Key facts
Club: FC Cincinnati | Opening: 2021 | Capacity: 26,000 (3,170 standing)
History and description
TQL Stadium is the recently opened new home of FC Cincinnati. The stadium was part of Cincinnati’s proposal to join the MLS that was submitted in early 2017, just over a year after FC Cincinnati was founded.
The project was confirmed in 2018 when the MLS selected Cincinnati as one of the expansion teams. The club settled on the site of an existing high school stadium in the West End district, which would get demolished.
Construction works started in April 2019, and the stadium officially opened just over 2 years later on 1 May 2021 with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The first match was played two weeks later on 16 May when Cincinnati hosted a MLS match versus Inter Miami (2-3). Brek Shea scored the first goal at the stadium.
Before FC Cincinnati moved to TQL Stadium, the club played its home games at Nippert Stadium of the University of Cincinnati.
TQL Stadium is fully covered. It has a capacity of 26,000, amongst the highest of the soccer-specific stadiums in the USA, including over 4,500 premium seats. The stadium furthermore has a safe standing section of just over 3 thousand seats.
The stadium received its name from a naming rights sponsorship deal with the company Total Quality Logistics (TQL).
How to get to TQL Stadium
TQL Stadium is centrally located in the West End neighbourhood just west of Cincinnati’s historic Over-the-Rhine district, which in turn lies just north of downtown Cincinnati.
It is at most 15 minutes walking from any place in the Over-the-Rhine district to the stadium. The walk from Fountain Square in the middle of Downtown takes 20 minutes.
Address: 1501 Central Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45214
FC Cincinnati Tickets
FC Cincinnati tickets can be bought online through Seatgeek. Tickets are priced dynamically, but expect to pay from $35.00 for the cheapest upper corner seats.
Email tickets@fccincinnati.com for more information.
Useful websites
Fccincinnati.com – Official website of FC Cincinnati.
Cincinnatiusa.com – Cincinnati tourist information.
Photo credits: Travis Estell