LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville City FC is continuing to build off the momentum from an overwhelmingly successful inaugural season. Wednesday, the City of Louisville announced it hired a consulting team to look into where a soccer specific stadium should be constructed. Today, Louisville City president Amanda Duffy spoke to Jason Davis of World Soccer Talk on the web live show, Soccer Morning, to discuss the new developments on and the long-term goals for Lou City.
“The city has been working the past several months to evaluate and bring in a company to do exactly what’s been announced,” Duffy told Soccer Morning. “They are evaluating some site options and look at some feasibility studies on the financing part of this also to bring a soccer specific stadium to Louisville. For them to bring in a quality company such as CSNL into Louisville to jump start this project and evaluation of these sites is big for Louisville City.”
Davis acknowledged Louisville City’s 2015 accomplishments of having the second highest number of season tickets sold, and second highest average attendance. It’s something Duffy says the team is using to build on to be part of Major League Soccer’s expansion.
“We know where we were in year one, we have to build off of that,” Duffy said. “We know we have boxes that we have to check to be a part of the conversation for Major League Soccer. Part of that is attendance, our corporate partnerships, and the general engagement with the fans.”
The Soccer Morning host went on to mention Louisville’s on-field success with a second place overall finish, and an Eastern Conference final appearance, but also asked Duffy how the City of Louisville will respond to a second-year, after the newness factor has worn off.
“We feel like its a benefit to us to be in a city that’s a growing city,” Duffy said. “It’s a city and a a community that’s talked about having a major league sport for many years and understanding that this is right now the best opportunity for bringing a major league sport to Louisville. We want to maximize and capitalize on the opportunity that we have.
“It was exciting when MLS announced they will be expanding to 28 teams in the next few years, and we’re in position after our first year with the success we’ve had from an attendance standpoint on the field. We feel like we have some pieces in place.”
Duffy mentioned throughout the course of the interview that it’s important for the club to continue to operate on an MLS level. The full interview is available on YouTube at this link HERE.
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