The stadium plan (and the fans to fill it) are the cornerstone of our bid to bring an NWSL team to Cleveland. It's not only required for us to win the bid, but it will make our soccer teams more successful in the long run.

Building the right-sized, right-equipped venue to host NWSL, MLS Next Pro, high school and college soccer, and other field sports is key to the best experiences for fans and athletes. 

The venue will also host concerts, festivals and other events.

The stadium will host matches for our prospective NWSL (women's) team and our incoming MLS Next Pro (men's) team, as well as local college and high school sporting events, concerts and festivals.

The NWSL team will be the primary tenant, making this stadium the first public-private investment in a venue built for women's sports. 

We currently have 60-70 events slated to take place in the venue each year.

We currently have 60-70 events slated to take place in the venue each year, including matches for our prospective NWSL (women's) team, incoming MLS Next Pro (men's) team, local college and high school sporting events.

The stadium will be built downtown, across the street from Progressive Field, in an area currently dubbed South Gateway. Here's a map:

For a soccer match, it will seat between 12,000-13,000 fans. Estimates for other events, like concerts, depend on setup.

The stadium will cost $150 million. The total project (stadium, training facilities & team operations) will cost $283 million.

1. Entire project cost: $283 million, including public and private investment into the publicly owned $150-million soccer stadium.

2. We’re seeking $90 million (32% of entire project) in public money, from the City of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County and the State of Ohio. Public support would be largely funded through bonds repaid by new revenues generated from the stadium (e.g. admissions taxes, sales taxes, parking taxes, employment taxes).

3. It will be a publicly owned stadium (government owns it; team holds a lease).

4. Cleveland Pro Soccer will invest $193 million (68% of the total project), including $60 million for the stadium.

5. We will commit $133 million for team training facilities and NWSL & MLS Next Pro team operations.

According to a study, the stadium would generate $4.1 billion in economic impact in its first 30 years in operation. Here's how that number breaks down: