USA: Kansas City to get the first stadium for the women's team

source: StadiumDB.com [KT]; author: Karol Tatar

USA: Kansas City to get the first stadium for the women's team Following the National Women's Soccer League debut this season, Kansas City NWSL will get a new stadium. The investment in the first soccer-specific venue created for the women's team has been announced recently.

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Kansas City’s present owners Angie Long, Chris Longm and Brittany Matthews revealed their plans for a privately funded stadium. It will be the first soccer-specific venue purpose-built for an NWSL team.

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As part of a 50-year lease agreement with Port KC, the arena will be built at a seven acre site on the east end of Berkley Riverfront Park in Downtown. The club agreed on the partnership with primary design and construction partners Generator Studio, JE Dunn and Monarch Build.

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The new stadium is expected to cost approximately $70 million (€61.9 million), making it one of the most historic investments in women’s professional soccer history. Construction of the 11,000-seat venue will reportedly start next year, with completion scheduled for 2024.

Last year in December, the NWSL announced the decision to award an expansion franchise to Kansas City. During the inaugural season, the team played home games at Legends Field.

For the 2022 campaign, it will use Children’s Mercy Park, the third stadium for Sporting Kansas City, but the first football-specific one. Inaugurated in 2011, the venue is able to host up to 18,467 supporters.

Author: Karol Tatar

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