Phoenix Rising Soccer Stadium is a

soccer-specific stadium Soccer-specific stadium is a term used mainly in the United States and Canada to refer to a sports stadium either purpose-built or fundamentally redesigned for soccer and whose primary function is to host soccer matches, as opposed to a multi- ...

Phoenix, Arizona Phoenix ( ; nv, Hoozdo; es, Fénix or , yuf-x-wal, Banyà:nyuwá) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona, with 1,608,139 residents as of 2020. It is the fifth-most populous city in the United States, and the on ...

. It is the home of

Phoenix Rising FC Phoenix Rising Football Club is an American professional soccer team based in Phoenix, Arizona. Founded in 2014 as Arizona United Soccer Club, the team is a member of the USL Championship. History On March 13, 2014, Kyle Eng, owner of an advert ...

of the

USL Championship The USL Championship (USLC) is a professional men's soccer league in the United States that began its inaugural season in 2011. The USL is sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation (U.S. Soccer) as a Division II league since 2017, p ...

. The stadium was completed on April 1, 2023. The stadium replaces Phoenix Rising's previous home, built on land in the

Gila River Indian Community The Gila River Indian Community (GRIC) (O'odham language: Keli Akimel Oʼotham, ''meaning "Gila River People"'', Maricopa language: Pee-Posh) is an Indian reservation in the U.S. state of Arizona, lying adjacent to the south side of the city of ...

near I-10 and

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History

After the 2022 season, Rising FC signed a lease agreement with the City of Phoenix to build the stadium (which is modular in design) to an area north of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. The club's previous home, Phoenix Rising Soccer Complex at Wild Horse Pass, is located inside the

near Chandler, and the tribal government at the time did not allow fans to place wagers on site, not even on mobile apps, due to sports-betting restrictions on its land. The first game at the new stadium was played on April 1, 2023 against San Diego Loyal SC. It drew a club record 10,427 fans.

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