In 1898, a group of amateurs named the Morgan Athletic Club started playing football. Three years later, their coach (Charles Bidwill) purchased old jerseys he described as being “Cardinal red.” The Cardinals name was born. They played in the NFL at Chicago before being moved to St. Louis and then to Phoenix in 1987. In 2006, the Arizona Cardinals celebrated their new, half-billion-dollar facility in Glendale, a suburb of Phoenix. The stadium’s most interesting feature is the playing field. It can be rolled outside so the natural grass gets sunlight. Naming rights belong to the University of Phoenix. UOPX is a locally-based, non-profit learning intuition without its own sports team.
