The new Livestrong Sporting Park opens in Kansas City

The new Livestrong Sporting Park opens today in Kansas City, KS. The park is the new home stadium for Major League Soccer team Sporting Kansas City.  The park was named in conjunction with former cyclist Lance Armstrong's Livestrong Foundation—which works to improve quality of life for cancer survivors.  Regular contributions will be made to Livestrong by the team.

The more than $200 million soccer-specific stadium is considered one of the most technologically advanced soccer stadiums in the world with a a capacity of 18,467 for soccer and 25,000 for concerts.  The video board is currently the largest in Major League Soccer and there are 36 suites and 5 clubs.

Acoustic Dimensions worked with architect, Populous, on the project providing design of audio, IPTV, cabling infrastructure, video displays, scoreboards, timing/scoring, production control and acoustics consulting.

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