Precourt Sports Ventures released Tuesday morning a site plan for a proposed Major League Soccer stadium at McKalla Place in North Austin intended to have a park-like feel.
"We want this to resemble a traditional English soccer grounds," PSV President Dave Greeley told the American-Statesman at a community engagement meeting last week. "We intend to have trails, a lot of trees and green space, an area people can use."
A conceptual plan for a possible Major League Stadium at city-owned property near McKalla Place in North Austin features 1,000 parking spaces, a bicycle valet, music and performance space and a potential light rail station. (Courtesy of Gensler)
The Precourt group, which showed City Council members the site plan before publicly announcing it, intends to have a stadium proposal for the 24-acre, city-owned property in the next two weeks. The city staff is working on a full vetting of McKalla Place, and that report is due by June 1.
PSV officials have said they want to some kind of agreement with the city before council takes its summer break in July.
The site plan includes 1,000 parking places for cars and 500 for bikes. Greeley has told the Statesman there are approximately 10,000 spaces within a 20-minute walk.
The plan shows three entry points: from Burnet Road, Braker Lane and McKalla Place. Right now only McKalla Place offers access to the site, so entries from Burnet and Braker would have to be created.
A canopy covers the entire seating bowl, which Greeley has said "is very expensive, but we need it with the heat down here."
Just to the east of the stadium is an area marked as "music and performance space."
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