As the Women's World Cup shines a global spotlight on women's soccer, Kansas City, Missouri, is paying more permanent tribute to the sport. The first stadium in the world built for a women's professional sports team is under construction there.
Artists rendering of the coming 1st stadium built for professional women's soccer team going up in Kansas CityAs the Women's World Cup shines a global spotlight on women's soccer, Kansas City, Missouri, is paying more permanent tribute to the sport. The first stadium in the world built for a women's professional sports team is under construction there.
One reason the stadium is happening there is that Brittany Mahomes, a founding partner of the KC Current, and local hero husband Patrick Mahomes, MVP quarterback for the Super Bowl Champion Kansas City Chiefs, are among the team's co-owners and financial backers of the project. They join a growing list of celebrities investing in and drawing attention to women's soccer.
"The idea that you're going to a game and the owners are not these unknown old guys sitting somewhere in a box, but they're people that you're watching on TV or in a movie theater, I think that is a wonderful development," Brennan said. "It is now cool and fashionable to be around women's sports." Other cities apparently share Lucas' vision. According to Dani Welniak, Kansas City Current Vice President for Communications, the project has spurred national and international interest."I can't tell you how much feedback we get from not only Kansas City fans, but people across the globe who want to know how we're doing this, who want to bring a team to another state or even build upon the women's teams that they have overseas," Welniak told ABC News.
"As a business leader, you take one look at the numbers of the Women's World Cup, you look at the untapped potential of women's sports," Brennan said. "And if you're a businessperson, you go, 'That is the market I want to get into. We've maxed out on the men.'"
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