The confetti is locked and the champagne loaded.

Austin FC leadership confirmed Tuesday that the team will host what has been termed a “Legendary Announcement” on Jan. 15. Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber, Austin Mayor Steve Adler and Anthony Precourt, the team’s chairman and CEO, will be the main presenters.

"I sure am looking forward to participating in a legendary announcement," Adler told the American-Statesman. "I'm real excited. I just think this is such a good and important thing for our community. We just don't have a lot of things that bring people together the way I think a soccer team is going to in Austin."

Confirmation came after a screenshot was posted on Twitter of an invitation to the event. The time and location of the event had not been released as of press time. MLS declined to comment when reached.

The announcement itself isn’t exactly a secret. All signs point toward Garber officially recognizing Austin FC as the 27th franchise in MLS.

The event has been inevitable since last month, when Precourt came to an agreement with the city to build a $225 million privately financed stadium on city-owned land in North Austin near the Domain. However, this will be the first public event the team has held since the stadium lease was signed, giving supporters a chance to celebrate what has been a momentous year for the sport in the Texas capital.

Separately, MLS is expected to announce Wednesday in Columbus that it has finalized a deal with a new ownership group to keep Precourt’s former team, Columbus Crew SC, in that city. Garber is expected to also attend that event.

From there, the commissioner will head to the MLS SuperDraft in Chicago before making his first public appearance in Austin since a South By Southwest panel in 2017, for which Precourt was also in attendance.

If all goes according to plan, Austin FC will launch in the spring of 2021 at its new, 20,000-seat stadium. The team announced last week that it has hired a president, Andy Loughnane, filled 15 front-office staff positions and will be leasing office space near the intersection of Kramer Lane and Metric Boulevard, less than a mile from the stadium site.