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Work starts on $6 million women's pro soccer stadium project

The Tampa Bay Sun FC is upgrading a local high school stadium ahead of its inaugural season set to start in August.

By Louis Llovio
| 12:15 p.m. February 13, 2024
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Blake High School Principal Valerie Newton looks at renderings along with Hillsborough County School Board member Henry Washington.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

Tampa’s new women’s professional soccer team has begun construction on a $6 million stadium project to upgrade its soon-to-be home field.

The work on the Tampa Bay Sun FC’s riverfront stadium at Howard W. Blake High School is expected to last until August, the start of the team’s inaugural season.

In a statement the team says among the upgrades coming to the field are:

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Louis Llovio

Louis Llovio is the deputy managing editor at the Business Observer. Before going to work at the Observer, the longtime business writer worked at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Maryland Daily Record and for the Baltimore Sun Media Group. He lives in Tampa.