A historic day for Real Monarchs SLC awaits after four years of existence when it finally opens its brand-new home at Zions Bank Stadium in Herriman City at the south end of the Salt Lake Valley. The highly anticipated match against United Soccer League newcomers – and regional rival to the Monarchs, Las Vegas Lights FC on April 30, is set to be the pinnacle of United Soccer League action in the seventh week of competition.
“To have our own home, our own facility is amazing,” Head Coach Mark Briggs explained. “We’re incredibly thankful to Dell Loy Hansen and Zions Bank for providing us with a home. Now we’re ready to go out and make it a fortress much like we did Rio Tinto Stadium last season.”
Set on the 40-acre campus of the $78 million Zions Bank Real Academy in Herriman, Utah, Zions Bank Stadium provides a beautiful and unique environment for fans to take in top-class professional soccer. With views of both the Oquirrh and Wasatch Mountains available from nearly anywhere in the league’s newest venue, Zions Bank Stadium provides a one-of-a-kind setting for professional soccer in the United States.
Zions Bank Stadium features the exact field dimensions as that of Real Salt Lake’s home at Rio Tinto Stadium being measured at 120 yards long and 75 yards wide but features an entirely different playing surface. The stadium features an artificial playing surface furnished by Greenfields MX Trimension from The Netherlands, a surface that is used worldwide in some of the world’s greatest sporting facilities.
With an official seating capacity of 5,000, Zions Bank Stadium is one of the premier venues in the USL, carrying with it a full-service press area and broadcasting booths, and owners suite and a hospitality suite on the venue’s east side. The east concourse features precast concrete tiered seating with the west side featuring aluminum bleacher seating. Multiple concession areas are placed around the stadium with a children’s playground positioned in the southwest corner of the venue. Locker rooms at the stadium include ample space for both the home and visiting teams to meet and prepare for matches as well as a separate locker room for coaching and staff.
Ticket options at Zions Bank Stadium are broad ranging, including all-inclusive 116 premium seats near the players tunnel at midfield. Premium ticket options include pregame and halftime food and non-alcoholic beverage with pristine views of the Salt Lake Valley. The Monarchs new home also includes tickets ranging from $6 to $40, providing a family friendly range for fans to witness one of the top teams in the USL on a regular basis. If sitting in the front row in any location in the stadium, fans are never further than five yards from the field of play, providing a uniquely intimate soccer experience.
Powering the stadium is a solar panel array from local solar power company Auric Solar that provides 166 kWatts of power stemming from panels that cover 9,800 square-feet of area atop the stadium’s 17,500 square feet of standing seam metal roof awning. The panels on the stadium accompany another array of panels atop the roof of the indoor training facility that cover 56,800 square-feet of roof area to provide the world-class facility with clean, natural energy.
Tickets to Real Monarchs first-ever match at Zions Bank Stadium are still available and can be purchased at RealMonarchs.com or by calling 844.REAL.TIX. Kids get into the match free with tickets purchased online at RealMonarchs.com/promo using promo code RSLFAM.
