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Commissioner’s Message
Exciting times will be coming to
Fort Lauderdale this March!
Heather Moraitis
District I Commissioner
hmoraitis@fortlauderdale.gov
City Hall, 8th Floor aturday, March 14 marks the opening of Major League Soccer (MLS) in
100 N Andrews Ave District 1! At 2:30 p.m., Inter Miami CF will take the field for its inaugural
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311 Shome opener at the brand new, 18,000-seat professional soccer stadium
located on the former site of Lockhart Stadium.
Melissa Coningsby
District 1 Commission Assistant This new club will harness the city’s great history and unmatched culture to create
new traditions, rituals, and symbols that are admired around the world.
mconingsby@fortlauderdale.gov
954-828-5033 The historic game will match Inter Miami against the L.A. Galaxy, which happens to
be David Beckham’s former team. Beckham played for the Galaxy from 2007 -
2012, leading the club to back-to-back MLS Cup Championships in 2011 and
2012. The opening matchup should prove to be an exciting contest as Inter Miami
boasts a host of talented young players led Head Coach Diego Alonso.
Inter Miami’s debut marks a major milestone in the public/private partnership
between the City of Fort Lauderdale and the Beckham group. Under the agreement,
the Beckham group is investing $130 million to transform the 64-acre Lockhart
Stadium property into a soccer-centric community destination. In addition to the new
soccer stadium, the complex will include a 50,000 square foot state-of-the-art soccer
training center and seven professional fields. The facility will be home to Inter
Miami’s United Soccer League (USL) team and the Academy. Inter Miami is
rebuilding Lockhart Stadium for Fort Lauderdale High School and Stranahan High
School to use as their home field during football season. This stadium is being built
next to the larger Inter Miami Stadium and will retain the Lockhart Stadium name.
Maintaining this stadium for our public school was important to me as we
negotiated the use of this property.
At the same time, exciting plans are moving forward for a signature community park
that is also being funded and constructed by the Beckham group. The community
destination will feature public gathering areas, open green space, shade structures,
CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE a dog park, playgrounds, multi-purpose fields, a walking/jogging/fitness trail,
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