The Cardinals trace their roots to an 1898 neighborhood club on Chicago’s South Side and were a charter member of the league in 1920. Since then they have called eight stadiums home in three metro areas: four in Chicago, two in St. Louis and two in the Phoenix area, where they have played at State Farm Stadium in Glendale since 2006.
Here is every home in order, with the years the Cardinals played there, what made each one matter and what stands on the site today. Each stadium with a ThrillZing guide links to it.
Every Cardinals Stadium, 1920 to Today
- Chicago
- 1920–1921
Normal Park
The team's neighborhood field on Racine Avenue, which gave the club its early name, the Racine Normals. The Cardinals joined the new league here in 1920, still called the Racine Cardinals.
Today: Gone; a Chicago police facility (built 1952) and homes now cover the site
1922–1925Renamed the Chicago Cardinals in 1922, the team moved into the White Sox ballpark on the South Side. The Cardinals were awarded the disputed 1925 NFL title during this first stint.
Today: Demolished in 1991; the site is a parking lot across from Rate Field, with a plaque marking home plate
Stadium history →- 1926–1928
Normal Park
Back to the old field on Racine Avenue for three seasons. After 1928 the Cardinals left Normal Park for good.
Today: Gone; a Chicago police facility (built 1952) and homes now cover the site
- 1929–1930
A second, two-season stint at the White Sox ballpark before a move to the North Side.
Today: Demolished in 1991; the site is a parking lot across from Rate Field, with a plaque marking home plate
Stadium history → 
1931–1939Nine seasons at the Cubs' ballpark, which the Cardinals shared with the Bears, the crosstown rival they first played in 1920 in what is now the NFL's oldest rivalry.
Today: Still home of the Chicago Cubs
Stadium history →- 1940–1958
The longest Chicago stint. The Cardinals beat the Philadelphia Eagles here in the 1947 NFL Championship Game, the franchise's last league title, and played their final Comiskey season in 1958.
Today: Demolished in 1991; the site is a parking lot across from Rate Field, with a plaque marking home plate
Stadium history → 
1959Home for the final Chicago season: four home games on the lakefront and two at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota. The team moved to St. Louis in March 1960.
Today: Home of the Chicago Bears since 1971; rebuilt in 2002–03
Stadium history →- St. Louis
1960–1965Officially named Busch Stadium at the time but still widely called Sportsman's Park. The newly arrived St. Louis Cardinals shared it with baseball's Cardinals for six seasons.
Today: Demolished in 1966; the site became a Boys Club, now Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis
Stadium history →
1966–1987Seated 54,692 for football, barely above the NFL's 50,000 minimum. The Cardinals never hosted a playoff game in St. Louis, and after efforts to get a bigger stadium failed, Bill Bidwill moved the team to Arizona.
Today: Demolished in 2005; part of the footprint lies under today's Busch Stadium
Stadium history →- Tempe
1988–2005The team arrived as the Phoenix Cardinals (Arizona Cardinals from 1994) and spent 18 seasons as tenants of Arizona State's campus stadium, which also hosted Super Bowl XXX in 1996.
Today: Renamed Mountain America Stadium in 2023; still home of Arizona State football
Stadium history →- Glendale
- 2006–presentCurrent home
Opened in 2006 with a retractable roof and a grass field that rolls outside on a tray. Called University of Phoenix Stadium until 2018, it has hosted Super Bowls XLII, XLIX and LVII.
Visiting guide →
Cardinals Stadium FAQ
Where did the Cardinals play before State Farm Stadium?
At Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, now called Mountain America Stadium, from 1988 through 2005. Before Arizona they spent 1960–1987 in St. Louis, first at Sportsman’s Park (1960–1965) and then at Busch Memorial Stadium (1966–1987). In Chicago they moved between Normal Park, Comiskey Park and Wrigley Field, and spent their final Chicago season, 1959, at Soldier Field.
How many stadiums have the Cardinals had?
Eight: Normal Park, Comiskey Park, Wrigley Field, Soldier Field, Sportsman’s Park, Busch Memorial Stadium, Sun Devil Stadium and State Farm Stadium. Counting their returns to Normal Park and Comiskey Park, that is 11 stints. Short stays are not counted, such as two 1959 home games at Metropolitan Stadium in Minnesota and the three games at Pittsburgh’s Forbes Field during the 1944 wartime merger with the Steelers.
Why did the Cardinals leave Chicago and then St. Louis?
By the late 1950s the Cardinals were losing fans to the Bears and were close to bankruptcy, and the NFL let them move to St. Louis for the 1960 season. In St. Louis, Busch Memorial Stadium seated 54,692 for football, barely above the league minimum, and attempts to get a bigger stadium failed. Owner Bill Bidwill moved the team to Phoenix after the 1987 season.
Is Comiskey Park still standing?
No. Comiskey Park was demolished in 1991, and the site is now a parking lot across from Rate Field, with a plaque marking the old home plate. Normal Park is also gone, Sportsman’s Park was torn down in 1966 and Busch Memorial Stadium in 2005. Wrigley Field and Soldier Field are still in use, as is the old Sun Devil Stadium.
Where do the Cardinals play now?
At State Farm Stadium in Glendale, a suburb west of Phoenix. It opened in 2006, seats 63,400 and can expand to 72,200, and has a retractable roof and a natural grass field that rolls in and out of the building.