Lockhart Stadium
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| Address | 1350 Northwest 55th Street |
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| Location | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| Coordinates | 26°11′35″N 80°9′40″W / 26.19306°N 80.16111°WCoordinates: 26°11′35″N 80°9′40″W / 26.19306°N 80.16111°W |
| Owner | City of Fort Lauderdale |
| Capacity | 17,417 |
| Surface | Grass |
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| Opened | 1959 |
| Construction cost | $5 million USD renovation in 1998 Renovations: ($7.35 million in 2017 dollars) |
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Fort Lauderdale Strikers (NASL) (1977–1983) Fort Lauderdale Strikers (ASL/APSL) (1988–1994) Fort Lauderdale Strikers (USISL) (1994–1997) Miami Fusion (MLS) (1998–2001) Florida Atlantic Owls (NCAA) (2003–2010) Miami FC (USL-1) (2009–2010) Fort Lauderdale Barracudas (SFL) (2011) Fort Lauderdale Strikers (NASL) (2011–2016) Fort Lauderdale Strikers U-23 (NPSL) (2016) |
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Lockhart Stadium is a stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States. It is the home of the Fort Lauderdale Strikers of North American Soccer League. It has seen use in a variety of sports, particularly soccer and American football.
Originally designed in 1959 for high school sports, the stadium's long-standing soccer connection began in 1977 when it became the home venue for the original Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the original NASL. In 1998 it was refitted specifically for soccer as the home of the Miami Fusion in Major League Soccer; the team folded in 2002. It was also the home stadium of the Florida Atlantic Owls football team from 2002 to 2010.
The stadium was built in 1959 as part of a new sports complex that also included the Fort Lauderdale Stadium baseball park. It was originally designed to host American football and track and field competitions for four local high schools: Fort Lauderdale High School, Stranahan High School, Northeast High School, and Dillard High School. The stadium was named for former city commissioner H. Y. "Doug" Lockhart and was dedicated at a football game on September 18, 1959.
For nearly twenty years, Lockhart Stadium was primarily used for high school football and track, but occasionally saw use for state football as well as soccer. A more substantial role as a soccer venue came in 1977, when the Miami Toros of the original North American Soccer League relocated to the stadium, renaming themselves the Fort Lauderdale Strikers. This began Lockhart's long association with the sport. The Strikers played there until 1982, when they moved to Minnesota. On November 23, 1980, the United States men's national soccer team defeated Mexico 2-1 in a World Cup qualifier at Lockhart, the first U.S. win over Mexico in over 46 years.
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