List of Major League Soccer stadiums

Major League Soccer (MLS) is the premier professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. The league has 30 teams in 30 stadiums as of the 2025 season: 27 in the United States and 3 in Canada. At the time of the league's inauguration in 1996, MLS teams used multi-purpose stadiums, often shared with National Football League (NFL) or college football teams. Because of lower attendance, these stadiums had rows of seats covered in tarps to limit capacity. Starting in 1999 with the Columbus Crew's construction of Historic Crew Stadium, the league has constructed soccer-specific stadiums, which are tailor-made for soccer and which tend to have smaller capacity. As of 2025, 22 of 30 MLS stadiums are soccer-specific stadiums, which generally have a capacity of 18,000 to 30,000 seats.[1] While the league's early stadiums relied heavily on public financing, several modern soccer-specific stadiums have been majority-funded by clubs and their owners.[2]

The league's soccer-specific stadiums, with the exception of Providence Park in Portland, Oregon, have grass playing surfaces. The remaining stadiums with artificial turf surfaces are mostly used by teams sharing their venues with other sports, including American football.[3] Pitch sizes range from a width of 70 yards (64 m) used by New York City FC at Yankee Stadium and the Houston Dynamo at Shell Energy Stadium, to 80 yards (73 m) used by the LA Galaxy at Dignity Health Sports Park.[4]

As with the other major North American sports leagues, the majority of MLS stadiums have sold their naming rights to corporations. BC Place, Soldier Field, Sporting Park, and Yankee Stadium are the only current MLS stadiums without a corporate-sponsored name.

Current stadiums

The following is a list of current primary MLS stadiums.

Soccer-specific stadium
Reduced capacity
(full capacity)
‡ Stadiums with a retractable roof

Future stadiums

The following is a table of future MLS stadiums that are undergoing construction, have been approved for construction, or are existing venues that are planned to be used by a future team.

Vancouver Whitecaps FC are exploring the possibility of building a new stadium at the Hastings Racecourse.[46][47]

Seattle Sounders FC are exploring the possibility of building a new stadium near the team’s practice facility in Renton after their lease expires at Lumen Field.[48][49]

FC Dallas are currently renovating Toyota Stadium, with the increased capacity going up to 22,500 when it fully opens in 2028.[50]

Soccer-specific stadium
Reduced capacity
(full capacity)
‡ Stadiums with a retractable roof
Stadium Team Location Capacity Construction
begin
Planned
opening
Surface Roof type Soccer specific Ref(s)
Etihad Park New York City FC Queens, New York 25,000 2024 2027 Grass Open Yes [51]
New Chicago Fire Stadium Chicago Fire FC Chicago, Illinois 22,000 2026 2028 Grass Open Yes [52]
Future New England Revolution Stadium New England Revolution Everett, Massachusetts 24,000 2026 or 2027 TBD Grass Open Yes [53][54]

Former stadiums

The following is a list of former MLS stadiums.

Soccer-specific stadium
Reduced capacity
(full capacity)
Image Stadium Franchise(s) Location Used for MLS Capacity Opened Surface Ref(s)
GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium Kansas City Wizards Kansas City, Missouri 1996–2007, 2024 20,269
(79,451)[note 2]
1972 Grass
Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field Atlanta United FC Atlanta, Georgia 2017 55,000 1913 Grass
Buck Shaw Stadium San Jose Earthquakes Santa Clara, California 2008–2014 10,525 1962 Grass [55]
Camping World Stadium Orlando City SC Orlando, Florida 2015–2016 19,500
(65,438)
1936 AstroTurf [56]
Cardinal Stadium Chicago Fire Naperville, Illinois 2002–2003 15,000 1999 FieldTurf
Chase Stadium Inter Miami CF Fort Lauderdale, Florida 2020–2025 21,5000 2020 Grass
CommunityAmerica Ballpark Kansas City Wizards Kansas City, Kansas 2008–2010 10,385 2003 Grass
Cotton Bowl Dallas Burn Dallas, Texas 1996–2002, 2004–2005 25,425
(92,100)
1932 Grass
Dragon Stadium Dallas Burn Southlake, Texas 2003 11,000 2001
Empire Field Vancouver Whitecaps FC Vancouver, British Columbua 2011 20,500 2010 FieldTurf [57]
Foxboro Stadium New England Revolution Foxborough, Massachusetts 1996–2001 24,871
(60,292)
1971 Grass
Giants Stadium New York Red Bulls
NY/NJ MetroStars
East Rutherford, New Jersey 1996–2009 25,576
(78,148)
1976 Grass; AstroTurf; FieldTurf
Historic Crew Stadium Columbus Crew Columbus, Ohio 1999–2021 19,968 1999 Grass [58][59]
Invesco Field at Mile High Colorado Rapids Denver, Colorado 2002–2006 17,500
(76,125)
2001 Grass
Mile High Stadium Colorado Rapids Denver, Colorado 1996–2001 17,500
(76,273)
1948 Grass
Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium D.C. United Annapolis, Maryland 2018 34,000 1959 FieldTurf [60]
Nippert Stadium FC Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio 2019–2021 32,250
(40,000)
1915 Act Global UBU Sports Speed M6-M [61]
Nissan Stadium Nashville SC Nashville, Tennessee 2020–2021 N/A
(69,143)
1999 Grass
Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum San Jose Earthquakes Oakland, California 2008–2009 47,416
(63,132)
1966 Grass [55]
Ohio Stadium Columbus Crew Columbus, Ohio 1996–1998 25,243
(104,944)
1922 Grass [62][63][64]
RFK Stadium D.C. United Washington, D.C. 1996–2017 20,000
(45,596)
1961 Grass [65]
Rice–Eccles Stadium Real Salt Lake Salt Lake City, Utah 2005–2008 24,521
(45,634)
1927 FieldTurf
Robertson Stadium Houston Dynamo Houston, Texas 2006–2011 25,462
(32,000)
1941 Grass
Rose Bowl Los Angeles Galaxy Pasadena, California 1996–2002, 2023-2024 26,000
82,110
(104,091)
1922 Grass
SeatGeek Stadium Chicago Fire Bridgeview, Illinois 2006–2019 20,000 2006 Grass [66]
Spartan Stadium San Jose Earthquakes San Jose, California 1996–2005 19,166
(31,218)
1933 Grass [55]
TCF Bank Stadium Minnesota United FC Minneapolis, Minnesota 2017–2018 21,895
(50,805)
2009 FieldTurf

Defunct teams

Soccer-specific stadium
Reduced capacity
(full capacity)
Image Stadium Team(s) Location Used for MLS Capacity Opened Surface Field dimensions Ref(s)
Houlihan's Stadium Tampa Bay Mutiny Tampa, Florida 1996–1998 16,000
(65,857)
1967 Grass unknown
Lockhart Stadium Miami Fusion Fort Lauderdale, Florida 1998–2002 20,450 1959 Grass 116 by 75 yards (106 m × 69 m)
Miami Orange Bowl Miami Fusion Miami, Florida 2000–2001 23,739
(74,476)
1937 Natural Grass [67]
Raymond James Stadium Tampa Bay Mutiny Tampa, Florida 1999–2002 32,000
(65,857)
1998 Grass 115 by 72 yards (105 m × 66 m)
Dignity Health Sports Park Chivas USA Carson, California 2005–2014 (Chivas USA) 18,800
(27,000)
2003 Grass 120 by 75 yards (110 m × 69 m) [16]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Temporary capacity for first half of 2026 MLS season and World Cup games: 25,000
  2. ^ For most of the Wizards' history at Arrowhead, the team did not sell tickets in most of the stadium. At different times, either one side of the stadium or the upper seating bowl was tarped off.

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