M&T Bank Stadium

The stadium originally featured a natural grass surface. However, an artificial surface, Sportexe Momentum Turf, was installed for the 2003 season, which in turn was replaced by a new-generation Sportexe Momentum 51 in 2010. On December 4, 2015, the Ravens announced that in 2016 the team will go back to natural grass playing surface, which is currently Tifway 419 Bermudagrass.[10]

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates (left), Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (center), and Becky Gates (right) watch the Navy vs. Notre Dame football game at M&T Bank Stadium on Nov. 15, 2008.

In 2000, the stadium hosted the Army–Navy Game for the first time and has subsequently hosted the rivalry game in 2007, 2014, and 2016.

In 2005, the stadium was the site of the first rematch in the Maryland–Navy series known as the "Crab Bowl Classic" in 40 years.[13] The two teams played again at M&T Bank Stadium on September 6, 2010 and Maryland won 17–14.

On October 28, 2006, the stadium held a contest between Notre Dame and Navy in which Notre Dame won 38–14. In 2014, the stadium played host to Ohio State–Navy; Ohio State won 34–17.[14]

In 2013, the annual rivalry between Maryland and West Virginia was held at the stadium.[15]

On October 24, 2015, the stadium hosted a Big Ten match-up between Maryland and Penn State in which Penn State won 31–30.[16]

In 2022, Notre Dame and Navy are set to play once again at the stadium.

The Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association (MPSSAA) held the four state football championships for Maryland's public high schools at M&T Bank Stadium until 2016. Two Baltimore high school football rivalry games have been held at the stadium in November. Baltimore City College used to play Baltimore Polytechnic Institute every November, in one of the oldest high school football rivalries in the United States. Every Thanksgiving, Loyola Blakefield and Calvert Hall College also square off in what has now been called for many years as the Turkey Bowl, usually reaching up to 13,000 people in the audience.[17] Both games were once played back-to-back on Thanksgiving Day at Memorial Stadium. However, when City College and Polytechnic joined the MPSSAA before 1994 season, the game was forced to be played in early November, due to MPSSAA rules and playoff schedule.

View of the stadium from Russell Street

On July 24, 2009, English Premier League club Chelsea F.C. won 2–1 against Italian Serie A team A.C. Milan in the first World Football Challenge at M&T Bank Stadium in front of a crowd of 71,203.[18] On July 28, 2012 the stadium hosted a match between Premier League teams Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur before 42,723 fans.[19]

The stadium was a venue for the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup, drawing a crowd of 70,450 to watch a quarter finals doubleheader between the United States v. El Salvador, and Honduras v. Costa Rica.[20] The 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup had two quarterfinals games at the stadium: United States v. Cuba and Haiti v. Jamaica, played in front of 37,994 spectators.

Date	Winning Team	Result	Losing Team	Tournament	Spectators
July 24, 2009	Chelsea	2–1	A.C. Milan	World Football Challenge	71,203
July 31, 2010	Inter Milan	3–0	Manchester City	Club Friendly	36,569
July 28, 2012	Liverpool	0–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Club Friendly	42,723
July 21, 2013	United States	5–1	El Salvador	2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup Quarterfinals	70,540
	Honduras	1–0	Costa Rica
July 18, 2015	United States	6–0	Cuba	2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup Quarterfinals	37,994
	Jamaica	1–0	Haiti
July 16, 2022	Arsenal	2–0	Everton	Club Friendly	39,245

M&T Bank Stadium on October 24, 2021

The stadium serves as an alternate venue for the Johns Hopkins University men's lacrosse team, and was the site of the semifinals and final of the NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship in 2003, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2011, and 2014. Major League Lacrosse's Baltimore Bayhawks used the stadium as their home during the 2002 season.

M&T Bank Stadium at night during a Monday Night Football game against the Indianapolis Colts on October 11, 2021

Popular music festival HFStival appeared at the stadium in 1999 & 2005, as Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Silverchair, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The Offspring, Blink-182, Goo Goo Dolls, Billy Idol, and Coldplay have all played the concert.

Monster Jam was held at the stadium for the first time in 2011, and the stadium has been announced to become a normal stop on the summer tour. Monster Jam returned for the third time on June 8, 2013.

It served as Nextel Stadium, the home field for the fictional Washington Sentinels in the 2000 film The Replacements.[24] The stadium was also supposed to be the location of the football game in the 2002 film The Sum of All Fears and included footage of the presidential motorcade going to the building. However, the stadium used for the aerial shots is the domed Olympic Stadium in Montreal, while the book used Denver as the locale for the attack.[25]

It was featured in "Stadium," a 2013 television public service announcement which was part of the "I Want To Be Recycled" advertising campaign for Keep America Beautiful and the Ad Council. The stadium is partially constructed from post-consumer recycled aluminum.[26][27]

On February 25, 2021, despite COVID-19 pandemic, M&T Bank Stadium became the third mass vaccination site in the state of Maryland, inoculating residents against COVID-19, according to the Johns Hopkins University (JHU). It is a public-private partnership between the Maryland Air National Guard and the University of Maryland Medical System and has the capacity to do up to 6,000-10,000 vaccinations a day, supply notwithstanding.[28][29]