Funding for downtown Crew stadium being decided tonight

The financial fate of the new Crew SC soccer stadium, as well as Mapfre Stadium, will be determined at tonight’s Columbus City Council meeting.

City Council is set to vote on its share of a $295.4 million public-private development package to build a new Downtown soccer stadium. The vote will also include the revamp of Mapfre Stadium.

Officials have proposed moving Crew SC’s practice facility to Mapfre Stadium, and also using it for a shared-use center with an indoor soccer field, basketball court, and outdoor athletic fields. It would be rebranded to the Columbus Community Sports Park.

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“The city will contribute $50 million toward costs associated with the design and construction of the community sports park; public infrastructure improvements necessary to support the project and the mixed-use development; and other costs of the project, other than stadium costs,” the ordinance states, per The Columbus Dispatch.

Money from the city and other public contributions, including $45 million from Franklin County, will make up about half of the project’s cost. The team will finance the remainder of the project, reports The Columbus Dispatch.