An attorney from East Rockaway, New York, Marc Rovner oversees BETA Abstract, LLC’s entire legal department and guides business development across the firm’s five offices. An avid football fan, attorney Marc Rovner is on a decade-long quest with his youngest son to visit every NFL stadium. He has been to 21 of the 32 stadiums across the country to date. The oldest stadium still being used for NFL play is Chicago’s historic Soldier Field, which was inaugurated as Municipal Grant Park Stadium in 1924. College football reigned during that era, and the first game involved Notre Dame University taking on Northwestern University. Expanded into Soldier Field by 1926, the stadium hosted the sell-out 1927 Jack Dempsey versus Gene Tunney heavyweight championship, which broke records with its $2.5 million gate. The Chicago Bears moved to Soldier Field from Wrigley Field in 1971 and have played there since (excluding a one-year hiatus in 2002 for a stadium renovation). In addition to football, Soldier Field has hosted diverse events over the decades, from stock car races to concerts by the likes of Bruce Springsteen and The Rolling Stones.
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AuthorVice president, managing director of business development, and senior staff attorney at BETA Abstract, LLC Archives
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