National Sports Center
Soccer match at the complex in 2009 | |
Interactive map of National Sports Center | |
| Address | Blaine, Minnesota United States |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 45°09′27″N 93°13′33.33″W / 45.15750°N 93.2259250°W |
| Owner | State of Minnesota |
| Operator | National Sports Center Foundation |
| Capacity | 5,500 |
| Type | Sports complex |
| Surface | Natural grass |
| Current use | |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1987 (money appropriated) |
| Opened | 1990 |
| Construction cost | $20.3 million (facility) |
| Architect | none |
| Tenants | |
| Minnesota Thunder (USISL/A-League/USL-1) (1990–2003, 2008–2009) Minnesota United FC (NASL) (2010–2016) Minnesota Wind Chill (AUDL) (2013–2021) Minnesota United FC 2 (MLSNP) (2022–present) | |
| Website | |
| nscsports.org | |
The National Sports Center (NSC) is a sport complex located in Blaine, Minnesota. Its 600-acre (240 ha) site includes a soccer stadium, over 50 full-sized soccer fields, a golf course, a meeting and convention facility, an eight-sheet ice rink, and a baseball stadium currently under construction. The National Sports Center has hosted numerous National and World Championship events in soccer, hockey, figure skating, short track speedskating, broomball, rugby, ultimate frisbee and lacrosse. The National Sports Center opened in 1990 after 1987 legislature created the Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission (MASC) and appropriated $14.7 million for the construction of the NSC. The facility has over 3.8 million visitors annually, making it the most-visited sports facility in the state of Minnesota.
The Herb Brooks Foundation, the foundation created by the hockey coach's family, has partnered with the National Sports Center to develop the Herb Brooks Training Center, a dryland and ice hockey training facility that is part of the Super Rink.
Each July, the National Sports Center plays host to USA Cup, the largest soccer tournament in the Western Hemisphere with over 1,100 teams and participants from 19 countries.