Louisville Commissions Feasibility Study For Soccer-Specific Stadium Housing USL Club

Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer has commissioned CSL Int'l to "perform a study on the feasibility of constructing a soccer-specific stadium" for USL club Louisville City FC, according to Jonathan Lintner of the Louisville COURIER-JOURNAL. CSL Int'l will be "paid $75,000 to gauge financing options as well as four physical sites, at least one of them downtown." It is the goal of both Fischer and LCFC officials to "grow the franchise into an option" for MLS as it eventually expands to 28 teams. A timeline for the project "hasn't been determined," though the USL has "asked its members -- among them Louisville City FC -- to build their own stadiums" by '20. For now, LCFC "hosts home matches at Louisville Slugger Field but pays a $5,000-a-game fee" to the Triple-A PCL Louisville Bats. LCFC's home attendance "ranked second-best in the 24-team USL" in the club's inaugural season last season (Louisville COURIER-JOURNAL, 1/7).