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In April 2013, the City of Orlando purchased downtown land for $8.2 million to be used towards the construction of a $110 million MLS soccer stadium. [20] However, in May, the Florida House of Representatives failed to vote on a bill that had passed the Senate that would have provided up to $30 million in state funds towards the stadium project.
Orlando City returned to the renovated Camping World Stadium for the 2015 season, their first season in Major League Soccer, while awaiting construction of their own soccer-specific stadium. In their first match, a 1–1 draw against fellow expansion team New York City FC on March 8, 2015, they drew a sellout crowd of 62,510, the largest ...
The Orlando City Council approved several operating agreements connected with the arena plans on May 22, 2007. [12] The City Council approved the plan officially, 6–1, on July 23. [ 13 ] The Venue plan received final approval by the Orange County Board of County Commissioners , 5–2, in late evening of July 26 after a long day of public ...
The 2024 Orlando City SC season was the club's 14th season of existence in Orlando and 10th season as a Major League Soccer franchise, the top-flight league in the United States soccer league system. Orlando also played in two other competitions: the Leagues Cup and the CONCACAF Champions Cup .
On March 5, 2017, Orlando City hosted New York City FC in the stadium's inaugural match to begin the 2017 season. Cyle Larin scored the first goal in stadium history as Orlando City won 1–0 in front of a sellout crowd of 25,550. [54] In 2017, Exploria Stadium became the first venue to host an MLS, NWSL, and USL team all in the same location. [55]
Orlando City SC sent forward Facundo Torres to Brazil's Palmeiras for a reported club-record $14 million transfer fee on Friday. The 24-year-old Uruguayan departs as the MLS franchise's all-time ...
Starting in 1999 with the Columbus Crew's construction of Historic Crew Stadium, the league has constructed soccer-specific stadiums which are tailor-made for soccer and which have smaller capacity. As of 2024 [update] , 22 of 29 MLS stadiums are soccer-specific stadiums, wich generally have a capacity of 18,000 to 30,000 seats. [ 1 ]
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