ROSWELL, Ga. — New girls and boys soccer teams could soon be coming to North Fulton.
The City of Roswell and the United Soccer League announced they have reached an agreement to explore the construction of a soccer stadium and entertainment district.
The stadium could potentially support a USL Super League women's soccer team and a USL Championship professional men's soccer team. City and USL officials are expected to reveal details at a news conference Tuesday at 2 p.m.
“The City of Roswell is excited to enter into exclusive negotiations with USL with the potential to bring professional men's and women's soccer to Roswell,” said Mayor Curt Wilson.
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“This is an unprecedented opportunity for our city. We are still at the beginning of the process and many details need to be finalized, but we look forward to exploring possibilities with USL.” “A new entertainment district, multipurpose stadium and home to two professional soccer teams will be a major economic driver and point of pride for the city of Roswell,” he added.
The site for the proposed stadium and entertainment district has not yet been determined. If approved, the stadium would seat at least 10,000 people and USL would be the anchor tenant, officials said.
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This isn't the only major soccer development underway in metro Atlanta.
channel 2 action news In December, we reported that U.S. Soccer was moving its headquarters from Chicago to Fayette County.
U.S. Soccer President Cindy Parlow Cohn said at a press conference in February that Atlanta United's success and the diversity of the region were good reasons for choosing metro Atlanta.
“Those two things combined make me feel like Atlanta is on track and so is U.S. Soccer. So we're fulfilling not only where we are, but where we're going. We wanted to be in the city, and we feel like Atlanta is going to continue on this trajectory of excellence, and we want to be part of that.”
U.S. Soccer CEO JT Batson said the federation is making progress on its headquarters relocation plans and will share groundbreaking plans soon.
“We all want to open the facility as quickly as possible,” Batson said. “We're actually starting to move to Atlanta right now. Our first employees are starting the transition. Our new employees are coming here. We recently heard that we hired… Some big names are coming to Atlanta.”
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