A section of Central Parkway could be closed to traffic on game days to protect pedestrians going into the new FC Cincinnati stadium in the West End.

Planning documents submitted to the city of Cincinnati for the Major League Soccer stadium reveal future development plans around the stadium that include a hotel and entertainment venues. They also show that parking remains a question mark for the stadium, with details about a Hamilton County garage at the site still under discussion.

The documents, being submitted Monday morning to the Cincinnati Planning Commission, are the most detailed look yet at what the FC Cincinnati stadium will look like and how it could transform the West End. The stadium will have six levels on its east and west sides: the lower three for seating, atop two for suites and another for the media/television, the plans show.

The plans also show:

The stadium itself will not be taller than 110 feet above the playing field, with no more than 26,500 seats. The original plan unveiled in October called for the stadium to be 10 feet taller, but that was preliminary. To understand how tall a 110-foot building is, the stadium will be a couple feet shorter than the seven-story former Alms and Doepke department building at the northeast corner of Central Parkway and Main Street in Over-the-Rhine.

The stadium's main entrance will be on the east side or Central Parkway side of the stadium, where an entrance plaza will be built for pre-game and post-game programming. The new plans show four of the stadium's seven gates are on the east side of the stadium, giving access to two-thirds of the stadium's seats. Two of the gates are directly off Central Parkway. That's where the block of the parkway between 15th and Wade streets comes into play. No decision has been made about closing what is a major thoroughfare on game days, but it's under consideration for pedestrian safety purposes. Plans show 14th, 15th, Magnolia and Odeon streets in Over-the-Rhine would be barricaded at the parkway, preventing through traffic from the east. More details on walkways and pedestrian safety are expected next month.

The majority of the parking – 5,300 spaces are required under city code – is outside the development, according to a Nov. 8 memo. (See full document below.) FC Cincinnati still needs the county to build a parking garage at Liberty Street and Central Parkway. County officials voted to build a garage near the site, but those details are still being worked out and will likely not be the 1,000-space garage that was promised. Discussions now are centered on a garage half that size, which might not be ready when the stadium opens. Parking is a paramount concern for neighborhood residents, who don't want residential streets filled with fan cars. The city could curb these parkers with a neighborhood parking pass program. An update on the parking plan, including possibly shuttling up to 1,600 fans and stadium workers per game from a parking lot nearly a mile away in Queensgate, is expected next month.

The plans include future development at the corner of Wade Street and Central Parkway and another on Central Parkway itself. The developments, which would not be taller than six stories, could include a hotel, bars, daycare, food market and a cultural institution. These would be built by outside developers, not the team itself. The plans are preliminary only, but FC Cincinnati wants the initial planning commission approval to incorporate what could come later.

The stadium will be used for FC Cincinnati games, exhibition matches, as well as concerts, rallies and community events. The plans lists 25 home matches, up to eight additional exhibition events, up to four concerts and up to four field-based community events. The concerts are expected to come later. but are part of the plans submitted to the city.

FC Cincinnati has pledged to involve the community in decisions and the West End Community Council is supporting the plan. But it's now up to the planning commission to vet the details and made sure the stadium is what has been promised.

A public Planning Commission meeting is set for Jan. 4.

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Fencing is already going up in advance of the demolition for Stargel Stadium, where the MLS stadium will sit. A $10 million replacement for Stargel, which serves Taft High School and other schools, will be built across Ezzard Charles Avenue from Taft High, although construction hasn't started.

In all, FC Cincinnati is building a $250 million stadium, with city taxpayers kicking in $33.9 million for infrastructure such as streets and other improvements. The stadium is set to open in March 2021.

The plans are all labled Project Cougar. That begs the question, why? It was a nod to FC Cincinnati president Jeff Berding's Westwood upbringing; he went to St. Catherine of Siena school, home of the Cougars.