FC Naples Home-Game Guide: A Fanatics Experience
FC Naples Home-Game Guide: A Fanatics Experience
From the moment you walk through the gates of the Paradise Coast Sports Complex for an FC Naples soccer match, you can feel the excitement. 2025 marks the club’s inaugural season, so the entire venue vibrates with enthusiasm.
Kids kick soccer balls on the Great Lawn; adults mingle and sip beverages at the Cove bar; people line up at nearby food trucks; concession stands are busy with folks buying the FC Naples merchandise in a team color called “deep water blue;” a DJ pumps out music to rev up the crowds.
If you want a taste of real fervor, walk over near Barra 239. The official team supporters group beats out infectious rhythms on drums, sings and chants. Their goal: “to create a game-day environment that will electrify the stadium and drive our team to victory.”
All of these elements combine to give you goosebumps – and are enough to make you an instant fan. Let’s take a closer look at the FC Naples game-day experience.
Tickets and Parking
The club plays at the Paradise Coast Sports Complex Stadium, with 3,500 fixed seats and a capacity of 5,000. There are a variety of ticket options, starting as low as $8 general admission, which gives you access to sloped berms where you can watch the match from a lawn chair or blanket.
Prices scale up to premium pitchside seats for $130. Just behind those seats stands the vast Seminole Hotel Beer Garden, which takes up the east side of the stadium. Tickets for this area are just $25, general admission.
Parking is a bargain. Spots in three lots near the stadium cost just $10, and using the Blue Lot north of the stadium is free.
The Paradise Coast Sports Complex is just a short drive from downtown Naples, and less than 20 miles from the resorts on Marco Island, so getting to the stadium is a breeze.
Pre-Match Festivities
There’s no tailgating permitted in the lots, so all the pregame fun takes place inside the gates. The pregame fan fest starts at 5 p.m. on the Great Lawn and at The Cove, a large outdoor bar and food truck pavilion. Fans play cornhole, ping-pong, bocce ball and other games. If you’ve brought children with you, ask them if they want to get their faces painted in deep water blue.
A live DJ plays high-energy music. Fans mingle, sing and chant, all to get geared up for the game. Both the Lawn and The Cove are a short walk to the stadium, so you can save your energy for cheering.
If you’re visiting Florida’s Paradise Coast, and you’ve chosen to attend an FC Naples match, you’ll be heartily welcomed by this rabid (and rapidly growing) local fanbase.
Filing In
The stadium gates open at 6 p.m. so fans start gradually filing in to find their reserved seats or stake out spots on the berm. Many of them wave team flags. Members of Barra 239 raise a ruckus on the north end of the stadium.
Kids might be lucky enough to snag a player autograph or a high-five during pregame warmups.
As match time nears — 7 or 7:30 p.m. — the team takes the field accompanied by youth soccer players. A Junior ROTC group presents the American flag, followed by a local performer singing the National Anthem. Then it’s game on.
The Match
There’s not a bad seat in the house. The Paradise Coast Sports Complex Stadium is organized to maximize sightlines and the overall fan experience. Expect the feel of a European football match, only smaller. Seats are close enough to the action that you can read the numbers on players’ backs.
Nothing compares to the excitement surrounding a new team like FC Naples, especially since its the first professional sports franchise that calls Florida’s Paradise Coast home. The community embraced FC Naples long before it started playing in 2025. The anticipation reached a fever pitch for the first game in early March and has not waned. In its first few months, FC Naples has drawn more than 4,000 fans per match.
If it’s your first FC Naples match, count on getting swept up in the moment. The locals will be glad to have you among their ranks, and you can expect to see some fierce competition. FC Naples plays in USL League One, whose 14 teams come from small- to mid-sized markets like Omaha, Nebraska; Chattanooga, Tennessee; Madison, Wisconsin; and Portland, Maine. Every match is fast-paced and great fun to watch.
Post-match
Shortly after the final whistle, FC Naples players stop and greet the fans. This is the perfect opportunity for your kids (or you, for that matter) to get autographs and snap selfies with appreciative players.
As you file out of the stadium, music plays, fans chant and sing and wave their flags. But you might want to hang around for a while and continue the fun. The Seminole Casino Hotel Beer Garden is the perfect spot to hang out, have a drink and enjoy post-game entertainment. Or you can head over to The Cove for bites and sips and live entertainment. Sticking around has other benefits, too – like sparing you the suffocating wait in traffic that you often experience while leaving a major-league sporting event in a large city.
If you’re planning a day trip to see a game, why not do an overnight stay on Florida’s Paradise Coast? The area offers a variety of first-rate lodging, including the fun and family-friendly Great Wolf Lodge, which is just steps away from the Paradise Coast Sports Complex. It features more than 500 suites and a 100,000-square foot indoor waterpark. Farther away, but still close, is an array of top-brand resorts and hotels.
Professional soccer, perfect weather, and unlimited possibilities for fun and adventure. What more could you ask for in a getaway? Plan your trip to Florida’s Paradise Coast today. We’re confident you’ll leave a big fan – in more ways than one.