John Minchillo / AP The West End community and public were invited to what marked the beginning stages of plans to replace the Stargel Stadium at the rear of Taft IT High School with a new MLS stadium Tuesday. Fans huddled together in the cold as each received a bright orange commemorative shovel with the new FC Cincinnati logo on the blade. Credit Nana Boateng / WVXU Construction on the stadium will begin March 2019, and will take two years to complete. The stadium will offer up to 26,500 seats. "We are here today in celebration of the next phase of growth and development in Cincinnati," said Mark Mallory, former Cincinnati mayor and now FC Cincinnati's director of community development.