USL’s Birmingham Team Raises Urgency For New Stadium At BJCC

By Michael Tomberlin

Tuesday’s announcement of a professional soccer team coming to Birmingham increases the likelihood of a new downtown stadium, officials said.

A new team will begin playing in Birmingham in 2019, the United Soccer League announced in an event at Good People Brewing Co. The unnamed team is owned by James Outland, managing partner with New Capital Partners; Jeff Logan, CEO of Seek Publishing and co-owner of the Birmingham Barons; and Lee Styslinger III, CEO of Altec Inc.

Birmingham Mayor William Bell said there is urgency to getting a permanent venue for the team in place. A $174-million, 45,000-55,000-seat open-air stadium next to the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex is the focus.“It’s our hopes that in the next two or three years that we will have the new stadium ready and they will be part of that venue,” Bell said in an interview following the USL announcement. “We’re close to pulling the trigger on that.”

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