Port St. Lucie Approves Plans for 6K-Seat Soccer Stadium
The Port St. Lucie City Council approved the site plan for a 6,000-seat stadium at the "Walton and One" development area, marking a big step forward for professional soccer on the Treasure Coast.
The stadium will be the home of the "Port St. Lucie Sports Club" starting in 2028. The team is slated to begin play in the United Soccer League in March 2027.
The stadium carries a price tag of somewhere between $50 and $80 million.
Dakota State Breaks Ground on New Athletics Center
Dakota State University celebrated another major milestone in transforming its athletics facilities recently with a groundbreaking ceremony for an indoor athletics facility, a project that will provide year-round training and competition opportunities for Trojan student-athletes and serve the greater Madison community.
University leaders, donors, coaches, student-athletes and community members gathered at the construction site adjacent to Dan Beacom Track & Field to mark the start of construction.
Proposed Portland Hearts Stadium Draws Concern
The proposed Portland Hearts of Pine stadium at Cassidy Point is making its way through the city's planning process. Included in that is the city rezoning an area of Cassidy Point. The site has long been used to store coal and is currently closed to the public.
The club said the project would remove the coal storage operation, create new public waterfront and recreational areas, and preserve marine industrial activity at the property's 600-foot pier. The pier is not included in the proposed stadium footprint and would remain zoned for marine uses. But it is the part that would be rezoned that is causing some concern.
"Yeah, we love soccer and would love to have a stadium there, but it does not have to be on the water," said Jack Humeniuk, an opponent of the project.
Humeniuk has worked as a longshoreman for decades, and said Maine needs all the working waterfront space it can get. He also cites state funding that has been invested into Cassidy Point, and believes the site should be kept to expand cargo storage or potentially bring in new business.
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