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Orlando City Stadium
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Orlando City SC hosts the San Jose Earthquakes, April 21, 2018




Orlando City Stadium is located in Florida

Orlando City Stadium

Orlando City Stadium



Location in Florida

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Orlando City Stadium is located in the US

Orlando City Stadium

Orlando City Stadium



Location in the United States

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Location655 West Church Street, Orlando, Florida 32805[3][1]
Coordinates
28°32′28″N 81°23′21″W / 28.5410645°N 81.389035°W / 28.5410645; -81.389035Coordinates: 28°32′28″N 81°23′21″W / 28.5410645°N 81.389035°W / 28.5410645; -81.389035[1][2]
Public transit
Local TransitSunRail Church Street Station
Local TransitLynx 21, 319
Local TransitLynx Grapefruit Line
OwnerOrlando City SC
OperatorOrlando City SC
Executive suites31[4]
Capacity25,500[5]
Field size120 yd × 75 yd (110 m × 69 m)[6]
Acreage10
SurfaceGrass
Scoreboard
Panasonic[7]
Construction
Broke groundOctober 16, 2014[8][9]
OpenedFebruary 24, 2017 (2017-02-24)[14][15][16]
Construction cost$155 million[10]
Architect
Populous[11]
Project managerICON Venue Group[12]
Structural engineer
Walter P Moore[13]
Services engineerM–E Engineers, Inc.[13]
General contractorBarton Malow[12]
Tenants

Orlando City SC (MLS) (2017–present)
Orlando Pride (NWSL) (2017–present)[17]
Orlando City B (USL) (2017)
Florida Cup (2018)

Orlando City Stadium is a soccer-specific stadium in downtown Orlando, Florida. It is the home of Orlando City SC, which entered Major League Soccer (MLS) as an expansion franchise in 2015, and their National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) sister club, the Orlando Pride. The stadium was completed in time for Orlando City's first home game of the 2017 season on March 5.


The stadium is located along West Church Street in the Parramore neighborhood west of Downtown Orlando.




Contents





  • 1 History

    • 1.1 Financing


    • 1.2 Design



  • 2 International matches

    • 2.1 Men's matches



  • 3 References


  • 4 External links




History


In April 2013, the City of Orlando purchased downtown land for $8.2 million to be used towards the construction of a $110 million MLS soccer stadium.[18] However, in May, the Florida House of Representatives failed to vote on a bill that had passed the Senate that would have provided up to $30 million in state funds towards the stadium project. Orlando City SC President Phil Rawlins responded by expressing his intent to find alternative funding and keep seeking MLS expansion.[19]


The Orlando downtown soccer stadium moved closer to securing funding on August 8, 2013, when Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs and Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer reached an agreement on a deal to provide financial support for a variety of Orlando projects including the new MLS soccer stadium.[20] The last piece in stadium funding was an October 2013 vote on using an existing tourism tax to fund the final quarter of the $80 million stadium project.[21] On October 22, 2013, the Orange County Board of Commissioners voted 5–2 to approve the use of $20 million in tourist development tax funds to build an $84 million multi-purpose soccer stadium in downtown Orlando.[22]


The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) announced on December 11, 2013, that the 2016 and 2017 NCAA Women's College Soccer Championship would be held at the new stadium.[23][24]


On August 4, 2014, the team announced that the stadium location would be moved one block west, to avoid having a delay to the opening day, due to Faith Deliverance Temple fighting the city's eminent-domain claim. The new location resulted in the closure of Parramore Avenue between Church Street and Central Boulevard in February 2015,[25] as the stadium was built right on top of where the road currently runs.[1][2]


The club played their 2015 MLS inaugural season home matches at Citrus Bowl.[26] On January 13, 2016, club president Phil Rawlins announced that construction of the team's stadium was taking four months longer than expected and that the team would play all of the 2016 season at the Citrus Bowl (since renamed Camping World Stadium).[27]



Financing


Orlando City SC's owners announced on May 29, 2015, that the stadium would be privately funded by Orlando City SC and not the city. They also announced they would upgrade the stadium's capacity from 19,000 seats, to somewhere between 25,000 and 28,000 seats. The new plan was unveiled on July 31, increasing capacity to 25,500 by adding seats to the south end to maximize seats without major design changes that would set back the project by an additional year. Costs also rose from $110 million to $155 million.[28]


As part of the private funding venture for the new stadium, at least $15 million has come from 30 foreign investors in countries such as Brazil and China via the EB-5 investment program, which grants American visas in exchange for a $500,000 investment in the project.[29]


More foreign investors looking to obtain green cards through the EB-5 program are joining this project, which has already created around 1000 jobs and is expected to create around 1000 more in an area that much needed its economic growth.[citation needed] This project is still open and more information can be obtained by contacting the American Regional Center Group.[citation needed]



Design


The team released artistic renderings of the stadium on December 11, 2012.[30] On September 30, 2013, the architectural firm Woods Bagot released their drawings of the stadium on their website. The team announced that these drawings were released without their knowledge or input, and that they had not selected an architect yet. Woods Bagot proceed to remove the images from their website.[31] The design phase began on January 7, 2014, when Mayor Buddy Dyer and some of the Orlando City SC staff traveled to Kansas City to begin working with the design firm Populous.[11]


The original renderings of the stadium proposed 18,000 seats, including 2,500 club seats. It would also have 300 seats in specialty suites. The stadium's square footage is about 290,000 square feet, with 120,000 square feet devoted to the bowl. It is also supposedly going to have bars, retail shops, and restaurants.[32]


Additional renderings and information about the stadium were released on June 10, 2014,. The stadium has an open plaza, where those passing by can see inside, since the field is 8 feet below street level.[33] It was initially planned to have a seating capacity of 19,500, with the structural ability to expand to 25,000 in the future. This was changed in May 2015 to simply building room for 25,000 in the initial construction, rather than waiting for another construction period.[34] The field is grass, with canopies over fans to protect them from the elements and to increase noise levels. A four times life size lion sculpture was planned overlook the entrance.[5] Just before a game begins, the lion would have rotate 180° to "watch" the action. A festival plaza lined with palm trees on the south end of the plaza, just outside the main entrance at Church Street and Terry Avenue was built (the streets are closed to vehicles during events).
A balcony-style bar just below the video scoreboard with a 360° view was planned as well. A seating section on the north end is dedicated to members of supporters' clubs. As proposed — and if building codes allow — it has no seats, but rails and extra room for "safe standing". The 3,811-capacity section, known as "The Wall" began as a small but ardent collection of fans from the two main supporter groups, The Ruckus and Iron Lion Firm.[35] The supporters' section would also have its own "pub-style" area.[4][36]



Aerial view of Orlando City Soccer Stadium

Aerial view of Orlando City Stadium


Heineken announced a partnership with multiple MLS teams on November 12, 2014, including Orlando City SC, making Heineken the official beer of the team as well as giving Heineken naming rights to the ground level bar on the south side of the stadium. In addition to the announcement, a new rendering of the south side from inside the stadium was released.[37]


Panasonic was announced as the team's "Official Technology Partner" on December 17, 2014, in exchange for Panasonic providing on-field and fascia LED boards, the main scoreboard on the south end of the field, and dozens of flat panel television screens throughout the stadium in suites, offices and work areas. In addition, Panasonic provides technology solutions such as security cameras, control room and other key components for the new stadium.[7]


The stadium includes 49 rainbow-colored seats in Section 12 as a memorial that honors the victims of the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting.[38][39]



International matches



Men's matches














Date
Team #1
Result
Team #2
Competition
Attendance
October 6, 2017[40]
 United States
4–0

 Panama

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF Fifth Round
25,303


Orlando City Stadium.




Overview of Orlando City Stadium.




Night game at Orlando City Stadium.



References




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  40. ^ Wahl, Grant (October 7, 2017). "USA stars point to stout planning to cure WCQ woes". Sports Illustrated.



External links




  • City of Orlando Venues: MLS Soccer Stadium


  • Orlando City Stadium at Orlando City SC













Preceded by
Camping World Stadium

Home of Orlando City Soccer Club
2017–present
Succeeded by
none
Preceded by
Camping World Stadium

Home of Orlando Pride
2017–present
Succeeded by
none
Preceded by
Titan Soccer Complex

Home of Orlando City B
2017–present
Succeeded by
none
Preceded by
Avaya Stadium

Host of the Women's College Cup
2017
Succeeded by
TBA











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