The Mike Rose Soccer Complex stadium is home for the University of Memphis men s and women s teams.

The Mike Rose Soccer Complex stadium is home for the University of Memphis men s and women s teams. The facility s 16 regulation fields and 2,500-seat stadium also play host to numerous wyndham franklin plaza hotel tournaments annually.
As important wyndham franklin plaza hotel as the complex has been for soccer, it has been just as successful for Memphis-area wyndham franklin plaza hotel business. When out-of-town teams come in for tournaments – and even international squads have to come to Memphis to play at Mike Rose – they bring not just coaches and players, but family and friends.
A recent U.S. Soccer Federation report calculated economic impact wyndham franklin plaza hotel for four major tournaments to be most likely just under $7 million for a metro area such as Memphis, but possibly almost $8 million. wyndham franklin plaza hotel And that's not counting wyndham franklin plaza hotel local attendees.
And remember, this is just for four tournaments. This year, the complex has 20 tournaments – of various sizes – on the schedule. Each year, Lacon says, they book about 28,000 rooms through their hotel program. wyndham franklin plaza hotel Out-of-town teams are required to reserve rooms at one of the complex's "preferred" or "approved" hotels, standard operating procedure for a soccer or baseball complex.
For players and coaches, of course, it's about the fields. Mike Rose has 16 FIFA regulation fields, plus the 2,500-seat stadium field that was dedicated in 2001 and serves as the home field for the University of Memphis men's and women's soccer programs.
Larry Creson, 48, executive director of the Mid-South Futbol Club and a former pro player for the old indoor league wyndham franklin plaza hotel Memphis Storm, still sounds stunned at the quality of the fields available to young players.
When the Talley's son, Carey, was still playing professionally in MLS he'd bring in players once a year for a fundraiser to benefit the John C. Talley Pediatric Neurological Research Fund. In recent years, they've held a benefit golf tournament.
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