Study pinpoints possible locations, price tag on soccer stadium for Albuquerque Sol FC
By Madeline Schmitt
KRQE 13
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The city of Albuquerque’s study on building a professional soccer stadium is back. This time, it shows where the possible 10,000 seat stadium would be built at a price tag much higher than originally anticipated.
Born four years ago, the Albuquerque Sol FC is ready for bigger things.
“It’s a complicated process. It’s an exciting process,” Sol President Ron Patel said.
A recently completed feasibility study by the City of Albuquerque at a cost of $15,000 suggests, “if you build it, they will come” — except, a soccer stadium.
The potential locations: Lomas and Broadway, 12th and I-40, and the Rail Yards.
“Every week I have a new favorite,” Patel said.
One thing is clear, the city and the Sol want the stadium to be close to downtown.
The study looks at how an the Albuquerque Sol FC stadium would fare among United Soccer League teams, which is the second tier of pro soccer in the United States.