FC Dallas and the US Soccer Federation released new renderings and an updated construction timeline for the National Soccer Hall of Fame at Toyota Stadium on Wednesday, announcing that the entire museum is scheduled to be completed in the winter of 2018.
The Hall of Fame will feature a number of soccer-themed design elements, including a sculptural “scarf” installation that will drape above the museum’s main entrance.
It was also announced that the south end seating in Toyota Stadium – which has been closed since construction has begun on the Hall of Fame – will be in place this winter and that new locker rooms, the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup Hall of Fame club and terrace, roof structure, team store, box office and press conference areas will be completed next summer.
More highlights from the project are below, as detailed by FC Dallas:
- A 24,750 square-foot roof structure that will cover almost 3,000 premium seats
- Expanded, multiuse game day locker rooms featuring 200 lockers
- Two field-level player tunnels that allow teams to exit separately through fan areas
- The Lamar Hunt US Open Cup Bar – a club space with casual food and beverage options that overlooks the glass-enclosed press conference area and locker room exit tunnels
- Banquet space in the Hall of Fame club area which provides an elevated food and beverage experience that can accommodate seated events up to 700 guests
- 3,000 square-foot specialty store that will also offer soccer-specific merchandise
- 1,389 square feet of additional video boards, including two in-stadium boards, which will increase the Toyota Stadium video board footprint to approximately 7,512 square feet or slightly larger than two NBA-regulation basketball courts
All of the new renderings of the National Soccer Hall of Fame at Toyota Stadium can be found here.
