Major League Soccer's (MLS) Inter Miami have secured permission from city commissioners to build a soccer-specific stadium in Fort Lauderdale, reports, www.sportspromedia.com/.
The motion was unanimously approved on 9th July for the City of Fort Lauderdale to enter into a comprehensive agreement with David Beckham's MLS project for the development of the Lockhart Stadium site.
Inter Miami, which will join the league in 2020, plans to invest up to US$60 million to construct a state-of-the-art, 18,000-seat stadium at the site of the now demolished Lockhart Stadium.
The venue will temporarily house the MLS franchise for two seasons while the club looks to construct a permanent stadium in Miami on a 73-acre site near Melreese golf course. Once Inter Miami move to their purpose built venue the Fort Lauderdale stadium will house an affiliate team in USL League One as well as the parent club's training facility and academy programmes.
Construction at the Lockhart site will begin once the Federal Aviation Administration approves the process due to the site's proximity to Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, with ground breaking scheduled for mid-September, leaving just five months to finish construction in time for the start of the 2020 MLS season.
