Kansas Citians will start to see vertical progress at new Kansas City Current stadium

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Development for the Kansas Metropolis Present stadium, the primary stadium on this planet constructed for a girls’s skilled sports activities group, went vertical on Tuesday morning.

KC Present president Allison Howard, co-founder and co-owner of the KC Present Chris Lengthy and others gathered on the website Tuesday morning to observe development employees start the method of the metal erection, concrete retaining partitions, bench framework, west pitch entry, concrete stairs and premium seating basis.

“I believe for us, to be the primary of its variety is an actual badge of honor,” Howard mentioned. “We all know there are eyeballs everywhere in the world which might be watching us, and we do this with satisfaction. I’ve mentioned from the start, as quickly as I joined this membership, that we had been going to be that membership that actually opens up the blueprints for everyone else to comply with as a result of we is likely to be the primary. We definitely do not wish to be the final. In 5 extra years I hope there’s 50 totally different coaching facilities and totally different stadiums which might be constructed particularly with girls’s sports activities groups because the anchor.”

JE Dunn Development vice chairman David Younger mentioned development for the stadium is on schedule.

“Residence opener in 2024 will probably be right here on the Berkley Riverfront” Lengthy mentioned. “I assure you we’re going to have one of many greatest events and celebrations for that house match.”

Beginning Tuesday afternoon, the KC Present, in partnership with JE Dunn and Monarch Construct, will stream a stay development digicam that followers can watch on KCCurrentStadium.com to see the stadium’s progress.

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