America First Field has been Real Salt Lake's home in Ticket Timeline's data since October 8, 2008—printed Rio Tinto Stadium until the later rename. Ticket Timeline helps you log every match you attended there and keep Rice-Eccles Stadium tickets on that earlier barn.
Verified milestones and rare moments that actually happened in this building.
Real Salt Lake raised their first MLS Cup championship banner from the Rio Tinto Stadium rafters at pregame of a 2-2 tie with Seattle Sounders FC; Álvaro Saborío equalized in stoppage time in the 2010 home opener.
2009
CHAMPIONSHIP BANNER
Real Salt Lake received their 2009 MLS Cup championship rings in the same pregame ceremony as the first Rio Tinto banner raising before a 2-2 tie with Seattle Sounders FC.
2009
CHAMPIONSHIP RINGS
Real Salt Lake retired Jason Kreis's No. 9 in a postgame ceremony after a 3-3 Independence Day draw with the New England Revolution at Rio Tinto Stadium — the first jersey number retired in MLS history.
9
JERSEY RETIRED
Real Salt Lake added Nick Rimando to the Ring of Honor at America First Field in a pregame ceremony at a 2-0 win over D.C. United.
2025
FRANCHISE HONOR
Diego Luna reached 25 career MLS regular-season goals in a 4-2 match between Real Salt Lake and San Diego FC.
25
25-GOAL MLS CAREER MILESTONE
If your stub says Rio Tinto Stadium, that is this same Sandy building under an earlier printed name — not a different park. America First Field is the later name. Real Salt Lake nights belong on the Real Salt Lake game tracker. Rice-Eccles Stadium was a different Salt Lake City barn. This page holds the soccer ground those tickets share.
Whether your stub says Rio Tinto Stadium or America First Field, Ticket Timeline helps you pin each Real Salt Lake night you attended to the real matchup and roster.
Key facts about the building—useful when dating a Rio Tinto Stadium stub. All sourced from Ticket Timeline's verified Real Salt Lake team data.
Follow the teams and league context connected to this building.
Once a Real Salt Lake match is in your timeline, Ticket Timeline surfaces the attendance story from your seats—not a league-wide feed.
Log every Real Salt Lake game you were physically at in this building—matchups, dates, and scores tied to nights you actually had a ticket.
Ticket Timeline matches each attended game to real rosters, so the athletes you watched in this building become part of your personal record.
Surface career highs, records, and rare moments that happened while you were in these seats—not league-wide highlights you only saw on TV.
Yes. Ticket Timeline helps you track Real Salt Lake matches you attended at this Sandy building—including nights whose tickets still say Rio Tinto Stadium—along with the matchup, players, and moments tied to each game.
Yes. Tickets printed Rio Tinto Stadium refer to America First Field—the same Sandy building under its earlier printed name. The venue context still maps here.
No. Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City was a different building. Real Salt Lake's last Rice-Eccles game in Ticket Timeline's data is October 7, 2008. Nights at this Sandy building start October 8, 2008.
Yes. Ticket Timeline matches each attended Real Salt Lake match to real box scores and rosters, so the players on the field that night become part of your personal record.
Yes. Ticket Timeline helps you see stadium progress across Real Salt Lake and MLS matches you've attended, so nights here contribute to which grounds you've been to.
No. Ticket Timeline does not sell tickets. It is a stat tracker for games you've already attended, built to help you explore the players, moments, and milestones you witnessed at America First Field.
Download Ticket Timeline to turn every Real Salt Lake game you attended at America First Field into a lasting personal record.
