Home Stadiums
- Korte Stadium at SIU Edwardsville (2009)
- Hermann Stadium at SLU (2009-) select games only
- Soccer Park in Fenton, MO (2009–2010)
- Collinsville Soccer Complex (Proposed)
The St. Louis Athletica began play in at Ralph Korte Stadium on the campus of SIUE. The hope was that the Athletica would eventually have been co-tenants of the 18,500-seat main stadium of the Collinsville Soccer Complex, but construction on that facility was dependent upon Major League Soccer awarding a franchise to Cooper's group, which has yet to occur. The complex would be ten minutes from downtown St. Louis, at the I-255/I-70 interchange.
The stadium at SIUE is roughly 20 minutes northeast of downtown. The stadium officially holds 3,000 spectators, though SLSU added bleachers so that there could be 5,000 at a game, which was met for the inaugural game against Chicago. There were five different types of seating sections by tickets available.
After AB InBev gave the Fenton, MO stadium Anheuser-Busch Center, also known as "Soccer Park," to Cooper's organization in early 2009, rumors of Athletica moving there began to surface. These were vindicated on May 21, when the Athletica front office sent out an e-mail to all season ticket holders notifying them of the move, to start with the June 7th game against Sky Blue FC. Soccer Park is located just west of the I-270/I-44 interchange, ten to fifteen minutes from downtown St. Louis.
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