TQL Stadium

TQL Stadium

View of the pitch from the northeast corner
Former names	West End Stadium
Address	1501 Central Parkway
Location	Cincinnati, Ohio
Coordinates	39°06′41″N 84°31′20″W / 39.11139°N 84.52222°W / 39.11139; -84.52222
Public transit	Connector Metro Red Bike
Owner	Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority[1]
Operator	FC Cincinnati
Type	Soccer-specific stadium
Executive suites	54[3]
Capacity	25,513[2]
Surface	Hybrid grass
Construction
Broke ground	December 18, 2018
Opened	May 16, 2021
Construction cost	$250 million
Architect	Populous
Builder	Turner Construction
Project manager	Machete Group
Structural engineer	Buro Happold & Julie Cromwell Associates
Tenants
FC Cincinnati (MLS) (2021–present)
Website
tqlstadium.com

TQL Stadium is a soccer-specific stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. It is the home of FC Cincinnati, a Major League Soccer (MLS) team that has played there since the stadium opened on May 16, 2021. The stadium holds approximately 26,000 spectators and is located in the West End neighborhood, at the former site of Stargel Stadium on Central Parkway at Wade Street. It has a hybrid grass surface. During construction, it was also known as the West End Stadium.

The stadium was proposed in 2016, as part of the team's bid for an MLS expansion franchise, to replace their temporary arrangement at Nippert Stadium. A list of sites was submitted with the bid in January 2017 and later narrowed to three candidates: in Oakley, the West End, and Newport, Kentucky. The West End site was chosen in early 2018 and approved in April through a land swap deal with Cincinnati Public Schools. On May 29, 2018, MLS announced that Cincinnati had won an expansion team, to begin play in 2019 at Nippert Stadium. A groundbreaking ceremony was held on December 18, 2018, and the stadium officially opened for the 2021 season at a total cost of $250 million.