After years of delays, New Mexico United’s stadium at Balloon Fiesta Park moved closer to reality. Monday, Sept. 29, Mayor Tim Keller announced construction will begin this winter with a 2028 opening target — though officials stayed silent on a Court of Appeals case challenging the project filed just six weeks ago.
The announcement, made during Balloon Fiesta week at the future stadium site, offered the clearest timeline yet for a project dogged by voter rejection, multiple lawsuits and uncertainty since United began seeking a permanent home in 2020.
United CEO Peter Trevisani said the team is committed to the 2028 goal. “That’s going to take a lot of work, but I don’t want to give up on that,” he told reporters.
Neither Keller nor Trevisani mentioned that three neighborhood associations filed a Court of Appeals challenge to the project just six weeks ago…