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Collinsville Soccer Complex

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165:(AC St. Louis), the ownership group that had spearheaded the professional soccer effort in St. Louis; although the city of Collinsville had approved of the plans, construction was not approved until a MLS team was guaranteed. Also, there were several homeowners who had not yet sold their property. As such, 196:
Eventually St. Louis was awarded a Major League Soccer team but to a different ownership in a different location. On August 20, 2019, Major League Soccer announced it had approved St. Louis as the league's 28th franchise and
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All plans to begin construction had been in place, and the city of Collinsville had approved the project. Construction never began because MLS never awarded a franchise to
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The proposed stadium location was roughly ten minutes away from downtown
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is expected to join in the 2023 season. The ownership is led by the
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that would have been the home stadium for professional
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Index

I-255
Collinsville, Illinois
AC St. Louis
Capacity
Saint Louis Athletica
WPS
MLS
soccer
Collinsville, Illinois
soccer-specific stadium
soccer
MLS
WPS
St. Louis area
FIFA
artificial turf
mixed-use development
St. Louis
I-255
I-70
I-55
St. Louis Soccer United
Saint Louis Athletica
the league's first season in 2009
Ralph Korte Stadium
Edwardsville, Illinois
Mississippi River
Anheuser-Busch Center
Fenton, Missouri
St. Louis City SC

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