Collinsville Soccer Complex

Collinsville Soccer Complex
Collinsville Soccer Complex
Location I-255 and Horseshoe Lake Rd.
Collinsville, Illinois, USA
Owner AC St. Louis
Capacity 18,500 (main stadium)
Tenants
Saint Louis Athletica (WPS) (2010[?]-)
St. Louis MLS club (MLS) (?)
St. Louis Soccer United youth clubs
(all potential)

Collinsville Soccer Complex, also known as The Fields[1] was a planned soccer-centered development to be located in Collinsville, Illinois, United States. The centerpiece of the complex was a 18,500-seat soccer-specific stadium that would have been the home stadium for professional soccer clubs in MLS and WPS based in the St. Louis area. The plan also included eight FIFA-approved artificial turf fields, as well as mixed-use development, which included retail, office, entertainment, educational, and residential areas.[2] The entire development was valued at almost $600 million.[3]

The proposed stadium location was roughly ten minutes away from downtown St. Louis, by the I-255/I-70/I-55 interchange.

All plans to begin construction had been in place, and the city of Collinsville had approved the project. Construction never began because MLS never awarded a franchise to St. Louis Soccer United (AC St. Louis), the ownership group that had spearheaded the professional soccer effort in St. Louis; although the city of Collinsville had approved of the plans, construction was not approved until a MLS team was guaranteed.[4] Also, there were several homeowners who had not yet sold their property.[5] As such, Saint Louis Athletica, the area's WPS team, began the league's first season in 2009 at Ralph Korte Stadium in Edwardsville, Illinois, but moved across the Mississippi River during the season to the Anheuser-Busch Center in Fenton, Missouri.

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Coordinates: 38°41′13″N 90°02′03″W / 38.6868497°N 90.0341606°W / 38.6868497; -90.0341606


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