The proposed Sporting JAX stadium near the St. Johns Town Center is still in its earliest planning stages, with environmental permitting underway and additional public review still ahead before construction could begin.
A newly released site map is offering the clearest look yet at how Sporting JAX’s proposed stadium district near the St. Johns Town Center could be laid out, as the project continues moving through environmental review and draws mixed reaction from area residents.
Jacksonville-based soccer club Sporting Club Jacksonville published a preliminary site map showing its plans for 150 acres of development, amid concerns that a 15,000-seat soccer stadium would overshadow a nearby neighborhood.
The women’s club finished second in the Gain Bridge Super League standings and will host the Carolina Ascent on Sunday in the playoff semifinals on 5 p.m. at UNF’s Hodges Stadium. A win in that match and Sporting JAX would advance to the May 30 championship.
News4JAX had photographer Quan Nguyen capture the first Sporting JAX men's game in this photo gallery. Click through the images to see action from the opener at UNF’s Hodges Stadium.
Sporting JAX, the area’s newest professional sports franchise, took the wraps off its much-anticipated stadium plans on Monday, announcing that the soccer club will plant its permanent home in the Town Center area.
As Sporting JAX’s new professional men’s soccer team prepares for its first season game, the sports club is set to host a news conference on Monday.
An investment firm that includes NFL Hall of Fame quarterback John Elway, Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Tim Tebow, former Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Blake Bortles and the CEO of Chick-fil-A is developing a mixed-use district surrounding the proposed stadium for the Sporting Club Jacksonville soccer franchise.
Sporting Jax launched women’s professional soccer in Jacksonville Saturday night. After battling through weather delays, fans got to witness Jade Pennock score the franchise’s first goal against D.C. Power at the University of North Florida’s Hodges Stadium.
On Saturday night, Sporting JAX will play its inaugural match at UNF’s Hodges Stadium. It’s the launch point for what will eventually become a massive soccer organization that fields both men’s and women’s teams in the USL.
Sporting JAX, Jacksonville’s first professional women’s soccer team, will hold a news conference Wednesday afternoon ahead of the team’s highly anticipated preseason match.
In just one week, Jacksonville’s first professional women’s soccer team will make its debut.
Defender Georgia Brown and midfielder/forward Ashlyn Puerta signed with the club as Sporting JAX continues to build a roster heading into its debut season this fall in the Gainbridge Super League.
Sporting Club Jacksonville (Sporting JAX) has officially named Stacey Balaam as the first head coach of its women’s professional soccer team in the USL Super League.
Sporting Club Jacksonville, the United Soccer League’s (USL) newest franchise in Northeast Florida, named Mark Warburton as the club’s first Sporting Director and Head of Soccer.
Sporting JAX’s women’s soccer team will play its inaugural season at the University of North Florida beginning in August 2025, the franchise and college announced on Tuesday.
Sporting JAX, a club founded in 2020, is announcing the arrival of Jacksonville’s first women’s major league sports franchise in the city on Tuesday.
