The National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) team Boston Legacy FC has secured more than $100 million in financing to redevelop the White Stadium in Franklin Park, Boston (US) as their future home. Boston Legacy makes their debut in the NWSL next season.
‘INSIDE WORLD FOOTBALL’ stated that the expansion club announced that the funding, secured through Bank of America, will cover the stadium’s transformation including a rebuilt West Grandstand, new infrastructure and expanded community access.
The National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) is a women’s professional soccer league and the highest level of the United States soccer league system. The league comprises 14 teams (16 in 2026). It is owned by the teams and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation (the official governing body of soccer in the United States). The NWSL is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, US.
The Boston Legacy FC is a professional women’s soccer club based in Boston, Massachusetts (US). It plans to enter the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), the top flight of the United States league system, in 2026. Its home ground will be the renovated White Stadium though the club plans to play its inaugural season at the 65,878 Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts (US) during its redevelopment.
The White Stadium, formally the George R. White Memorial Stadium, is a 10,519-seat stadium in Boston, Massachusetts (US) that was constructed between 1947 and 1949 for the use of the Boston Public Schools Athletics (BPS Athletics). It is located in Franklin Park (a large urban park).
The Boston Public Schools Athletics (BPS Athletics) oversees and organizes sports programs for the students within the Boston Public Schools district offering a variety of sports across different seasons including football, soccer, basketball, and volleyball.
Charlotte (US)-based Bank of America is one of the world’s largest financial institutions serving the individuals, the small- and middle-market businesses and the large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management, and other financial and risk management products and services. The company serves approximately 56 million US consumer and small business relationships. It is among the world’s leading wealth management companies and is a global leader in corporate and investment banking and trading.
‘INSIDE WORLD FOOTBALL’ further stated that for Jennifer Epstein, the club’s Controlling Manager, the deal marked a milestone not just for Boston but for women’s soccer nationwide.
Explained Epstein, “We just, recently, closed probably the biggest loan directed towards professional sports to finance the stadium, in excess of $100 million. That in itself, really, is an incredible data point and demonstration of what is going on in women’s sports and that the investors and financial institutions alike have recognized that there’s long-term sustainable growth and we can direct dollars towards it.”
Boston’s ability to secure its own home follows a growing trend in the NWSL as the clubs no longer want to be tenants in the oversized National Football League (NFL), or the Major League Soccer (MLS) venues. Having said that, the Legacy will play its inaugural 2026 season at the Gillette Stadium, home of the National Football League (NFL) team the New England Patriots and the Major League Soccer (MLS) team New England Revolution, before moving into the White Stadium in 2027.
New York (US)-based the National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league in the United States. Composed of 32 teams it is divided equally between the American Football Conference and the National Football Conference.
New York (US)-based the Major League Soccer (MLS) is a professional soccer league in North America and the highest level of the United States soccer league system. It comprises 30 teams with 27 in the United States and 3 in Canada.
The White Stadium will be designed for the needs of women’s soccer much like the 11,500-capacity CPKC Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, US, the custom-built home of the Kansas City Courage (Kansas City Women’s Soccer) that was built with fan experiences in mind along with more revenue control.
Beyond matchdays, the facility will remain open for community use, an arrangement the Mayor of Boston Michelle Wu called a “landmark” agreement.
Added Wu, “After many decades of waiting the Boston’s student-athletes will have an athletic facility that matches their talent and potential.”
The demolition phase of construction is complete with the next stage beginning in November.
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