Minnesota United FC Stadium
Concept Art of the Stadium
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| Location | St. Paul, Minnesota |
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| Coordinates | 44°57′10″N 93°09′54″W / 44.9528°N 93.1651°WCoordinates: 44°57′10″N 93°09′54″W / 44.9528°N 93.1651°W |
| Owner | Minnesota United FC |
| Operator | Minnesota United FC |
| Capacity | 19,916 |
| Surface | Grass |
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| Broke ground | December 12, 2016 |
| Opened | 2018 (est.) |
| Construction cost | $150 million |
| Architect | Populous |
| General contractor | Mortensen Construction |
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| Minnesota United FC (MLS) (2018–future) | |
Minnesota United FC Stadium is the working title for the soccer-specific stadium to be built for the expansion soccer team Minnesota United FC. On October 23, 2015, team owners announced that Minnesota United would build a stadium on the 35-acre St. Paul bus barn site. The proposed stadium will seat approximately 21,500, is to be completed in 2018, and will be privately financed for $200 million.
On November 25, 2015, Minnesota United FC hired Kansas City-based Populous to design the stadium. On December 9, 2015, the team hired Mortensen Construction as part of the stadium construction along with Populous. Mortensen built U.S. Bank Stadium for the Minnesota Vikings in 2014-2016, and worked with Populous on three other Twin Cities sports facilities: Target Field, TCF Bank Stadium, and Xcel Energy Center.
The stadium will be built on a 35-acre (14 ha) site on the southeast corner of Snelling Avenue and University Avenue. The location is in Saint Paul's Midway neighborhood, halfway between Minneapolis and Saint Paul downtowns. The site is accessible by transit, through the immediately-adjacent Snelling Avenue Station served by both the METRO Green Line and the A Line. A city environmental assessment predicted in June 2016 that nearly a third of the attendees will arrive on the Green Line.
A masterplan has been drawn up for the redevelopment of the broad area, including the stadium site and adjacent properties owned by RK Midway. This may include building new hotel and office space and the redevelopment of the existing shopping center. The buildings occupied by Rainbow supermarket, Walgreens, Midway Pro Bowl and some adjoining spaces will be torn down. The masterplan calls for the redevelopment to be more pedestrian friendly, to accommodate large numbers of fans walking to and from the transit stations.
The southern half of the site was formerly a bus barn used by Metro Transit until it was demolished in 2002. It was later acquired by the Metropolitan Council, with help from the Federal Transit Administration, after a planned big-box store was not pursued. The stadium itself will primarily sit on this property.
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