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Construction crews began work on the new stadium in South Philadelphia on the 7th of May 2001. The project replaced Veterans Stadium which had opened in 1971 and served as the home for both the Eagles and Phillies through 2003.
The City of Philadelphia and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania contributed approximately $188 million to the total cost of the facility. Public funding played a major role in this development alongside private naming rights sold to the Lincoln Financial Group for $139.6 million over 21 years.
Lincoln Financial Field hosted its first ticketed event on the 3rd of August 2003 during a soccer match between Manchester United and FC Barcelona. The venue officially opened two days earlier on the 3rd of August 2003 after two years of building.
Joe Jurevicius scored the stadium's first touchdown in the third quarter of the Eagles first regular-season NFL game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. That game took place on the 8th of September 2003 and ended with a 17-0 shutout loss for Philadelphia.
The venue hosted WrestleMania XL on April 6 and 7, 2024 marking the first pro-wrestling event held at this location. This event occurred more than twenty years after the facility officially opened in 2003.