Professional Soccer in Palm Beach County?

Soccer stadium at Palm Beach State college?

A SPORTS MANAGEMENT company wants to build a $50 million soccer stadium at Palm Beach State College for professional and collegiate teams, according to a proposal being considered by the college’s Board of Trustees.

Palm Beach Sports Management is pledging to construct of an 8,000-seat stadium on about 12 acres in the southeast corner of the campus off Sixth Avenue South just west of Lake Worth Beach.

The unsolicited proposal calls for the company to lease the land from the college for an initial term of 50 years, with two 25-year renewals, and build and operate soccer facilities on it. The construction budget is projected to be $50 million to $60 million, paid for with private money.

Palm Beach Sports Management owns franchise rights with the United Soccer League for both a men’s and a women’s professional soccer team in Palm Beach County. The PBSC stadium would be home to those teams, according to the proposal, which includes an exhibit titled “Palm Beach State College Partnership Presented by the United Soccer League.’’

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