Having bought the site in March 2024,[1] Detroit City FC announced on May 16, 2024, that they had purchased the land the abandoned Southwest Detroit Hospital site in Corktown, located in southwest Detroit, with intentions to build a 15,000 seat soccer-specific stadium.[2] A project estimated to cost around $150 million,[3] the development has additions to the site includes mixed-use development that includes housing, commercial space, and a parking garage.[4][5] The team named in July architects HOK to help design the stadium, with the architect firm having worked on previous soccer stadiums like Lynn Family Stadium and Energizer Park.[6]
The city council of Detroit approved $6.9 million of public funds in April 2025 to be allocated to the aid in the $7.5 million cost expected to fully demolish the abandoned hospital site.[7] Work on the site began in May, with over two million gallons of water having to be pumped out of the basement of the stadium.[8] Actual construction on the site was delayed from the planned start of July, in part of the club having found a body inside the basement during the drainage process.[9]
