32-874: Rochester Community Sports Complex Stadium , also called the "downtown soccer stadium", is a soccer-specific stadium in Rochester, New York within the Rochester Community Sports Complex. It is home to the Flower City Union of the National Premier Soccer League . Previously to the Flower City Union, the stadium was home in 2018 to the Rochester Lancers and Lady Lancers of the NPSL and UWS , respectively. The stadium originally hosted
64-619: A capacity crowd of 13,768 fans and ended in a 2–2 draw against the Virginia Beach Mariners . On August 22, 2018, it was announced that the Rhinos, then on a 1-year hiatus from the United Soccer League, would be leaving Marina Auto Stadium to pursue building a new stadium in the suburbs of Rochester. In 2021, the city of Rochester added new facilities on the property that includes the stadium, by adding an indoor training facility to
96-630: A corporate partnership with the Wilmington Hammerheads, a United Soccer League PRO team, at the time, that has since rebranded to USL Championship . As of 2021, Capelli Sport is the new exclusive uniform and apparel provider for PRO, an organization of professional referees. The referees officiate Major League Soccer matches, which attract roughly 300 million viewers in the US alone, and will now feature Capelli Sport on viewers screens. Capelli Sport owns and operates several professional soccer clubs around
128-496: A permanent stage at one end of the stadium used for staging concerts. A soccer-specific stadium typically has amenities, dimensions and scale suitable for soccer in North America, including a scoreboard, video screen, luxury suites and possibly a roof. The field dimensions are within the range found optimal by FIFA : 110–120 yards (100–110 m) long by 70–80 yards (64–75 m) wide. These soccer field dimensions are wider than
160-425: Is generally between 18,000 and 30,000 for a Major League Soccer franchise, or smaller for college or minor league soccer teams. This is in comparison to the much larger American football stadiums that mostly range between 60,000 and 80,000 in which the original North American Soccer League teams played and most MLS teams occupied during the league's inception. As opposed to gridiron-style football stadiums, where
192-577: Is owned by the City of Rochester and is operated as a youth sports complex. The stadium was designed by HOK Sport (now Populous). It was constructed on a filled-in section of the Erie Canal 's original routing through Rochester . This was also once the route of the Rochester Subway , which was built in the old canal bed and ended operations in 1956. The facility was funded jointly by the state of New York ,
224-629: Is particularly visible in European American football leagues and conflicts between teams sharing the stadium (a notable example are Eintracht Braunschweig and the Braunschweig Lions which share a stadium) and (often municipal) owners of the stadiums sometimes arise, leading to attempts at single sport-specific venues. In Australia the term has much the same meaning as that in the United States. The dominance of Australian rules football in
256-612: Is sometimes used in countries where the sport is known as football rather than soccer, although the term is not common in countries where football is the dominant sport and thus football-specific stadiums are quite common. The term tends to have a slightly different meaning in these countries, usually referring to a stadium without an athletics track surrounding the field. Some soccer stadiums in Europe are also used for other sports, including rugby, American football, and field hockey. The problem with oversized stadiums designed for another sport
288-537: Is the official uniform and on-field apparel sponsor for the USL Super League . Capelli Sport currently equips the Trinidad and Tobago National Federation team. On March 15, 2023, Capelli partnered with US-based Legends FC for their 2023 season. Capelli Sport will be in charge of the uniform, apparel, and the equipment. Players will also have access to Capelli Sport's European clubs, events, coaching, education, and
320-406: Is to host soccer matches, as opposed to a multi-purpose stadium which is for a variety of sports. A soccer-specific stadium may host other sporting events (such as lacrosse , American football and rugby ) and concerts, but the design and purpose of a soccer-specific stadium is primarily for soccer. Some facilities (for example SeatGeek Stadium , Toyota Stadium and Historic Crew Stadium ) have
352-923: The Rochester Rhinos of the USL , the Rochester Rattlers of MLL , and the Western New York Flash of the NWSL . The stadium hosts other sporting events such as collegiate soccer , Rochester Rhinos Elite youth soccer games and practices, American football , field hockey and drum and bugle corps competitions as well as concerts, as well as occasionally hosting the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) Section V football championship and Far West Regional championship (played between Sections V and VI). It
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#1732844264044384-470: The soccer market, producing kits , goalkeeper gloves, and balls , as well as casual wear – such as t-shirts, hoodies, jackets and leggings – and accessories , such as bags and hats. In 2022, basketball and volleyball apparel lines were added, and in 2023, the business expanded into baseball, softball, football, flag football field hockey and lacrosse, tennis, golf, swimming and wrestling lines are slated to be added in 2024. In 2013, Capelli Sport signed
416-404: The 1990s, after the multi-purpose stadium era. The term "soccer-specific stadium" was coined by Lamar Hunt , who financed the construction of Columbus Crew Stadium , the first soccer-specific stadium constructed specifically for Major League Soccer. In the 2000s, other Major League Soccer teams in the United States began constructing their own stadiums. Canada's first soccer-specific stadium
448-945: The Danish leagues. Five sensational straight promotions led them to the Danish top tier Gjensidige Kvindeliga . HB Køge currently plays in Capelli Sport Stadium in Køge, Denmark which is undergoing renovations with a 2025 completion. The renovated stadium will hold 7,000 fans, includes a VIP lounge, and has a turf field approved for matches in the Danish SuperLiga, UEFA and FIFA. Capelli Sport has equipped various soccer teams, most notably European based clubs AEK Athens , Grasshopper Club Zurich, Pogoń Szczecin, VfL Osnabrück, London City Lionesses, and HB Køge. United States based clubs include Colorado Switchbacks, Charlotte Independence, Rhode Island FC, Tampa Bay Sun FC, and Carolina Ascent. Capelli Sport
480-407: The Rochester Community Sports Complex. Naming rights to the park were purchased by PAETEC Communications , a local telecommunications company, in 2004 for a reported total of $ 23 million over 12 years. When the club changed ownership, the agreement was voided at the end of the 2008 season. The stadium then became known as Rochester Rhinos Stadium . In mid-2009, the team had a raffle to determine
512-461: The city of Rochester, and the Rhinos (the State of New York paying $ 23 million while the Rhinos and the city paid the remaining amount) with a total cost of some 30 million. Infrastructure improvements will be paid for by the city of Rochester. The park hit some minor stumbling blocks even before the first shovel hit dirt: the original designs needed to be revised when it was revealed that the playing field
544-652: The facility in 2006. The Rattlers were dissolved following the 2008 MLL season but returned for the 2011 MLL season . The Rochester Rhinos Women dissolved and were replaced by the Rochester Ravens in 2009; the Ravens were replaced by the Western New York Flash in 2011. The Flash then played matches in the stadium until they were purchased in January 2017 and moved to Cary, North Carolina . PAETEC Park hosted Major League Lacrosse championship weekend in 2007. On June 5, 2010,
576-616: The front row of seats is elevated several feet above the field of play to allow spectators to see over the heads of substitute players and coaches on the sidelines, soccer-specific venues typically have the front row closer to the level of the pitch. In the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, first-division professional soccer leagues in the United States, such as the North American Soccer League and Major League Soccer, primarily used American football fields, many of which were oversized in terms of seating capacity and undersized in terms of
608-648: The lower tier state league clubs own their own venues which also qualify as soccer specific. Capelli Sport Capelli Sport is an American sportswear and footwear company based in New York , United States . Founded in 2011 by Lebanese-American George Altirs, Capelli Sport also has locations in Europe , the Middle East , and Africa under Capelli Europe GmbH, and in China under GMA Shanghai. Capelli Sport has focused on
640-466: The name of the stadium back to Marina Auto Stadium . Without a regular tenant from 2019 the facility became known as "the downtown soccer stadium" as part of the City of Rochester's Community Sports Complex. The Rochester Rhinos and Rochester Rhinos Women soccer teams of the USL First Division and USL W-League , respectively, and the Rochester Rattlers of Major League Lacrosse moved to
672-443: The naming rights for the stadium. For each $ 1,000 an individual, group, company, or other entity paid to the Rhinos, they were given one chance to win the right to name the stadium. On May 30, 2009, the night of the Rhinos' 2009 home opener, Marina Auto Group, a Webster -based automobile dealership group, won the raffle. The Marina Auto name was retained through 2010 under a traditional naming rights agreement. On February 10, 2011, it
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#1732844264044704-403: The option to continue the existing naming agreement with Sahlen's, but would instead seek a new agreement. In the interim, the stadium reverted to being known as Rochester Rhinos Stadium. On January 24, 2017, Capelli Sport entered a corporate partnership with the Rhinos and the stadium was renamed Capelli Sport Stadium . Marina Auto Group entered into a new naming rights deal in 2018, reverting
736-519: The regulation American football field width of 53 + 1 ⁄ 3 yards (48.8 m), or the 65-yard (59 m) width of a Canadian football field. The playing surface typically consists of grass as opposed to artificial turf , as the latter is generally disfavored for soccer matches since players are more susceptible to injuries. However, some soccer specific stadiums, such as Portland's Providence Park and Creighton University's Morrison Stadium , do have artificial turf. The seating capacity
768-621: The southern states means that unlike in New South Wales and Queensland , rectangular stadiums and grounds capable of hosting top level A-League soccer are rare. Hindmarsh Stadium in Adelaide, South Australia is an example of such a soccer-specific stadium, being built in the 1960s and progressively updated, the vast majority of matches played there are soccer, with very rare Rugby League or Rugby Union games. The Wyndham City Stadium and Wyndham Regional Football Facility are also examples. Many of
800-591: The stadium was the site of the first outdoor game in Indoor Football League history as the Rochester Raiders faced off against the Chicago Slaughter . The Drum Corps Associates drum corps championships were held at the stadium each Labor Day weekend from 2006–2011. The championships returned to Rochester from 2014–2017 and also for the 2022 and 2023 seasons. Prior to the stadium's construction,
832-491: The team also played matches at Frontier Field and at Eunice Kennedy Shriver Stadium in Brockport . 43°9′44.0″N 77°37′45.7″W / 43.162222°N 77.629361°W / 43.162222; -77.629361 Soccer-specific stadium A soccer-specific stadium , mainly in the United States and Canada, is a sports stadium either purpose-built or fundamentally redesigned for soccer and whose primary function
864-528: The width of the soccer field; they often used artificial turf (none of which, at the time, were approved for international soccer under FIFA rules). Although many of the baseball parks had smaller capacities, natural grass, and a wider field, these parks were generally in use during summer, when North American–based soccer leagues, such as Major League Soccer, also hold their seasons, and the irregular field dimensions and sightlines were often considered undesirable. Soccer-specific stadiums first came into use in
896-614: The world including Barnsley Women's FC in England, KFUM Roskilde in Denmark, Inter Allies FC in Ghana, and HB Køge in Denmark. HB Køge is a professional football club founded in 2009 as a merger of two of the proudest clubs in Danish football, Herfølge Boldklub and Køge Boldklub, both former Danish Champions. After Capelli Sport started investing in HB Køge, the club’s amateur women’s team rapidly rose through
928-542: Was BMO Field in Toronto , home to Toronto FC . This stadium was renovated to accommodate Canadian football for the 2016 and subsequent seasons. The distinction is less prominent in Canada, where MLS's attendance figures are comparable to those of the domestic Canadian Football League , and the CFL's wider field means fewer compromises must be made to accommodate both; Tim Hortons Field
960-449: Was announced that the new name of the stadium would be Sahlen's Stadium after the deal with Marina Auto expired. This was part of a five-year naming rights agreement with Sahlen's Packing Company, Inc. of Buffalo, New York , with an option to renew the agreement for another five years. The cost of the agreement was not released, but was estimated at $ 2 million. In October 2015, the stadium operators announced that they would not exercise
992-401: Was below the water table , and the environmental impact report revealed that the site had pockets of petroleum that needed to be treated. The groundbreaking took place on July 9, 2004, and the first phase of the construction was completed. The stadium had its grand opening (as PAETEC Park ) on June 3, 2006, which featured the Rhinos' first home game of the season. The game was played in front of
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1024-450: Was built purposely to both soccer specifications and CFL regulations. Of the three Canadian cities that host both MLS and CFL teams, only one (Montreal) has separate stadiums for each. All USL Championship teams and USL League One teams will be required to play in self-owned, soccer-specific stadiums by the 2022 season. The following is a list of current USL stadiums that are soccer-specific stadiums: The term "football-specific stadium"
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