NASL Expansion Club San Diego 1904 FC To Build New 10,000-Seat Stadium In Oceanside

NASL club San Diego 1904 FC will "partner with the 22-field SoCal Sports Complex" in Oceanside, Calif., on a $15M, 10,000-seat stadium it "hopes to open" in '19, according to Mark Seigler of the SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE. It will be a "modular structure, cheaper and more portable than traditional stadiums because it is manufactured elsewhere in Southern California and transported to Oceanside in pieces for assembly." The design and planning are being handled by Populous and France-based GL Events. 1904 FC President Bob Watkins "expects construction to begin" in September '18 and take four months. Watkins said that the club hopes to "average crowds of '3,500-5,000'" at the Univ. of San Diego's Torero Stadium and "'5,000-7,500' once they move into their permanent home in Oceanside" (SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE, 10/26).