{{Infobox_Stadium
|stadium_name = Ford Field
|nickname =
|image = 250px|Ford Field
|location = 2000 Brush Street <br /> Detroit, Michigan 48226
|broke_ground = November 16 1999
|opened = August 24 2002
|owner = Detroit/Wayne County Stadium Authority
|operator = Detroit Lions
|surface = FieldTurf
|construction_cost = $430 million
|architect = SHG, Inc. <br /> Rossetti Architects <br /> Hamilton Anderson Associates, Inc.
|tenants = NFL) (2002-present) 
AAFL) (2008-present)
|seating_capacity = 65,000 (for football) <br> 78,000 (for basketball)| 
}}

'''Ford Field''' is an indoor football NFL. It is across the street from Ford at $40&nbsp;million over 20&nbsp;years; the Ford family (including Lions owner William Clay Ford, Sr.) holds a controlling interest in the company.

== Design ==
Ford Field was planned simultaneously with Tiger Stadium and the Pontiac Silverdome. Ford Field was constructed after Comerica Park, opening in 2002. It cost an estimated $430&nbsp;million to build, financed largely through public money and the sale of the naming rights.

The stadium's design incorporates a six-story former Oklahoma City.

The presence of the warehouse allows for a seating arrangement that was unique among professional American football stadiums at the time of Ford Field's opening.  The majority of suites at Ford Field are located in the Hudson Warehouse along the stadium's southern sideline, as are the lounges that serve the premium club seats on that side of the field.  The bulk of the grandstand seats are located along the northern sideline and both endlines, with gaps in the stadium's upper half at the southwest and southeast corners. The upper deck on the stadium's northern sideline also contains one level of suites and a smaller section of club seating.  A similar design was implemented at the renovated Soldier Field, albeit with the use of a new structure (as opposed to an existing building) to house four levels of suites. 

Unlike most indoor stadiums, Ford Field allows a large amount of natural light to reach the playing field, thanks to immense skylights and large glass windows at the open corners. The southwest corner provides the seating bowl and concourse with sunlight year-round and also offers fans a view of downtown Detroit.  To prevent the stadium from becoming an overly imposing presence in the Detroit skyline, the playing field and lower bowl (100 level) were set below street level, similar to the design at adjacent Comerica Park.

Ford Field is one of the only venues in the NFL that has end zones in the east and the west, the other being Cleveland Browns Stadium.  The NFL has a rule against this type of construction, due to the sunlight which can be a major distraction to the players on the field.  The NFL had to give permission for the east/west end-zone construction, because the Hudson's warehouse would have had to been altered otherwise.  The natural light is not a distraction to the players in a day game, because the light only reaches as far as the sidelines, leaving the field still properly lit with the combination of artificial stadium lighting and sunlight.

== Major events ==
On April 1, 2007, Ford Field hosted World Wrestling Entertainment's extravaganza WrestleMania 23. The event set a Ford Field attendance record of 80,103. It was the first WrestleMania held in the Detroit area since 93,173 fans set a world indoor attendance record at the Pontiac Silverdome for WrestleMania III in 1987. 

thumb|right|Ford Field transformed into a basketball arena in preparation for the [[2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament]]
Ford Field hosted Super Bowl XL on February 5, 2006 as The Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Seattle Seahawks, 21-10 to win their fifth Super Bowl championship. It also marked the final game in the 13-year career of Detroit native and 10-year Steelers running back, Jerome Bettis.

{{Infobox Stadion
| Name = Ford Field
| Spitzname = 
| Bild = 300px
| Bildbeschreibung = 
| Ort = Detroit, Michigan
| Baubeginn = 16. November 1999
| Eröffnung = 24. August 2002
| Abriss = 
| Eigentümer = Detroit/Wayne County Stadium Authority
| Oberfläche = FieldTurf
| Baukosten = 430 Mio. USD
| Architekt = 
| Benutzer = NFL) (seit 2002)
| Kapazität = 65.000 (Football) <br /> 78.000 (Basketball)
| Veranstaltungen = 
}}
thumb|300px|Ford Field mit einem Banner für den Super Bowl 2006.

'''Ford Field''' ist ein NFL-Spiele der Detroit Lions und ist vollständig überdacht. Im Gegensatz zu vielen anderen Indoor-Stadien gelangt durch große Oberlichter und verglaste Eckwände viel natürliches Licht ins Innere.

==Bau==
Das Stadion wurde von 1999 bis 2002, gleichzeitig mit dem benachbarten Baseball-Stadion Silverdome in Pontiac ihre Spiele ausgetragen hatten, zogen ebenso um wie die Detroit Tigers, die nun ihre Spiele im Baseballstadion auf der anderen Seite der Straße des Ford Fields austragen.

Die Spieloberfläche für die Football-Spiele wurde aus Autoreifen hergestellt, die die Firma Bridgestone-Firestone zurückrufen lassen musste.

Die Kosten des Neubaus, ca. 300 Millionen US-Dollar, wurden zum Großteil durch öffentliche Gelder sowie den Verkauf von Namensrechten aufgebracht. Den Namen des Stadions sicherte sich Ford für 20 Jahre für einen Preis von 40 Millionen US-Dollar. Gleichzeitig ist die Ford-Familie, insbesondere William Clay Ford, Jr. als Besitzer der Detroit Lions, in die Stadion-Betreibergesellschaft eingebunden.

== Zuschauerkapazitäten ==

Zu normalen Footballspielen der Detroit Lions kann Ford Field 65.000 Menschen Platz bieten. Durch eine andere Bestuhlung kann die Kapazität auf bis zu 70.000 erweitert werden. Das Basketballspiel zwischen der Michigan State University und der University of Kentucky am 13. Dezember 2003 verfolgten 79.129 Fans, dafür waren einige Sitze zugunsten von Stehplätzen entfernt worden. Bei einer Wrestlingveranstaltung am 1. April 2007 (WWE Wrestlemania 23) soll der bisherige Besucherrekord gebrochen werden.<ref name="Besuchrrekord"></ref> Angestrebt werden über 80.000 Besucher. Bei dieser Wrestlemania wurde offiziell bekannt gegeben, dass 80.103 Zuschauer anwesend gewesen sein sollen. Diese Zahl wurde auf 74.867 zurückgestuft. Die Zuschauerzahl wurde zuvor von Vincent K. McMahon aufgestuft um einen besseren Eindruck zu machen.

==Großveranstaltungen==
Neben den Footballspielen der Detroit Lions sowie einigen Marathons, wobei die Läufer genau an der 50-Yard-Linie des Football-Feldes die 42,195 Kilometer lange Strecke bewältigt haben.