NICKNAMED 'The Big Toaster,' State Farm Stadium is gearing up for its third Super Bowl.
The seventeen-year-old facility in Glendale, Arizona is set to host Super Bowl LVII on Sunday, February 12 between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles.
And if this wasn't enough to prepare for, the stadium will also play host to pop star Taylor Swift's 'The Eras Tour' next month, on March 17 and 18.
Home to the NFL's Arizona Cardinals and the annual Fiesta Bowl, the stadium broke ground in 2003.
Designed by New York architect Peter Eisenman together with HOK Sports and Hunt Construction Group, per USA Today, the stadium is located sixteen miles from Downtown Phoenix and cost an impressive $455million, or $660.5million in today's money.
Its unique gleaming exterior is set to "represent a barrel cactus with a coiling snake whose head is at the North Ramp by Gate 2," according to their Twitter.
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Featuring a retractable field that rolls outside where it can enjoy the desert sun, the facility also has a retractable roof which was a first in North America.
These features allow it to be "capable of converting from a sports facility to a multi-functional event space allowing it to host numerous event types in air-conditioned comfort," per their website.
Since it first opened its doors, and roof, in 2006, it has hosted Super Bowls XLII and XLIX, the 2015 Pro Bowl, college basketball, USMNT soccer games, WrestleMania XXVI, concerts, and much more.
The stadium, however, is just one part of the area known as Sportsman's Park.
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Next to the stadium are the Cardinals' outdoor training fields, which provide little shade for players from the Arizona heat.
There is also the Bet MGM Sportsbook, a 17,000-square-foot venue that also contains a sports bar and grill next to The Great Lawn.
This lawn, which takes up over eight acres of land, is used for tailgating on gameday.
There is also The Big Red Brew Haus, and a restaurant called the Heritage at Sportsman's Park.
State Farm Stadium is the Cardinals' seventh permanent home field, and their second in Arizona.
They moved here after spending seventeen years at Sun Devil Stadium, following their move from St. Louis in 1988.
