Walk around the stadium right now.

South Courtyard
is a gathering place for fans before and after an event, with concessions and a garden terrace setting.

Benches line the South Concourse wall with relief images of leaves to represent fallen soldiers. They also have real medals of honor embedded into them.

The Doughboy statue, entitled "The Spirit of the American Doughboy", which once stood in Garfield Park, has been restored and given a place of honor in the new Soldier Field. The life-size Doughboy, sculpted in the early 1930's of sheet metal and cast bronze, according to its sculptor E.M. "Dick" Viquesney of Spencer, Indiana, represents "a World War I infantryman advancing through No Man's Land through stumps and barbed wire entanglements, his rifle in one had and a grenade held high in the other".

Memorial Waterfall
A 280-foot long wall of polished green granite with eight medallions honoring the different branches of the armed services, flanks the walkway that leads into the north entrance of the stadium. A veil of water continuously flows over the sculpted memorial.

Veteran's Memorial
This monument stands on the North end of the stadium. The John F. Kennedy War Memorial, was dedicated to veterans at a ceremony on Veteran's Day 2003.

Colonnades

For the first time in recent history, Soldier Field's colonnades are open and accessible to the public year-round. The colonnades are available on a daily basis on non-event days for the public to stroll, enjoy their lunch or simply take pleasure in the magnificent view of the city and Lake Michigan. Public and private parties will also be held in this area offering a one-of-a kind special event venue.

The Sledding Hill
Built as part of the new parkland landscaping plan, to the southeast of Soldier Field is a unique feature (there is only one other sledding hill, Montrose Hill, within the Chicago city limits). The 33-foot tall hill with a slope of 220 feet, besides offering wintertime entertainment, will also provide breathtaking views of the city and the lakefront. In the warmer months, it will be carpeted with wildflowers. And-although this seems less than a likelihood in Chicago, in the event of a sparsity of snow, the Park District will maintain snowmaking equipment to ensure season-long use of the sledding hill.