AlumniFi Field Breaks Ground as Future Home of Detroit City FC

Construction has begun on AlumniFi Field, the future home of Detroit City FC in Detroit, Michigan. Thornton Tomasetti is providing structural engineering services for the 15,000-seat soccer stadium, designed by HOK and being built by Barton Malow on the site of the former Southwest Detroit Hospital. 

When it opens in 2028, AlumniFi Field will become Detroit's first soccer-specific stadium and Michigan's only privately owned major sports venue. The stadium will feature a natural grass pitch, three permanent grandstands with canopies, and will be capable of supporting other sports events, concerts, and community programs. 

The stadium is part of a broader mixed-use development that includes a 421-space parking garage, a 104-unit residential building with 76 affordable housing units, and public spaces designed to reconnect the surrounding neighborhood. The site's history will be woven throughout the district through public art, historical markers, and storytelling elements.

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