Sandy Stadium

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Location	Sandy, Utah
Broke ground	August 12, 2006
Opened	2008 (expected)
Owner	Salt Lake County, Utah and Real Salt Lake
Construction cost	~$86 million USD (estimate)
Architect	Rossetti
Tenants
Real Salt Lake (MLS) (from 2008)
Seats
~20,000 (expected)

The Sandy Stadium will be a soccer-specific stadium located in the Salt Lake City suburb of Sandy, built specifically for the local Major League Soccer team Real Salt Lake. The stadium broke ground on August 12, 2006 during a match between Real Salt Lake and Real Madrid after a major battle within the Salt Lake County Council during 2005 and 2006. Funding plans for the stadium were rejected twice before a revised proposal was introduced the day before Real Salt Lake owner Dave Checketts' self-imposed deadline on obtaining funding for a new stadium or selling the team. Currently due to be complete in 2008, it will be used mostly for soccer matches. The stadium will hold around 20,000 people. No official name for the stadium has yet been announced.