Officials break ground on Indianapolis’s Eleven Park

Indianapolis city leaders broke ground Wednesday on the construction of a new Indy Eleven soccer stadium. 

The space will include a new 20,000-seat Indy Eleven soccer stadium, mixed-use buildings and housing. It will be built on the site of the Diamond Chain Factory on Kentucky Avenue.

The land was once home to Indianapolis’ first public burial ground. 

“In re-imagining this as a space of community, commerce and entertainment, we have an opportunity,” said Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett. “With a more complete knowledge of the past, we can build a future that is more broadly prosperous, more broadly inclusive.”

Hogsett said the development will bring increased job opportunities and a strengthened sense of community. 

Gov. Eric Holcomb also spoke at the groundbreaking. He said the development will revitalize an underused space. 

“You're turning something old into something new,” Holcomb said. “Something that folks would drive by from my early childhood, and not give it a second thought, to something that will light up our state, literally.”

Eleven Park is expected to open in 2025. 

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