Video: University of Phoenix Stadium’s retractable field

Last week, the U.S. Men’s National Team defeated Mexico 2-0 at University of Phoenix Stadium. Despite its name, University of Phoenix Stadium is not a stadium for a university. Instead, the naming rights to the home of the National Football League’s Arizona Cardinals were purchased by the pretend online college, University of Phoenix.

The stadium is a state-of-the-art facility and is the only one in the world that has both a retractable roof and a retractable field. I just ran into a neat video overview of the stadium at ussoccer.com. The first part of the video is filled with a lot of boring technical stuff but if you fast forward to the end, you’ll get to see the field roll in.