Frisco’s Toyota Stadium scores $39M and Soccer Hall of Fame

​​​​FRISCO – Frisco City Council approved $39 million in improvements to
Toyota Stadium — the home of the FC Dallas franchise in Major League
Soccer — that could house the National Soccer Hall of Fame Museum at the
south end of the stadium complex.

The city council’s measure to
amend the lease agreement for Toyota Stadium, opened in 2005, includes
the construction of new locker rooms so that access will be from two
separate field-level tunnels, an improved media room, an expansion of
the suite level, new restrooms, new video boards and audio enhancements.

Plans
call for an 80,000-sf building to house the National Soccer Hall of
Fame and host large events. FC Dallas and Frisco are looking into
attracting a hotel adjacent to the stadium.

Soccer is not the only reason Frisco is bullish on the complex — the new locker rooms will hold 100 football players each.

Toyota
Stadium has hosted the NCAA Division I football championship since
2010. The lease agreement will allow Frisco High School to play state
playoff games at the stadium. Terms of the agreement call for the Hall
of Fame to be housed in Frisco until 2037.