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  TQL Stadium Location in Ohio  TQL Stadium Location in the United States | |
| Former names | West End Stadium |
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| Address | 1501 Central Parkway |
| Location | Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Coordinates | 39°06′41″N 84°31′20″W / 39.11139°N 84.52222°W |
| Public transit |  Connector Metro Red Bike |
| Owner | Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority[1] |
| Operator | FC Cincinnati |
| Type | Soccer-specific stadium |
| Executive suites | 53[2] |
| Capacity | 26,000[3] |
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| Construction | |
| Broke ground | December 18, 2018 |
| Opened | May 16, 2021 |
| Construction cost | $250 million |
| Architect | Populous |
| Builder | Turner Construction |
| Project manager | Machete Group |
| Structural engineer | Buro Happold & Julie Cromwell Associates |
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| FC Cincinnati (MLS) (2021–present) | |
| Website | |
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TQL Stadium is a soccer-specific stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. It is the home of FC Cincinnati, a Major League Soccer (MLS) team that has played there since the stadium opened on May 16, 2021. The stadium holds approximately 26,000 spectators and is located in the West End neighborhood, at the former site of Stargel Stadium on Central Parkway at Wade Street. It has a Bermuda Grass surface called Tahoma 31.[5] During construction, it was also known as the West End Stadium.
The stadium was proposed in 2016, as part of the team's bid for an MLS expansion franchise, to replace their temporary arrangement at Nippert Stadium. A list of sites was submitted with the bid in January 2017 and later narrowed to three candidates: in Oakley, the West End, and Newport, Kentucky. The West End site was chosen in early 2018 and approved in April through a land swap deal with Cincinnati Public Schools. On May 29, 2018, MLS announced that Cincinnati had won an expansion team, to begin play in 2019 at Nippert Stadium. A groundbreaking ceremony was held on December 18, 2018, and the stadium officially opened for the 2021 season at a total cost of $250 million.
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- ^ "FC Cincinnati TQL Stadium | Projects | Turner Construction Company". www.turnerconstruction.com. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
- ^ "FC Cincinnati TQL Stadium | Projects | Turner Construction Company". www.turnerconstruction.com. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
- ^ fccincinnati. "New surface at TQL Stadium brings change, but also (hopefully) a more dynamic and healthier grass for FC Cincinnati | FC Cincinnati". fccincinnati. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
- ^ Chapley, Carter (July 5, 2024). "New surface at TQL Stadium brings change, but also (hopefully) a more dynamic and healthier grass for FC Cincinnati". FCCincinnati.com.