Soccer fields cost

a lot

For a UEFA standards compliant new soccer-specific stadium, the costs on average, are between $17 to $140 million and more.

The costs rises due to the need of building supportive structures around the soccer field. For example, adjacent to the field buildings might include visitors suites, team apparel boutiques and other stores, smaller training fields, etc.

A current trend in cost management is the use of artificial grass that eliminates the costs for watering and maintenance.

Similarly, some ventures tend to build a sports arena structure, so to be able to host additional sports events not easily performed in a soccer-field specific stadium.

Lastly, giving the popularity that soccer is gaining in the U.S., and the current aging problem of the existing stadiums, my estimate is that we will see an increase in privately owned funds being invested in 30,000+ capacity sports arenas.