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Lynn Family Stadium

350 Adams Street, Louisville, KY 40206

The built stadium is larger than the 10,000-seat proposal: it has 11,700 fixed seats and can accommodate 15,304 people in expanded configurations that include standing room. It opened for play on July 12, 2020 without spectators because of COVID-19 restrictions, so that date was not a normal public grand opening.

What got built

Current photograph of Lynn Family Stadium in Louisville.
Photograph by Bpluke01, 2023-05-24. Source. CC BY-SA 4.0.

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What changed

  • The April 2017 announcement described a 10,000-seat stadium on a 40-acre Butchertown site.
  • HOK was instructed to leave room for expansion to 20,000 seats if an MLS opportunity came up.
  • Groundbreaking was June 28, 2018. The stadium opened for play July 12, 2020, but the first match was held without spectators because of COVID-19 restrictions.
  • The venue has 11,700 fixed seats and a maximum event capacity of 15,304 when standing-room and expanded areas are included; those figures describe different configurations.
  • Estimated cost rose from about $45 million at announcement to $60 million to $65 million at groundbreaking.

Why it changed

Planned growth. HOK was engaged from the start with instructions to design in room for expansion should an opportunity to join MLS present itself. That is the sourced explanation for the built stadium ending up larger than the original 10,000-seat figure. Reported by SBI Soccer, April 2017.

Details

Status
Built, and it follows the rendering.
Where
Louisville, KY
Neighborhood
Butchertown
Developer
Soccer Holdings, LLC (Louisville City FC and Racing Louisville FC)
Architect
HOK
Rendering credit
HOK, released with Louisville City FC's April 2017 stadium announcement
The built result
Photographed by Bpluke01, 2023-05-24

Sources

  1. LPM: stadium slated for Butchertown (Apr 12, 2017) lpm.org
  2. SBI Soccer: Louisville City unveils stadium location, renderings sbisoccer.com
  3. LPM: inside the completed stadium (Mar 2020) lpm.org
  4. WLKY: delayed full-capacity opening and maximum capacity wlky.com

Research checked . Status and figures are updated when a source changes.

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