Benedetti–Wehrli Stadium is a stadium in

Naperville, Illinois Naperville ( ) is a city in DuPage County, Illinois, DuPage and Will County, Illinois, Will counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is in the Chicago metro area, west of the city. Naperville was founded in 1831 by Joseph Naper. The city was ...

. It is primarily used for

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and

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and has a seating capacity of 5,500.

History

Benedetti–Wehrli Stadium is named after two North Central College alumni: Albert Benedetti and Richard Wehrli. The stadium opened in 1999 for

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and was used by the Chicago Fire in 2002 and 2003, when it was known as Cardinal Stadium. Benedetti–Wehrli hosts two highly hyped high school football games featuring

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versus

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and Waubonsie Valley High School versus

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. The stadium also serves as host to a competitive drum corps show hosted by

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of Rosemont, Ill., each summer. The stadium hosted the 2000 NCAA Division III Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship. The stadium also served as a venue for the

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of the

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. In 2018, the stadium became the home field for the

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of the

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References

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