Notable Events
The venue hosted numerous significant soccer matches, including six games in the 1994 FIFA World Cup, five in the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup, the 1996 and 1999 MLS Cups, the inaugural Founders Cup.
The stadium also served as the venue at times for the home football games of Boston College and hosted numerous other outdoor events, primarily concerts, along with music festivals, including The Monsters of Rock Festival Tour and The Vans Warped Tour, as well as the WWF King of the Ring tournament in 1985 and 1986.
Metallica and Guns N' Roses brought their co-headlining Guns N' Roses/Metallica Stadium Tour to the venue on September 11, 1992, with Faith No More as their opening act.
Bob Dylan and The Grateful Dead recorded a portion of their collaborative live album, entitled Dylan & the Dead, here on July 4, 1987.
Pink Floyd played a two night stand in May 1988 (one of the nights saw their inflatable pig being torn to shreds). Then played a three night sold out stand in May 1994 on their The Division Bell Tour which were recorded and readily available on bootleg (night number 2 was filmed by MTV for promotional purposes).
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