Featured Columnist IVSeptember 4, 2024
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Inter Miami CF is coming to, nicely, Miami in 2026.
The MLS membership, which presently performs at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, introduced Wednesday that it’s going to transfer to Miami Freedom Park within the metropolis beginning with the 2026 season:
Inter Miami CF @InterMiamiCF
We’re coming residence 🏠 Miami Freedom Park 2026 pic.twitter.com/1haJN0tBPW
Miami Freedom Park @miafreedompark
Our new residence 😍🏠 Be a part of the dream and place your deposit for our 2026 season now:https://t.co/LXKUaK4llR pic.twitter.com/ciQDXmkDp3
Michelle Kaufman of the Miami Herald famous the membership’s possession, which incorporates soccer legend David Beckham, has been working towards securing a everlasting stadium in Miami since its inaugural season in 2020.
“After years of dreaming, it’s so thrilling to be sharing that in 2026 Inter Miami can be transferring to its long-term residence at Miami Freedom Park,” Beckham stated. “Miami Freedom Park is the end result of years of onerous work and a want to comprehend a imaginative and prescient and create an enduring legacy for the followers and the group of Miami and South Florida. I am so pleased to see that dream lastly coming to life.”
The 26,700-seat stadium can be half of a bigger improvement that can characteristic a public park, leisure venues, eating places and resorts. The 2026 opening date can also be absolutely not a coincidence, because it matches up with the USA being one of many hosts for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Inter Miami is among the headline groups within the MLS largely due to the presence of arguably the best soccer participant of all time in Lionel Messi. They’re in first place within the MLS standings this season and can look so as to add an MLS Cup to their trophy case that features final season’s Leagues Cup title.
It stays to be seen whether or not the 37-year-old Messi will nonetheless be suiting up for Inter Miami when the brand new stadium opens in 2026, however he has stored the group within the highlight and absolutely performed a consider possession having the ability to safe its desired location.
For now, the membership is targeted on pursuing a title this season and can return to the sphere Saturday to tackle the Philadelphia Union.
