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Fort Lauderdale, Florida // USA
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Lockhart Stadium, located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is a soccer stadium that hosts the Fort Lauderdale Strikers and also serves as the home of the Florida Atlantic University football team. Built in 1959 as an athletic facility for local high schools, it is part of a sports complex that also includes Fort Lauderdale Stadium. The stadium is owned by the City of Fort Lauderdale.
Capacity 20,450 Opened 1959 Owner City of Fort Lauderdale Surface Grass Location 5201 NW 12th Ave
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309Construction cost $5 million USD renovation in 1998 As a soccer-specific stadium, Lockhart was the home field for both the Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the North American Soccer League as well as the Miami Fusion of Major League Soccer. D.C. United’s 1998 victory over Vasco da Gama was also held there.
The stadium is also currently used by Ft. Lauderdale High School for home high school football games.
Lockhart is set to be demolished in the near future, as the Baltimore Orioles and city of Fort Lauderdale have reached a deal to build a new spring-training stadium there.
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