JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Sporting JAX, the area\u2019s 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 St. Johns Town Center area.<\/p>\n
Billed as a \u201ctransformative mixed-use sporting and entertainment district,\u201d the hub will feature everything from residences, retail and entertainment. The crown jewel is the 15,000-seat stadium that will serve as home to the women\u2019s and men\u2019s club. The women began played last year in the Gainbridge Super League; the men play their first game on Saturday in the USL Championship league. <\/p>\n
Proposed location for new Sporting Jax stadium. (Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX – All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n
It\u2019s been a long process to get to this point. Sporting JAX announced it was launching in Aug. 30, 2022<\/a> behind a leadership group that included former football star Tim Tebow, Ricky Caplin, former Armada team president Steve Livingstone and Tony Allegretti. Former Jaguars star Fred Taylor joined the ownership group in 2023<\/a>. <\/p>\n \u201cThis project is deeply personal to me because Jacksonville is home,\u201d Tebow said in a statement. \u201cAs we bring this vision to life, we\u2019re committed to building more than a stadium. We\u2019re creating a place where families feel welcome, where the special needs community is intentionally included, and where young athletes can see a pathway to pursue their dreams. This space will reflect the heart of Jacksonville and bring people together year-round.\u201d<\/p>\n Last week, Sporting JAX hired Michael McNaughton as the president of the development arm of the club. McNaughton is the founder of M2 Real Estate Advisors and has served in roles across essentially every real estate asset class. McNaughton has been in his field for more than three decades and has served in an advisory role including redevelopment of the World Trade Center. <\/p>\n \u201cThe real estate landscape is ever changing. Large scale projects today require a curated blend of uses that expand the reasons a project is relevant to more people \u2013 for more reasons. What we are building in Jacksonville promises to be truly unique,\u201d McNaughton said in a statement. <\/p>\n Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX – All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Sporting JAX, the area\u2019s newest professional sports franchise, took the wraps off its much-anticipated stadium…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":175865,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117,2062,24315,1631],"class_list":["post-175864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-soccer","tag-sporting-jax","tag-sports4jax"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}