The new Detroit City FC stadium project will in fact be more than just a new pro soccer stadium.
The stadium is the centerpiece of a broader $198 million development at 20th Street and Michigan Avenue in the city’s Corktown neighborhood, one that will include 76 units of new housing, a new 421-space parking deck and more than 8,500 square-feet of commercial space.
Detroit City FC officials announced June 16 that the new 15,000-capacity stadium in Detroit’s Corktown, to be called AlumniFi Field, is now scheduled to be done in spring 2028, rather than next year as originally planned.
“We always knew we were following an aggressive timeline,” a club spokesperson said in a statement. “With all our partners and design in place, we are resetting our timeline to open for the 2028 USL season.”
The stadium is being built on the site of the long-abandoned Southwest Detroit Hospital. Demolition of the hospital began in December and an official groundbreaking for the stadium is expected to happen in July.
Detroit City FC is expected to receive up to $88 million worth of development incentives and tax breaks to build the full $198 million development, including the stadium, housing and parking. Of the apartments, 68 are to be affordable housing at below-market rents.
Construction work on the apartments and commercial space was once expected to begin this August, although it is unclear whether the recently announced one-year delay for stadium completion will affect that timeline. (A club spokesperson didn’t respond to an inquiry about the apartments timeline.)
AlumniFi Field will be more than twice the 7,200-person capacity of Keyworth Stadium in Hamtramck, where Detroit City FC now plays. The new stadium’s architect is HOK + ROSSETTI and the interior design is by Ferndale-based Disbrow Iannuzzi Architects.
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