Wizards To Break Ground on New Stadium
January 19, 2010 
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Kansas City Wizards ownership group OnGoal, LLC announced Tuesday that approval has been granted for a state-of-the-art soccer-centric stadium for the Wizards and a nearby youth-soccer complex. Construction is set to begin tomorrow at the stadium site, located across from Nebraska Furniture Mart and The Legends in the Village West district of Kansas City, Kansas. The Wizards, a founding member of Major League Soccer (MLS), will become the first Major League professional sports team to play its home games in the State of Kansas and the 12th MLS team to play in a venue built for specifically for soccer. Kansas City is preparing for its 15th MLS season, with the League expanding to include 16 teams.
“This is a great day for soccer in Kansas City,” OnGoal CEO Robb Heineman said. Read more…
Congrats to the KC Wizards getting their new stadium. Now for the D.C. United to get a soccer-specific stadium they deserve. It’s only been what? Four years? No stadium. But we’ve seen facelifts on the Verizon Center for the hockey and basketball team, and a ballpark for the baseball team…
Our soccer team is a thousand times better than those teams can ever dream to be (except the Caps). DC Council needs to get their heads out of their butts to build the deserving black and red fans their own stadium!
Of all the original MLS clubs only Kansas City, D.C. United and New England don’t have their own stadiums. Now with Kansas City getting their own new home, we all hope that D.C. and New England will soon work out deals of their own!