While the developers of the proposed minor league soccer stadium have repeatedly declined to offer specifics about its estimated cost, a grant application shows the initial price tag was close to $100 million as of roughly a year ago. The initial ask was for $30 million and in June the project was instead awarded $8 million. According to that budget document, recently reviewed by Hearst Connecticut Media Group, the stadium’s soft costs for things like architectural work, engineering, land costs and permits added up to $20.7 million, with the hard costs — environmental remediation, demolition of existing structures, construction — totaling $75.5 million. Combined those amounts add up to $96.2 million, including a $4.5 million contingency. The plan also calls for the eventual construction of housing, a hotel and retail establishments, with the ultimate goal of luring a major league soccer team to Bridgeport. But due to financing and construction delays ground has yet to be broken, and in August Connecticut Sports Group set a new stadium grand opening date of 2026.
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