Was Ed Sheeran's concert at Chicago's Soldier Field the largest ever?

Soldier Field estimates there were 73,000 people in attendance for Saturday night’s concert by Ed Sheeran.

In a tweet posted to the lakefront venue’s Twitter account Sunday, the claim was Sheeran’s concert was “the largest concert that’s ever been here.”

Chicago’s stadium has hosted a variety of people — football players and circus performers, politicians and civil rights movement activists, observers of religious and cultural milestones, “The Boss” Bruce Springsteen and Special Olympics supporters with megaphones — in its almost 100 years.

Looking back through the Tribune’s archives, the stadium hosted in excess of more than 100,000…

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