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Chicago Council on Science and Technology is a not-for-profit, membership-based organization that brings researchers and scientists out of the lab, directly to you. We work with national laboratories, leading academic institutions and museums to educate the public on issues of critical scientific importance. In an age when barely one in four voting adults meet a basic level of scientific literacy, we aim to reignite an excitement and passion for science and technology, and remind Chicagoans of the quality and quantity of R&D that takes place in their backyard.
Guaranteed Rate Field, previously known as U.S. Cellular Field, is a baseball park located in Chicago, Illinois. It serves as the home ballpark for the Chicago White Sox, a Major League Baseball club competing in the American League (AL) Central division. The park is owned by the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority, but operated by the White Sox. The park opened for the 1991 season, after the White Sox had spent 81 years at the original Comiskey Park. It also opened with the name Comiskey Park but was renamed in 2003 after U.S. Cellular bought the naming rights at $68 million over 20 years. The ballpark was renamed again to Guaranteed Rate Field on October 31, 2016, as Guaranteed Rate, a private residential mortgage company located in Chicago, purchased the naming rights to the ballpark. On August 24, 2016, owner Jerry Reinsdorf announced a name change for the stadium, removing the U.S. Cellular Field name and replacing it with Guaranteed Rate Field beginning on November 1, 2016, and valid for thirteen years. The name change began on October 31, 2016.The stadium is situated just to the west of the Dan Ryan Expressway in Chicago's Armour Square neighborhood, adjacent to the more famous neighborhood of Bridgeport. It was built directly across 35th Street from old Comiskey Park, which was demolished to make room for a parking lot that serves the venue. Old Comiskey's home plate location is represented by a marble plaque on the sidewalk next to Guaranteed Rate Field and the foul lines are painted in the parking lot. Also, the spectator ramp across 35th Street is designed in such a way (partly curved, partly straight but angling east-northeast) that it echoes the contour of the old first-base grandstand.