MLS in Charlotte hits dead end on stadium site

If a Major League Soccer team comes to Charlotte, it won’t be playing at Memorial Stadium— or in a new stadium built on the county-owned land where Memorial Stadium is located. On Thursday, the city’s economic development committee unanimously voted to reject the county’s offer of the 16-acre site to be used for a soccer stadium. In January, Mecklenburg County commissioners approved $43.75 million to pay for 25% of a proposed 20,000-seat, $175 million MLS stadium to be built on the Memorial…

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