Frisco City Council approves $182M for Toyota Stadium improvements
FRISCO, Texas - Frisco city leaders approved plans to upgrade Toyota Stadium on Tuesday evening.
The Hunt Sports Group asked the city to help pay for $182 million in improvements.
The plans call for the home of FC Dallas to get more luxury suites, club spaces, and a new broadcast booth.
It would also add a fabric canopy over the east and west side seating areas, as well as much of the north end zone.
Hunt also wants to take some of the parking lot for a new mixed-use development that will include a hotel, apartments, retail, and restaurant space.
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With Tuesday night's city council approval, construction could begin as soon as January and is expected to be completed by August 2027.
The stadium opened in 2005 and currently holds about 20,500 people. The reconstruction will add over 3,400 seats.
Frisco ISD also hosts its high school football games there.
Proposed Stadium Capital Improvements
- Upgraded club spaces and seating
- Luxury Suites
- New broadcast booths, press box area
- New food service commissaries and kitchens
- Reconstructed concourse structures
- New restrooms, concessions, retail outlets
- New LED sports lighting system
- Major audio/visual upgrades
- Fabric canopy over east and west side seating areas, as well as the majority of the north end
Proposed Mix Use Improvements
- 1.2 million square feet of Class A office space. o 200 room full-service, upscale hotel (180,000 square feet).
- 200 dwelling unit Multifamily high-rise building with retail/restaurant space at the ground floor (300,000 square feet).
- 30,000 square feet of retail/restaurant space that may be freestanding or be situated within the ground floor of the hotel and/or multifamily high-rise building.
- Parking structures providing shared parking for event attendees and mixed use district tenants, assuring stadium and mixed use improvement compliance with all city parking requirements.
- Complimentary civic spaces and urban streetscape.