RICHMOND, Va. -- With a new season underway and a brand-new women’s club set to debut, the Richmond Kickers are looking to spruce up their stadium.

The local pro soccer team is planning to replace the 30-year-old scoreboard at City Stadium with a new, larger video board. It’s a next step in the long-term lease the club signed with the city in 2016 to upgrade and renovate the city-owned stadium at 3301 Maplewood Ave., which has been the team’s home since 1995.

The first round of improvements as part of that deal were unveiled in 2020 , just days before the pandemic arrived and upended the Kickers’ season.

While the existing scoreboard doesn’t have a screen and can only show the score, Rob Ukrop, who leads the Kickers’ ownership group, said the new board will be capable of showing replays, live stats and more.

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