Lockhart Stadium

Lockhart Stadium
Address1350 Northwest 55th Street
LocationFort Lauderdale, Florida
Coordinates26°11′35″N 80°9′40″W / 26.19306°N 80.16111°W / 26.19306; -80.16111
Public transit Cypress Creek
OwnerCity of Fort Lauderdale
Capacity17,417
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Opened1959
Closed2016
DemolishedMay 8, 2019
Construction costUnknown
$5 million renovation in 1998 ($9.65 million in 2024 dollars)
Tenants
Fort Lauderdale Strikers (NASL) 1977–1983
Fort Lauderdale Strikers (ASL/APSL) 1988–1994
Fort Lauderdale Strikers (USISL) 1994–1997
Miami Fusion (MLS) 1998–2001
Florida Atlantic Owls (NCAA) 2003–2010
Miami FC (USL-1) 2009–2010
Fort Lauderdale Barracudas (SFL) 2011
Fort Lauderdale Strikers (NASL) 2011–2016
Fort Lauderdale Strikers U-23 (NPSL) 2016

Lockhart Stadium was a stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States. It was used in a variety of sports, particularly soccer and American football.

Originally designed in 1959 for high school sports, the stadium's long-standing soccer connection began in 1977 when it became the home venue for the original Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the original North American Soccer League (NASL). In 1998, it was refitted for soccer to house the Miami Fusion in Major League Soccer, but the team was withdrawn from the league and folded after the 2001 season. It was also the home stadium of the Florida Atlantic Owls football team from 2002 to 2010. Later it was the home of the Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the second iteration of NASL from 2011 to 2016.

The stadium site was redeveloped in 2019 and 2020 with the construction of Chase Stadium for Major League Soccer club Inter Miami CF.