CHICAGO — In a few years, soccer fans looking for the Chicago Fire Football Club's new $750 million stadium will just need to find the Golden Arches. McDonald's Park will open in 2028 in the West Loop neighborhood in a historic partnership between the fast food giant and the Major League Soccer club.
Announced Wednesday, the deal marks McDonald's first-ever naming rights partnership for a major professional sports stadium. The company moved its global headquarters to the West Loop in 2018 after decades in Oak Brook.
"Together, we are creating more than a stadium," said Chris Kempczinski, chairman and CEO of McDonald's. "We are building a place that serves up joy, brings together community, delivers impact, and is designed to serve generations to come."
According to McDonald's, the privately-funded stadium along the riverfront "will serve as a world-class sports and entertainment destination, anchoring year‑round programming and creating a new gathering place for fans, families, and communities."
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The 22,000-seat, soccer-specific stadium broke ground in March.
In September 2025, the Chicago City Council officially approved the "transformative" project, which Chicago Fire FC aims to anchor the city's newest neighborhood, "The 78," and "redefine the future of sports and entertainment in the city.
Joe Mansueto, 69, a Chicago-based billionaire entrepreneur and founder of Morningstar, Inc., bought the team in 2018.
"As we take the next step on our journey to build a world class Club, our commitment to Chicago is at the center of everything we do," Mansueto, Chicago said. "That's why McDonald's is the perfect partner – an iconic global brand with deep Chicago roots and shared values in supporting our community. McDonald’s Park will be the stadium that Chicago deserves."
As part of the partnership, McDonald’s will serve as the presenting partner of the Chicago Fire's P.L.A.Y.S. (Participate, Learn, Achieve, Youth, Soccer) Program starting next year. This will include a multiyear expansion of free, school‑based soccer programming across Chicago Public Schools – with a priority placed on elementary schools with limited access to the sport, according to the company.
In addition, Ronald McDonald House, working with the Chicago Fire Foundation, will be a "central charitable focus of the partnership, with year‑round integration across matchday and community platforms."
McDonald's Park will be a year-round destination as it will have the capacity to sit 31,000for for concerts and special events.
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