accepting a $9.3 million grant to help finance the 8,000-seat stadium.” Mills added that the land sale is an “incremental step forward in completing the financing package for the Iron District” and that the developers “hope to begin construction in early summer.” Daykin notes Milwaukee Pro Soccer — the ownership group looking to bring a USL Championship team to the city — is working with developer Bear Development to “create the Iron District.” The soccer stadium would be “built next to a hotel on the site” (MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL, 2/24).
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