Cincinnati’s West End is a mostly Black neighborhood where, compared to the rest of the city, the median income is lower and the percentage of residents who rent is higher. So when FC Cincinnati, the city’s professional soccer team, chose the neighborhood for its $250-million TQL Stadium, it raised both hopes and worries about what would happen to the area.
The 26,000-seat home of FC Cincinnati is not only one of the largest soccer-specific stadiums in Major League Soccer, it’s also one of its most architecturally complex.
Despite unknown conditions due to emergency stabilization, more landslide activity during construction and the COVID-19 pandemic, the hillside above the Columbia Parkway will be fully open in July