Real Salt Lake Stadium
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| Real Salt Lake Stadium | |
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| Location | Sandy, Utah |
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| Broke ground | August 12, 2006 |
| Opened | 2008 (expected) |
| Owner | Salt Lake County, Utah and Real Salt Lake |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction cost | $115 Million USD (estimate) |
| Architect | Rossetti architects |
| Tenants | Real Salt Lake (MLS) (2008 — present) |
| Capacity | ~22,236 (expected) |
The Real Salt Lake Stadium is a soccer-specific stadium currently being constructed in Sandy, a suburban city in the Salt Lake Valley, built specifically for the local Major League Soccer team Real Salt Lake. A groundbreaking ceremony for the stadium took place on August 12, 2006. Included in the ceremony were members of Real Madrid. Funding plans for the stadium were rejected twice before a revised proposal was introduced the day before Real Salt Lake owner Dave Checketts' self-imposed deadline on obtaining funding for a new stadium or selling the team. The stadium will hold 22,168 people.
The financing plan for the stadium collapsed between January 26 and 29, 2007 after the county's Debt Review Committee voted to oppose the stadium plan as not viable. Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon was obliged to agree as was the Utah House Speaker Greg Curtis.
However, a new stadium proposal was made on February 2, which would divert 15%, roughly $2 million a year, of the county's hotel taxes to the stadium project beginning in July until 2015. [1] The bill was passed by the State Senate, and later the assembly. Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr. signed the bill on February 9, 2007. The stadium is expected to open in late August or early September. [2][3]
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| Preceded by Rice-Eccles Stadium |
Home of Real Salt Lake 2008 — present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
