Columbus Crew SC might be leaving MAPFRE Stadium after the deal that will see a new ownership group purchasing the team is completed, but the venue will ideally continue to be a home to the Black & Gold in a different capacity. On Wednesday Columbus city leaders, including Mayor Andrew Ginther and Columbus Partnership President and CEO Alex Fischer, announced plans to build a sports complex, which would include the team’s new training facility, on the grounds currently occupied by the stadium.
“As those negotiations (to keep the Crew in Columbus) have progressed, we’ve been faced with the same dilemma: what happens to MAPFRE,” Ginther said at the press conference at MAPFRE Stadium.