| 词条 | World Wide Technology Soccer Park | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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|name = Toyota Stadium |nickname = World Wide Technology Soccer Park |logo_image = Toyota Stadium (Missouri).PNG |logo_size = 125px |image = |location = 1 Soccer Park Road Fenton, Missouri 63026 |coordinates = {{Coord|38|32|50|N|90|26|20|W|display=inline,title|type:landmark_region:US-MO}} |opened = 1982 |owner = St. Louis Scott Gallagher |surface = Turf (main field) |former names = Anheuser-Busch Center St. Louis Soccer Park |tenants = Saint Louis Athletica (WPS) (2009–2010) AC St. Louis (D2 Pro League) (2010) St. Louis Scott Gallagher (2011–present) Webster University Gorloks (2012–present) Saint Louis FC (USL) (2015–present) |capacity = 5,500[1] }} World Wide Technology Soccer Park is a soccer complex which includes four soccer-specific stadiums, with the main field, Toyota Stadium,[2] holding 5,500 seats. Located in Fenton, Missouri, a suburb southwest of downtown St. Louis, it is operated by St. Louis Scott Gallagher Soccer Club whose 275 teams and 3,600 players use it for both practice and games. It is also the home field for Webster University's men's and women's soccer teams as well as Saint Louis FC. The complex has five playing fields—three turf and two grass—and one main exhibition turf field, most of which are lighted. The fields are primarily used for soccer but also host field hockey and lacrosse teams. In addition to the playing surfaces, the complex features offices, home and away locker rooms, a fan shop, a banquet hall, a veranda overlooking the main field, two concession stands, a press box, and a private office. HistoryOpening and Anheuser-BuschThe St. Louis Soccer Park opened in 1982 with funding from Anheuser-Busch who outright purchased it in 1985 and renamed it the Anheuser-Busch Center. During the Anheuser-Busch ownership, the main exhibition field, now{{when|date=March 2017}} known as Toyota Stadium due to sponsorship reasons, was opened and capable of seating 5,500 spectators, for hosting international, collegiate and youth soccer competitions. August Busch IV, the former CEO of Anheuser-Busch, who disliked going to Anheuser-Busch's headquarters, renovated a portion of the Soccer Park offices complete with his own luxurious and secluded office that includes a private bathroom (formerly soccer club coaches offices with a shower) and conference room. During Anheuser-Busch's takeover by Belgium beer maker In-Bev, the board and executives of Anheuser-Busch met in August's conference room at the Soccer Park. At one point during the takeover proceedings, August said "My war room is the Soccer Park" describing the frantic effort of the executives to save Anheuser-Busch from being sold.[3]St. Louis Soccer UnitedIn March 2009, Anheuser-Busch wrote a letter of intent to transfer ownership of Soccer Park to Jeff Cooper and his organization St. Louis Soccer United (SLSU) in order to strengthen SLSU's bid for an MLS expansion team. While the MLS bid failed, SLSU announced in May that Saint Louis Athletica, the Women's Professional Soccer team also run by SLSU, would play the rest of their home games at Soccer Park, having previously played at Ralph Korte Stadium on the campus of SIUE.[4] In the summer of 2011, Jeff Cooper and SLSU sold the soccer park to St. Louis Scott Gallagher, a local soccer club.[5][6] Jeff Cooper originally received a bid for the Soccer Park from a non-soccer organization but this news spread to World Wide Technology executives Jim Kavanaugh and Tom Strunk who, in an effort to keep soccer strong in St. Louis, personally financed the deal - to the tune of $1.9M - on behalf of St. Louis Scott Gallagher.[7] Current ownershipIn March 2012, St. Louis Scott Gallagher broke ground on a $1.5M renovation of the Soccer Park after it signed a partnership with Webster University and received sponsorships from Nike, Windows Mobile and Wells Fargo in addition to a considerable donation from World Wide Technology, who had a number of executives play soccer at SLU.[8][9][10] The renovations included replacing the main exhibition field and another grass field with turf, replanting the two remaining grass fields with Bermuda grass, replacing the out dated scoreboard with a state-of-the-art video board and sound system, and converting one of the coaches' conference rooms into a first-class Team Pro Shop. International games
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References1. ^{{cite web |title=Marshall Wireless Stadium |url=http://saintlouisfc.com/stadium |publisher=saintlouisfc.com |accessdate=April 19, 2015}} 2. ^{{cite web |title=STLFC Announces Partnership with Toyota |url=http://www.saintlouisfc.com/general/2016-17/releases/STLFC_Partners_Toyota# |publisher=Saint Louis Football Club |accessdate=March 16, 2017}} 3. ^{{cite book |author=Julie MacIntosh |title=Dethroning the King: The Hostile Takeover of Anheuser-Busch, an American Icon |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DMF8m96jvhMC&pg=PA13 |accessdate=17 April 2013 |date=20 September 2011 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-1-118-20282-1 |pages=13–}} 4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.womensprosoccer.com/Home/stlouis/news/general/090522-Venuechange.aspx |title=Saint Louis Athletica Announce Move to AB Soccer Park |publisher=WPS |date=2009-05-22 |accessdate=2009-05-23}} 5. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/morning_call/2011/08/st-louis-scott-gallagher-buys.html |publisher=St Louis Business Journal |title=St. Louis Scott Gallagher buys Anheuser-Busch Soccer Park |date=2011-08-10 |accessdate=2013-04-17}} 6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.stltoday.com/sports/soccer/st-louis-scott-gallagher-acquires-a-b-soccer-park/article_6732d76e-c780-5e58-90de-def5e5da6509.html |publisher=St Louis Post Dispatch |title=St. Louis Scott Gallagher acquires A-B Soccer Park |date=2011-08-10 |accessdate=2013-04-17}} 7. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.soccermadeinstlouis.com/Soccer_Made_in_St._Louis/Extras/Entries/2012/4/27_Renovated_Soccer_Park_helps_STL_Scott_Gallagher_control_its_destiny.html |publisher=Soccer Made in St Louis |title=Renovated Soccer Park helps STL Scott Gallagher control its own destiny |date=2011-08-10 |accessdate=2013-04-17}} 8. ^{{cite web |url=http://soccerstl.net/2012/03/13/st-louis-scott-gallagher-breaks-ground-at-st-louis-soccer-park/ |publisher=Soccer STL |title=St. Louis Scott Gallagher Breaks Ground at St Louis Soccer Park |date=2012-03-13 |accessdate=2013-04-17}} 9. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.stltoday.com/sports/club-sports/soccer/soccer-park-gets-million-dollar-makeover/article_fbf5098c-eb36-11e1-86b4-0019bb30f31a.html |publisher=St Louis Post Dispatch |title=Soccer Park gets million dollar makeover |date=2012-08-21 |accessdate=2013-04-17}} 10. ^{{cite web |url=http://websterjournal.com/2012/08/14/webster-local-soccer-club-team-up-to-renovate-st-louis-soccer-park/ |publisher=The Journal (The Official Student Newspaper of Webster University) |title=Webster, local soccer club team up to renovate St. Louis Soccer Park |date=2012-08-14 |accessdate=2013-04-20}} External links
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