MLS
CUP 2005 AWARDED TO FRISCO
SOCCER
& ENTERTAIMENT
CENTER
FC
Dallas’ New Home to Host League’s 10th Season Championship
Match
Dallas,
Tex. –
Major League
Soccer Commissioner Don Garber announced today at the MLS Cup 2004 Press
Conference that next season’s edition of the League’s championship game, MLS Cup
2005, will be held at the new Frisco Soccer &
Entertainment Center, scheduled to open in the spring of 2005.
MLS Cup 2005 is scheduled to be held on Sunday, November
13.
“Our organization is honored to host
the premier event in Major League Soccer,” said FC Dallas President and General
Manager Greg
Elliott. “Being awarded this match is
another sign this stadium is becoming a magnet for premier events throughout the
world of soccer. We look forward to working with the City of
Frisco to stage a
wonderful celebration on behalf of the league.”
MLS Cup 2005 will mark the first time
that the League’s champion is crowned in the state of
Texas with the
nine previous title matches held in California,
Massachusetts,
Washington,
D.C. and
Ohio.
Information on MLS Cup 2005 tickets and on season tickets for FC Dallas’
inaugural campaign at the Frisco
Soccer &
Entertainment Center is
available by calling: (214) 979-0303.
FC Dallas, a charter member club of
Major League Soccer, will begin play in the new 21,193 seat soccer stadium in
the spring of 2005. The 117-acre facility will be located at the intersection of
Main
Street and Dallas North Tollway in Frisco. The
Frisco Soccer &
Entertainment Center will accommodate Major League Soccer
matches, major concerts, international soccer matches and High School football.
Adjacent to the stadium will be 17 regulation size, tournament-grade soccer
fields which will be utilized on a year-round basis, making the Center the focal
point of youth and adult soccer in North Texas as well as the future destination
of the most prestigious local, regional, national and international
competitions. An estimated 1.4 million spectators and participants are expected
to visit the facility annually.
FRISCO
SOCCER
& ENTERTAINMENT
CENTER
CONSTRUCTION UPDATE:
·
The stage ramp for the facility is nearly finished with
the stage area formed and waiting completion.
·
The Field boxes have been shaped and are waiting a
concrete finishing.
·
The seating bowl is halfway completed with concrete and
the field retaining wall is finished.
·
Irrigation has begun on the northern fields in the
soccer park.
·
Parking lots have been shaped and the utilities
rooted.
·
The North/South street on the west side of the complex
is leveled with utilities in place.
14800 Quorum Drive, Suite
300 · Dallas,
TX
75254 · 214.979.0303 · 214.979.1118
Fax