The group seeking to bring a professional women's soccer team to Cleveland on Thursday released renderings of what a $150-million soccer-specific stadium south of I-90 in downtown seating 12,500 fans might look like and announced that it is seeking $90 million in taxpayer support — from the city, county and state — to build it.
With a deadline looming in a month to submit a bid for a professional women's soccer team, Cleveland nor Cuyahoga County has thus far offered firm commitments on stadium fundingThe group seeking to bring a professional women's soccer team to Cleveland on Thursday released renderings of what a $150-million soccer-specific stadium south of I-90 in downtown seating 12,500 fans might look like and announced that it is seeking $90 million in taxpayer support — from the city, county and state...
For their part, Murphy said Cleveland Soccer Group and its investors would spend $193 million of their own cash on not only the stadium but for the team, facilities, and for the MLS Next PRO men's soccer team that Cleveland was already awarded. That squad was scheduled to kick off in 2025, but with the group's focus on the NWSL bid and the proposed stadium, it is unlikely that will happen, Murphy told Scene.
As negotiations with the Browns continue, Mayor Justin Bibb has declined to publicly announce what the city of Cleveland has so far offered except to say that he wants the team to remain in the city of Cleveland and that the city's position is competitive. The Haslams, meanwhile, have said that they want taxpayers to split any stadium project 50/50, with money coming from the city , the county and the state.
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