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Preliminary Look at the Newest MLS Stadium: CITYPARK, Home of ST LOUIS CITY SC

March 3, 2023 Downtown, Featured, MLS Stadium, Planning & Design No Comments

Tomorrow, Saturday March 4, 2023 is the first league match at CITYPARK, in the Downtown West neighborhood of St. Louis — home to the 29th team in Major League Soccer (MLS). On August 20, 2019 MLS announced a St. Louis-based ownership group selected to become the 29th team in their league. Nearly three and a half years later here we are. I’ll leave the sports coverage to others, this has meant big changes to infrastructure, connectivity, etc.

CITYPARK on February 26, 2023, as seen from the St. Louis Wheel at Union Station.

For those unfamiliar we should go back and take a look at the before and during views.

February 2016 I posted a suggestion for the 22nd St Interchange hole north of Market Street be used for an MLS stadium, rather than near north that was threatened with a new NFL stadium. CITYPARK has a bigger footprint than I originally thought necessary, so it goes north one more block to Olive.
Looking down from Market to where the 22nd Parkway was to continue North, and tight ramp leading to 20th at Chestnut.

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September 2019 St. Louis Union Station opened The Wheel, a month after the MLS awarded St. Louis an expansion team. Nobody knew a pandemic was coming in six months.
Close up of above image
March 2021
Close up
February 2022. Before the pandemic this was supposed to be when the team joined the league. Sorry for the reflection.
And on Sunday February 26, 2023

I have more pictures from driving by, as well as some six months or so before my power wheelchair began having issues. Once my chair is fixed I’ll return and take an up close look. I’ll be watching this match on Apple TV+ both for action but also for how CITYPARK and St. Louis are presented to the world.

— Steve
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St. Louis urban planning, policy, and politics @ UrbanReviewSTL since October 31, 2004. For additional content please consider following on Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Threads, Bluesky, and/or X (Twitter).

 

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