Pizza Hut Park
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Pizza Hut Park is a stadium built and owned by the Dallas suburb of Frisco, Texas in Collin County. Its main tenant is Major League Soccer team FC Dallas, which relocated from the Cotton Bowl in central Dallas to the fast-growing suburb. The naming rights to the facility were acquired by the large pizza chain Pizza Hut, whose corporate headquarters are in Dallas.
The stadium, which cost approximately $80 million, opened on August 6, 2005 with a match between FC Dallas and the MetroStars, which ended in a 2-2 draw. The stadium has a capacity for 21,193 spectators, but one end of the stadium does not have seats, instead having a permanent stage for hosting concerts. Like many of the soccer-specific stadiums being built around the country, it is expected that the stadium will make a significant amount of revenue by hosting mid-sized concerts, as well as various other sporting events, such as high-school football games. The stadium played host to the 2005 MLS Cup final on November 13, seeing the Los Angeles Galaxy defeat the New England Revolution 1-0 in overtime for their 2nd MLS Cup. It was also selected to host the 2006 MLS Cup.
The complex also has 17 additional soccer pitches (both grass and artificial turf) outside the main stadium. These fields are used as practice fields by FC Dallas, matches for the FC Dallas reserves squad, and also for hosting youth soccer tournaments and the like.
Opposing fans often refer to the stadium as Meat Lover's Park, a play on the stadium's corporate sponsorship.
Since opening, numerous musicians have performed at Pizza Hut Park, including George Strait, Rascal Flats and Edge Fest, hosted by a local radio station which included bands such as Hawthorne Heights, 30 Seconds to Mars and the Toadies. As the stadium becomes more well known in the Dallas area it is becoming known as "The Hut".
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| Current Stadiums in Major League Soccer | ||
| Eastern Conference | Western Conference | |
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| Arrowhead Stadium | Columbus Crew Stadium | Giants Stadium | Gillette Stadium | Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium | Toyota Park | The Home Depot Center | INVESCO Field | Pizza Hut Park | Rice-Eccles Stadium | Robertson Stadium | |
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