the 2002 season . The Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association ( MPSSAA ) holds the four state football championships for Maryland ' s public high schools at M & T Bank Stadium . Two very important Baltimore high school football rivalry games have been held at the stadium in November . Baltimore City College plays Baltimore Polytechnic Institute every November , in one of the oldest high school football rivalries in the United States . Every Thanksgiving , Loyola Blakefield and Calvert Hall College also square off in what has now been called for many years as the Turkey Bowl . Fans for both games reach up to 13 , 000 people . Both games were once played back - to - back on Thanksgiving Day at Memorial Stadium . However , when City College and Polytechnic joined the MPSSAA before 1994 season , the game was forced to be played in early November , due to MPSSAA rules and playoff schedule . Other notable events . Popular music festival HFStival appeared at the stadium in 1999 & 2005 , as Foo Fighters , Red Hot Chili Peppers , The Offspring , Blink - 182 , Goo Goo Dolls , Billy Idol , and Coldplay have all played the concert . On July 4 , 2000 , Metallica played to a sold out crowd . In 2005 , the stadium was the site of the first rematch in the Maryland - Navy series known as the " Crab Bowl Classic " in 40 years . The two teams played again at M & T Bank Stadium on September 6 , 2010 and Maryland won 17 - 14 . On October 28 , 2006 , the stadium held a contest between Notre Dame and Navy in which Notre Dame won 38 - 14 and in 2007 the stadium held the Army – Navy Game for the second time . On December 7 , 2008 , an M & T Bank Stadium then record crowd of 71 , 438 watched the Baltimore Ravens defeat the Washington Redskins 24 - 10 on " Sunday Night Football " , only to be surpassed the next week when the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Ravens 13 - 9 in front of 71 , 502 . On July 24 , 2009 , English Premier League club Chelsea F . C . won 2 - 1 against Italian Serie A team A . C . Milan in the first World Football Challenge at M & T Bank Stadium in front of a crowd of 71 , 203 ; making it the only game of the tournament to sell out its capacity . U2 played at the stadium on June 22 , 2011 on their U2 360° Tour to a record breaking crowd of over 75 , 000 . Monster Jam was held at the stadium for the first time in 2011 , and the stadium has already been announced to become a normal stop on the summer tour . On January 15 , 2012 , a record crowd of 71 , 547 , the largest in Ravens history , was in attendance at the 2011 Divisional Playoff Game in Baltimore against the Houston Texans , which the Ravens won 20 - 13 . In 2013 the annual rivalry between Maryland and West Virginia will be held at the stadium . In 2014 the stadium will play host to Ohio State - Navy In 2014 and 2016 it will host the annual Army - Navy game Popular culture . The stadium served as the home field for the fictional Washington Sentinels in the 2000 film " The Replacements " with Keanu Reeves and Gene Hackman ( ironically , it was called Nextel Stadium ) . The stadium was also supposed to be the location of the football game in the 2002 film " The Sum of All Fears " and included footage of the presidential motorcade going to the building . However , the stadium used for the aerial shots is the domed Olympic Stadium in Montreal , while the book used Denver as the locale for the attack .