Q2 Stadium
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Austin FC vs L.A. GalaxySat 27 Apr 2024 17:45
Established
2021 (3 years old)
Capacity
20,738
Build Cost
$260 million
Country
United States
Location
Austin, Texas, USA
Coordinates
30.3877°N 97.7195°W
Upcoming
| 27/04 | Austin FC  | - |  L.A. Galaxy |
| 16/05 | Austin FC | - |  Houston Dyna |
| 19/05 | Austin FC | - |  Sporting Kan |
| 30/05 | Austin FC | - |  Portland Tim |
| 20/06 | Austin FC | - |  Los Angeles |
Past Events
| 07/04 | Austin FC | 4 - 3 |  San Jose Ear |
| 31/03 | Austin FC | 2 - 1 |  FC Dallas |
| 17/03 | Austin FC | 2 - 2 |  Philadelphia |
| 10/03 | Austin FC | 2 - 2 |  St. Louis Ci |
| 25/02 | Austin FC | 1 - 2 |  Minnesota Un |
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The Q2 Stadium is a soccer-specific stadium located in the North Burnet section of North Austin, Texas, United States. It is the home of Austin FC, a Major League Soccer (MLS) team that began play in 2021. The stadium hosted its first event on June 16, 2021, an international friendly between the United States women's national team and Nigeria.
Site history
The earliest noted development of the tract of land was in 1956, when the land was christened as a 23.5 acre chemical manufacturing plant. The manufacturing plant produced various chemicals for Reichhold Chemicals, generally peroxides, for the majority of its 29 years as a chemical plant. The facility was closed following a series of on-site safety incidents in December, 1985, which made it economically infeasible to operate.
The land was annexed into the Austin city limits on July 19, 1973.
Reichhold's parent company, DIC Corporation, sold the land to the City of Austin in 1995 for $1.4 million, with the city planning on using it as the Austin Water North Service Center. However, during construction of the facility in 2003, an explosion occurred, with workers finding illegally stored chemical waste on the site. Remediation was undertaken, stripping the site down to bedrock. The city sued DIC, and received $3.6 million.
When Precourt Sports Ventures, operator of Columbus Crew SC, announced they were intending to move the team to Austin, city staff identified eight potential sites for a permanent stadium. 10414 McKalla Place was identified as one of those eight sites, and following some public debate, became the prime candidate following the Austin City Council meeting on March 22, 2018. After several sessions, the Austin City Council granted the City Manager the authority to negotiate and execute a lease with the 7–4 vote during a special session on August 15, 2018. The city announced that the lease had been completed and signed on December 19, 2018.
The 20-year lease of the site includes yearly rent of $550,000 beginning in year six, with an additional $3.6 million being given to CapMetro for transit. The stadium would be fully financed and built with private money, though stadium ownership would be held by the city itself. The club has the ability to extend the lease up to three times, with each extension being ten years.
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