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MLS Stadiums Columbus Plans for a soccer specific stadium in Central Ohio had been in the works ever since the Crew's inaugural season. However, voters turned down stadium initiatives in Franklin County and the city of Dublin, before the Crew proposed a stadium built on land leased from the Ohio Expositions Commission. The entire cost of the stadium ($28.5 million) was privately funded. Capacity is 22,555, with a maximum of 30,000. (Photo courtesy Columbus Crew.)
The Home Depot Center is a 125-acre development, featuring state-of-the-art stadiums and facilities for soccer, tennis, track & field, cycling, volleyball, baseball, softball, basketball and other sports. In addition to the soccer stadium, there is a 13,000-seat tennis stadium, a 20,000-seat track & field facility and an indoor velodrome. Designated as an “Official U.S. Olympic Training Site,” The Home Depot Center is the nation’s most complete training facility for Olympic, amateur and professional athletes. It is also home to Athletes’ Performance Los Angeles, a nationally recognized training center for elite and professional athletes and is the summer training campsite for the San Diego Chargers (NFL). Developed and operated by AEG, the $150-million Home Depot Center‘s commitment to athletics and training also extends to the surrounding communities. Tennis courts, soccer training fields and a three-mile jogging trail with twelve fitness stations around the perimeter of the development are available to local residents as well as other facilities and amenities. Through foundations established by AEG-operated entities such as the Galaxy, the Los Angeles Kings and STAPLES Center, more than $5 million has been pledged to community organizations in the last six years with new donations targeting this local community already being established.
Dallas The multi-purpose stadium, also available for concerts, public entertainment, and community events, is on approximately 100 acres just north of the new Frisco Town Square, a mixed-use development currently under construction and the future home of commercial, residential, retail and public buildings, including a new City Hall. Photo courtesy FC Dallas.
Chicago
Red Bull Park will be the centerpiece of a $1 billion development dubbed Harrison MetroCenter. The development includes 300,000 square feet of mid- and high-rise office space, 300,000 square feet of retail space and 3,500 units of housing. Rendering courtesy New York Red Bulls.
Real Salt Lake will also donate $7.5 million towards a youth soccer complex, build a youth academy in conjunction with Real Madrid, donate $1 million per year towards promoting tourism, contribute 500 tickets per home game to students to promote youth literacy, commit to staying in Salt Lake County for at least 30 years, and give the county 50 cents for every game ticket sold.
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January, 2004, the Chicago Fire announced plans to develop a 20,000-25,000
seat soccer stadium and concert venue in Bridgeview, a suburb of
Chicago. Toyota Park, which opened in June, 2006, was developed
on approximately 60 acres at a cost of about $70 million. The site
houses the Fire's offices as well as a training center and
a training field adjacent to the stadium. The site
will also be the center point of a re-development that is expected
to include restaurants, theaters and other commercial establishments.
A new 110-room AmeriSuites Hotel is planned adjacent to the proposed
site to supplement the existing 7,000 hotel rooms in the area.
Financing has come both from Bridgeview and AEG, with each putting
up $15 million, and $40 million from bonds to be sold by the town.
Bridgeview will own the stadium, with the Fire holding a long-term
lease. Photo courtesy Chicago-Fire.com.
The
$130 million project was approved unanimously by the Commerce
City City Council, as was a ballot initiative on a $64 million
bond issue. Construction began in early 2005 and the Colorado
Rapids will begin play in the new facility at the start of the
2007 season. HOK, the same architects who designed Coors Field
in Denver and SBC Park in San Francisco, will design the new
stadium. Architectural rendering and photo courtesy Colorado
Rapids. 
