Cleveland Soccer Stadium

The future home of professional outdoor soccer in Northeast Ohio will seat 10,000 to start, prioritize public transportation and bring women's & men's pro soccer to Cleveland's Gateway sports district.

Soccer has always lived in Cleveland. You see it in the parks, on neighborhood pitches, in youth clubs, high school stadiums and pickup games across the region. Now, it’s time to give the world’s game a home of its own.

Cleveland Soccer Group, ownership group for Forest City Cleveland and the to-be-announced women’s pro team, is building a soccer-specific stadium in Downtown Cleveland, a place designed for the rhythm and energy of the game and the community that surrounds it.

Located in the Gateway sports district, the stadium will seat 10,000 fans, with the ability to expand to 15,000 and eventually 20,000 as the sport continues to grow in Northeast Ohio.

Map of Gateway District, including current and forthcoming projects.

When our men’s and women’s professional teams take the pitch, they’ll do so in a venue built for soccer first — where every seat brings fans closer to the action and the Cleveland skyline rises in the background.

But the stadium will be more than a home for professional soccer. It will be a gathering place for the entire community. The venue is designed to host more than 60 events each year, including national tournaments, international friendlies, touring leagues and competitions for local high schools and colleges.

Beyond the stadium walls, the project will help activate Cleveland’s South Gateway neighborhood in partnership with the Cleveland Metroparks, creating new public spaces, bike paths and trail connections that bring people to the area year-round.

The goal is simple: build a place where the game and the city meet — a stadium that belongs to Cleveland.

Construction is projected to begin in 2026, with the stadium becoming the future home of professional soccer in Northeast Ohio.

This is the long, beautiful build. And we’re just getting started.