Suttle Mindlin Architects & Planners said Wednesday it has finished master planning and design of a $400 million soccer, retail and entertainment complex in Metro East.

The planned development is a 400-acre mixed-use project that will house an 18,500-seat outdoor soccer stadium. The development is in suburban Collinsville, Ill., on former agricultural property, located within the intersection of Interstates 55-70 and Interstate 255.

St. Louis-area lawyer Jeff Cooper chairs St. Louis Soccer United, a group working to bring a Major League Soccer men’s team to play in the complex.

Groundbreaking will occur on a planned $400 million stadium and mixed-use development called The Fields once the St. Louis area is awarded a team, possibly as soon as later this year, Cooper said.

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