Chicago Fire FC Breaks Ground on New Stadium

MLS franchise Chicago Fire is advancing with their plans for their own, soccer-first, stadium. After moving back to Soldier Field in 2020, the club has now broken ground on a new facility in the South Loop of Chicago.

The Fire’s new home could become the city’s first new stadium in over 30 years.  From 2006 to 2019, they played at SeatGeek Stadium (known as Toyota Park until 2018) before returning to Soldier Field in 2020, where they have been playing ever since. Various renovation plans for the stadium have been in place for years, but their implementation remained up in the air. Ideas included a roof for the stadium, transforming it into a dome, or, as the Chicago Bears had proposed in 2024, tearing down the venerable venue and replacing it with a modern new building. First renderings for this had also been revealed. The Chicago Fire announced their own stadium plans in the beginning of June 2025, two weeks later, the initial plans were presented to the public and concept images published. On March 2, 2026, the major project celebrated its construction start.