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Detroit City FC Buys More Land for New Stadium Project

Jun 2, 2025 | 1:02 PM

Photo: Troy Taormina ~ USA TODAY NETWORK

DETROIT, June 2, 2025 ~ The Detroit City Football Club has purchased more land in Detroit‘s Corktown neighborhood for its stadium project, aiming to be finished by 2027.

The Detroit Land Bank Authority board signed the sale of nine parcels of land for over $538,000 to build the new 15,000-seat stadium, according to a report from Crain’s Detroit Business. The new studio will double the number of seats at the club’s current home of Keyworth Stadium in Hamtramck.

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June 2, 2025 ~ Detroit cityscape is continuing to expand with a pair of luxury hotels and a new Detroit City FC stadium. Crain’s Detroit Business senior reporter Kirk Pinho talks with Chris Renwick and Jamie Edmonds about the hotel addition to Michigan Central Station and updates to the stadium project on the site of the Southwest Detroit Hospital.

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