Hearts of Pine to Build $50M Stadium in Portland, Maine
The Portland (Maine) Hearts of Pine are looking to move, with plans calling for swapping a view of the highway for a view of the waterway.
The Maine men’s professional soccer club on Tuesday will reveal plans to build a new home stadium in Portland’s West End, with a goal of starting construction in late 2027 and moving from its current home at Fitzpatrick Stadium in 2029. The stadium will also be the home of the Hearts of Pine’s women’s team, which will start play in May 2027.
The new stadium will be located at Cassidy Point at the site of the Sprague Energy terminal, and will seat between 9,000 and 11,000 people and cost around $50 million to build, according to Hearts of Pine senior manager of communications Lisa Frates. Frates said the stadium will be “predominantly” privately funded.
Clearwater Eyes $180M Sports Complex
Clearwater could trade fairways for football fields, pickleball courts and tournament crowds under a $180 million proposal that would transform the city’s municipal golf course into one of Tampa Bay’s largest sports tourism destinations.
The proposal, submitted by Sunshine Recreational and Development LLC, would redevelop the 77-acre Landings Golf Course near Clearwater Airpark into The Landings Sports & Entertainment District.
Jefferson Wants to Build $75M Natatorium
Summertime means a lot of travel for Head Coach Kier Braendel.
That’s when long course season takes place, where her swimmers at the South Louisiana Swim Team compete in Olympic-sized swimming pools from March until July in races that often require more endurance and fewer turns.
While the swimmers are able to practice at Crescent City Christian School in Metairie, the meets are always at least an hour away and they sometimes lack seating, leaving parents to set up folding chairs along the pool’s hot and humid edges for competitions lasting up to four days.
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