The future

Chicago Fire FC Chicago Fire Football Club is an American professional association football, soccer club based in Chicago. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference (MLS), Eastern Conference. The Fire play their hom ...

stadium in

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will be built at

The 78 The 78 is a plot of land in Chicago from Roosevelt Road south to 16th Street and Clark Street west to the Chicago River that is not developed as of June 2025. The plot of land gained its name from a proposal in 2018, not built, that consisted ...

, a plot of land in Chicago from Roosevelt Road south to 16th Street and Clark Street west to the

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Background

On June 3, 2025, Fire FC owner

Joe Mansueto Joseph Daniel Mansueto (born September 3, 1956) is an American billionaire entrepreneur; the founder, majority owner and executive chairman of Morningstar, Inc. He is also the owner of Major League Soccer club Chicago Fire FC and Swiss Super Leag ...

announced plans for a new, privately funded,

soccer-specific stadium A soccer-specific stadium, mainly in the United States and Canada, is a sports stadium either purpose-built or fundamentally redesigned for soccer and whose primary function is to host soccer matches, as opposed to a multi-purpose stadium whic ...

and entertainment district located along the Chicago River just south of Roosevelt Road. The stadium will be the anchor tenant of

– a mixed-use development that will eventually include restaurants, retail, office space, and residential buildings, along with green space and an extension of the

Chicago Riverwalk The Chicago Riverwalk is a multi-use public open space located on the south bank of the main branch of the Chicago River in Chicago, extending from Lake Michigan and the Outer Drive Bridge westward to the Wolf Point area and Lake Street. The ...

. The planned seating capacity for the stadium will be approximately 22,000 for Fire matches, with an increased capacity for concerts and other events. While the stadium is being built as a soccer-specific stadium, the facility will be designed with the idea of being a mixed-use facility to host year-round events. Mansueto said the stadium design will reflect Chicago, and will be evocative of Chicago history. The facade will be brick, reminiscent of the warehouses and manufacturing buildings in the city. The stadium will be designed by the architecture firm

Gensler Gensler is a global design and architecture firm headquartered in San Francisco, California. It is the largest architecture firm in the world by revenue and number of architects. In 2022, Gensler generated $1.785 billion in revenue, the most o ...

. Construction at The 78 is anticipated to start by the beginning of 2026 and the new stadium is expected to open in 2028.

Transit

The location of this stadium has access to nearby CTA Red, Orange, and Green ‘L’ trains within two blocks of the site, several CTA bus lines, including routes 12, 18, 24, 29, 62 and 146, and

Metra Metra is the primary commuter rail system in the Chicago metropolitan area serving the city of Chicago and its surrounding suburbs via the Union Pacific Railroad, BNSF Railway, and other railroads. The system operates 243 train station, stati ...

stops within walking distance including LaSalle Street and Museum Campus/11th Street. Additionally, the site will be accessible via water taxi.https://www.chicagofirefc.com/news/dear-chicago-a-letter-from-club-owner-joe-mansueto

References

External links

Official site
{{Major League Soccer stadiums Chicago Fire FC Proposed stadiums in the United States Major League Soccer stadiums