Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium
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Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium is a stadium in Naperville, Illinois
Naperville, Illinois
Naperville is a city in DuPage and Will Counties in Illinois in the United States, voted the second best place to live in the United States by Money Magazine in 2006. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 141,853. It is the fifth largest city in the state, behind Chicago,...

. It is primary used for American football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 and soccer. The stadium hosted the 2000 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship
The NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship is an annual collegiate outdoor track and field competition for men organised by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. It has three divisions: Division I, II, and III. Athlete's individual performances earn points for their institution and...

. The stadium opened in 1999 for North Central College
North Central College
North Central College is a leading liberal arts college providing students at different stages of life and from different ethnic, economic and religious backgrounds with comprehensive educational programs.-Academics:...

 and was used by the Chicago Fire in 2002 and 2003, when it was known as Cardinal Stadium. Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium is named after two North Central College Alumni/Donors: Albert Benedetti and Richard Wehrli. Benedetti-Wehrli also hosts the two highly hyped football games of Naperville Central High School - Naperville North High School and Waubonsie Valley High School-Neuqua Valley High School. The stadium also serves as host to a competitive drum corps show hosted by The Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps
The Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps
The Cavaliers are a World Class drum and bugle corps based in Rosemont, Illinois and founded in 1948 by Donald Warren, and are a member corps of Drum Corps International, marching music's major league. The Cavaliers are currently under the direction of Adolph DeGrauwe...

 of Rosemont, Ill., each summer. The stadium has a capacity of 5,500.
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