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The stadium's capacity for soccer is 8,318. It has a stage at one end to facilitate concerts, and can hold up to 16,316 for that purpose. The facility is owned by the KSU Foundation and operated by the Beat, with the Beat responsible for all booking. When the stadium was announced, it was claimed to be the first major stadium in the world dedicated to women's soccer. Although the stadium is owned by KSU, it is not built on university land, allowing alcohol to be sold during Beat home games and concerts. The bowl-shaped stadium � � built on 21 acre (84984 m2) of land east of the Chastain Road exit off of Interstate 75, about a mile from Kennesaw State’s main campus � � is the latest addition to the KSU Sports & Recreation Park, which opened in fall 2009 to expand the university’s facilities for intramural and club sports. The stadium will help showcase varsity athletics at KSU, which completed its transition into NCAA Division I last year. The 6.5 acre (26304.6 m2) on which the stadium sits is part of 88 acre (356123.4 m2) acquired for the university by the KSU Foundation in 2008 and 2009, which now are being developed into athletics facilities for the university’s growing student population. Over the next few months, the remaining area around the new stadium will be developed into soccer fields, an intramural field, a track and nearly 5000 ft (1524 m) of nature and hiking trails. In September 2010, KSU announced that it planned to launch a football program at the Division I FCS level in 2014, and would use the stadium as its home field. |
