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"WE'RE GETTING READY TO TAKE THE NEXT GIGANTIC LEAP FORWARD." THE PROJECT TO RENOVATE TOYOTA STADIUM AND THE HOME OF FC DALLAS KICKS INTO HIGH GEAR.
"WE'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING WHAT I THINK
IS GOING TO BE THE FINEST SMALL SOCCER SPECIFIC STADIUM IN THE ENTIRE WORLD. IT WILL HAVE
MORE SUITES IT WILL HAVE MORE CLUB SEATS IT WILL HAVE THE LARGEST VIDEO BOARD WE'RE DOING
EVERYTHING TEXAS SIZE." FRISCO CITY LEADERS AND MEMBERS OF FC DALLAS CAME TOGETHER FOR A
RE-GROUNDBREAKING OF SORTS FOR THE NEXT STEP IN TOYOTA STADIUM'S EVOLUTION. "YOU KNOW THE ORIGINAL GROUNDBREAKING IT WAS THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE LITERALLY IN A FARM FIELD. AN INCREDIBLE
VISION FROM HUNT SPORTS GROUP TO BELIEVE IN WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THIS COMMUNITY." "IT'S COME
FULL CIRCLE FOR ME. 2004, I WAS A PLAYER. WE WERE PLAYING IN THE COTTON BOWL AND EVERYBODY WAS
TALKING ABOUT THIS VENUE THAT'S UP NORTH, UP THE TOLL ROAD THAT NOBODY EVEN KNOWS WHERE ENDS.
WE WERE LIKE WHO'S GOING TO COME WATCH THIS. SHOWS THE VISIONARIES OF THE HUNT FAMILY AND
WHAT THEY SAW BEFORE WE ALL SAW IT." THE $182 MILLION RENOVATION WILL CREATE SHADED SEATING,
03,400 MORE SEATS PLUS UPGRADES TO THE SUITES AND CLUB LEVEL SEATS. THE CONCOURSE WILL ALSO
BE OVERHAULED CREATING MORE CONCESSION AREAS AND RESTROOMS. PLUS A 6,000 SQUARE FOOT VIDEO BOARD
AT THE NORTH END OF THE STADIUM WILL WELCOME FANS. LONG-TIME RESIDENTS TRACIE AND KEITH SHIPMAN
HAVE SEEN THE STADIUM EVOLVE SINCE THE FACILITY FIRST GROUNDBREAKING IN 2004. "SEEING ALL THE
HISTORY AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BUILT UP TO THIS AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THE NEXT STEP."
"IT JUST HAS BEEN SUCH A GREAT PLACE FOR EVERYONE TO GATHER AND CELEBRATE AND SO I'M SO EXCITED
TO SEE IT AT THIS NEXT ITERATION." "BEING A RESIDENT OF FRISCO AND SEEING THE STADIUM BACK
WHEN IT FIRST WAS BUILT AND THE EXPANSION OF THE NORTH SIDE AND THEN TO SEE WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE
IN 3 YEARS IT'S INCREDIBLE" THIS PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY OF FRISCO THE HUNT
FAMILY ALONG WITH THE FRISCO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THE FRISCO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
DISTRICT MADE THIS PROJECT POSSIBLE. "IT'S ALWAYS BEEN AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR FISD KIDS TO
BE ABLE TO PLAY IN THIS FACILITY AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE GOING TO EXTEND THEIR ABILITY TO DO THAT FOR
OUR LONG TERM IS EXCITING." "IT'S AN ASSET FOR THE CITY OF FRISCO AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP
IT STATE-OF-THE-ART SO PEOPLE WANT TO KEEP COMING HERE." THE RENOVATIONS ARE FUNDED THROUGH SALES TAX
REVENUE BONDS, A CONTRIBUTION BY THE CDC, TAXES COLLECTED THROUGH REINVESTMENT ON THE LAND AND
$65 MILLION FROM THE HUNT FAMILY. THE STADIUM WILL REMAIN OPEN DURING THE RENOVATION. CONSTRUCTION
WILL START ON THE EAST SIDE AND WILL MOVE TO THE WEST SIDE NEXT SUMMER. THE FULL RENOVATION IS
EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETE BY THE FIRST OF 2028. "TOYOTA STADIUM HAS BEEN A CORNERSTONE OF THIS
COMMUNITY FOR 20 YEARS. SO MANY MEMORIES BEING MADE HERE FROM CONCERTS, FC DALLAS GAMES, CROWNING
CHAMPIONS, STUDENT ATHLETES LIKE MY SON GETTING TO PLAY FOOTBALL HERE IN THE STADIUM, JUST SO
MANY PERSONAL MEMORIES BUT TO SEE THE VISION FOR THE NEXT ITERATION AND IT'S GOING TO SERVE THIS
COMMUNITY FOR THE NEXT 30 YEARS IS REALLY EXCITING."
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.