Texas Border Business
Edinburg, Texas, July 13th – The Rio Grande Valley FC Toros will be having a press conference on Thursday, July 21, 2016 announcing the naming rights to the 9,700-seat RGV FC Toros Stadium. The press conference will commence at 9:00 a.m. at the amphitheater located on the park side of the RGV FC Toros stadium located on 1616 S. Raul Longoria Road, Edinburg, Texas 78542.
Toros Stadium is comprised of 9,700 stadium seats. The stadium also includes a full-service restaurant, concessions, a park with a playground and amphitheater, practice fields, executive lounges, a sports bar, and 33 suites. Suites include VIP amenities and a 16-seat capacity. In addition to soccer games, the stadium will also host concerts, high school sporting events, and a variety of other forms of entertainment.
The multi-million, state of the art stadium will provide the club with leading infrastructure including various locker rooms, offices, and a training facility. In the park side, the amphitheater has a capacity of 2,000 that will be able to host various type of events ranging from wedding ceremonies to concerts. A bridge connects the park with the RGV FC Practice Complex. Ample parking lots also double as festival grounds.
The stadium will mainly serve as the home of the Rio Grande Valley FC Toros. The United Soccer League (USL) awarded its 25th franchise to Alonzo Cantu, owner of the NBA Development League Rio Grande Valley Vipers, on July 15, 2015. The club will serve as the hybrid affiliate of the Houston Dynamo, the first hybrid affiliation in the USL. The first season for the Toros kicked off their inaugural season on March 26, 2016 when they visited Tulsa Roughnecks FC.
