Seyfarth Represents Los Angeles Football Club in $250 Million Development of New Soccer Stadium

CHICAGO (January 28, 2016) – Seyfarth Shaw represented the Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC) in connection with a $250 million stadium development project in South Los Angeles at the site of the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in Exposition Park. The new privately funded development will be anchored by a new state-of-the-art 22,000-seat soccer stadium for the newest Major League Soccer (MLS) team, together with ancillary hospitality, conference, restaurant, office, retail and museum uses. 

The new home for LAFC will be the first open air stadium built in Los Angeles since 1962. The total economic impact of the development over 30 years is projected to be nearly $3 billion and the stadium and soccer club will create over 3,000 jobs. The project, designed by Los Angeles-based architectural firm Gensler, will also include over 100,000 sq. ft. of new restaurants, office space, a conference center and a first-of-its kind world football (soccer) museum. For more information on the stadium, visit https://lafc.com/stadium/.

The Los Angeles Football Club is the new MLS soccer team serving the greater Los Angeles area. Its ownership group is comprised of local leaders and innovators of industry with success in the fields of entertainment, sports, technology, finance and media. The Club’s ownership group includes U.S. World Cup superstar Mia Hamm Garciaparra, NBA and Los Angeles legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson, MLB All-Star Nomar Garciaparra, comedian and movie star, Will Ferrell, ESPN analyst and former NBA executive, Tom Penn, sports and entertainment mogul Peter Guber, bestselling author, Tony Robbins and businessmen Henry Nguyen, Ruben Gnanalingam and Vincent Tan. For more information about LAFC, visit www.LAFC.com.

The project included the negotiation of a sub-subground lease and related lease and operational documents with the University of Southern California, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission, the State of California, through the Sixth District Agricultural Association, and several other Exposition Park stakeholders, including the California Science Center, California African American Museum and Natural History Museum.  

The Seyfarth team, led by Chicago partner, Gregg Dorman, included Thomas Masenga (LA), Morgan Jones (SAC), Kelly Bufton (CHI), Jason DeJonker (CHI), Robert Trusty (ATL), Michael McKeeman (SF), David Blake (WDC), Bennett Greenberg (WDC), Jeryl Olson (CHI), Robert Winner (CHI), Steven Meier (CHI), Frank Eichenlaub (CHI), Sherman Golden (ATL), Frank Tebbe (CHI), Jeremy Gordon (CHI), Christopher Harney (CHI), Patty Lee (SF), Jordan Bass (CHI) and Christian Canas (LA).

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Contacts:

Brian Kiefer, Director of Public Relations
(312) 460-6401, bkiefer@seyfarth.com

 

Martin Grego, Public Relations Manager
(312) 460-6659, mgrego@seyfarth.com