 M&T
Bank Stadium
Baltimore, MD
Located in downtown
Baltimore, M&T Bank Stadium and Oriole Park at Camden Yards are premier
stadiums in the National Football League and Major League Baseball. When
the Colts left Baltimore for Indianapolis after the 1984 season, local
leaders in Baltimore began discussions of building a new
football stadium to lure a team back to Baltimore. However, the
project took more than a decade to begin. In the mid 1990s, owner of the
Cleveland Browns, Art Modell, wanted a new stadium for his team to
replace the colossal and deteriorating Cleveland Municipal
Stadium. After failing to reach an agreement to build a new
stadium in Cleveland, Modell moved the Browns to Baltimore after
the 1995 season where local officials promised to build a new
state of the art football facility. Officials in Baltimore decided
to build a new stadium next to Oriole Park at Camden Yards, home of
the Baltimore Orioles (MLB). While the stadium was constructed,
the Baltimore Ravens played at Memorial Stadium for two years (home of the Baltimore Colts prior to moving to
Indianapolis). PSINet Inc., originally purchased the naming rights
to the stadium, thus receiving the name PSINet Stadium. However,
after the 2001 season, the PSINet name was dropped and the stadium
was renamed Ravens Stadium. In May 2003, M&T Bank purchased the
naming rights for $5 million annually over 15 years.
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