The Chicago Red Stars are seeking alternative solutions for their Sept. 21 match against San Diego Wave FC due to RiotFest taking place at SeatGeek Stadium the same weekend. The club's lease at SeatGeek ends in 2025, prompting a search for new venues. The team's stadium situation highlights broader issues in the NWSL where few teams control their own venues. Red Stars ownership has expressed the need for a stadium subsidy, advocating for a move to Soldier Field or another existing facility to avoid being used as a cover for Bears' financial interests.
And the plot thickens. The Red Stars' lease at SeatGeek ends at the end of 2025, and they've been transparent that they are looking for other options, interim and long-term. Exiting tenants vs. village officials left with an empty stadium are underlying dynamics here, no doubt. https://t.co/XoIphGzi0T
From a undisclosed source…here is most of the “we need a stadium subsidy too” Red Stars ownership ran during their Wrigley game. Economically debatable but better PR than Bears flacks have done… https://t.co/DSKt5z9tFC https://t.co/0XRDClnbZE
The Chicago Red Stars need a solution for their Sept. 21 home game after a music festival moved to SeatGeek Stadium the same weekend. The problem underscores the team's untenable stadium setup and the wider #NWSL issue: few teams control their venues. https://t.co/eV7zgb6JU1
The “stadium funding conversation in Springfield has been months of the people who’d have to vote for it going “No, no, no and definitely not” to people asking for $$. So let’s get the Red Stars into Soldier Field or another existing facility and not let Bears use them as $ cover https://t.co/0XRDClnbZE
Things like this are part of the reason the Red Stars want to be part of the stadium funding conversation in Springfield. https://t.co/qem5BKJoa7 https://t.co/l18U5Zr8ai
Statement from @chicagoredstars club President Karen Leetzow. Confirms RiotFest announcement is forcing club to seek other solutions for Sept. 21 match against @sandiegowavefc. RiotFest to take place at SeatGeek Sept. 20-22. Club just set #NWSL attendance record at Wrigley Field https://t.co/q2PAdL26wi