CPKC Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, will host the 2024 Women's Soccer National Championship on Saturday, November 23.
CPKC Stadium opened earlier this year as the first purpose-built venue for an NWSL team. The Kansas City Current have sold out every home game to date at the 11,500-capacity stadium.
The match will mark the first time Kansas City has hosted the NWSL Championship. The Current are undefeated this season in 15 matches.
CPKC Stadium cost more than $120 million and was largely privately funded. Current is owned by Angie and Chris Long, as well as Brittany Mahomes and Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
NWSL Commissioner Jessica Berman has frequently stressed the importance of teams owning their own stadiums to control revenue and have first pick of key dates.
“It's much more than I expected,” NWSL Commissioner Jessica Berman said at halftime of the NWSL season opener in Kansas City in March.
“We've been saying that if we build it, they will come, internally, and then to come here and actually see what it means to invest in physical brick-and-mortar infrastructure, it's a game changer.
“They have changed the footprint of this city forever, and I think it will have an even bigger impact than anyone can imagine.”
Angie Long said in an interview with ESPN earlier this year that she remembers hearing skeptics early in the process.
“'Why do you need your own stadium? Can't you just go play in somebody else's stadium?' I'd like to know what successful sports franchise in the world is happy to sit back and be a tenant in somebody else's stadium,” he said of the conversations he's had. “And the fact that everybody's asking that question is a little bit ironic, I think, but it speaks to the incredible opportunity and one of the reasons why the growth potential is there.”
The final calendar-year NWSL championship in league history will be held on November 23.
Last year, San Diego hosted the final in front of a record crowd of 25,011 for a league final. NJ/NY Gotham FC defeated OL Reign (now Seattle Reign FC) 2-1.
