FC Cincinnati today released the timeline for its coming Major League Soccer stadium, which roughly aligns with earlier statements from the team about the timing of the facility’s construction.
Turner Construction’s site preparation and demolition of buildings surrounding the stadium will begin with a block of Central Avenue on Nov. 12 and continue into January. Businesses in the area have been notified that they need to be out by the beginning of November.
Demolition of Cincinnati Public School’s Stargel Stadium will start Nov. 19, unless Taft High School football makes the post season. In that case, Turner will delay demolition until the season is over. CPS will build a new Stargel across Ezzard Charles Drive with $10 million provided by FCC.
A water main will need to be relocated to make way for the construction and other site preparation work will also need to be completed. A portion of that work will be done using some of the $34 million the city pledged to infrastructure for the project.
The official groundbreaking for FCC’s stadium will take place Dec. 19. Work on the foundations for the stadium will begin sometime after the spring of 2019. The stadium is expected to be finished and ready for its grand opening on March 1, 2021.
Earlier this month, the team released potential design concepts for the stadium, which you can read more about here.
This article appears in Oct 17-24, 2018.
