Frederick, Maryland, is poised to become the new home of the Washington Freedom, one of Major League Cricket’s six original franchises and the 2024 MLC champions. The team, owned by Indian-born American entrepreneur Sanjay Govil, chose Frederick for a proposed 10,000-seat cricket park along the Monocacy River, near the intersection of Interstate 70 and East Patrick Street. The park is planned with 5,000 permanent seats and another 5,000 spaces on grass berms, creating a venue designed to feel more like a community park than a traditional stadium.
The project took a major step forward in August 2026 when the Frederick City Council voted to rezone 24 acres of the 52-acre Gateway Property allowing the cricket park and special-events center to proceed through the development process. The approval came with significant conditions intended to address community concerns about traffic, parking, event management and the scale of the facility. Among the requirements are limits on the stadium’s capacity and professional cricket schedule, an Events Management Plan addressing access, parking and transportation, and continued review of traffic, environmental, floodplain and other site issues before construction can proceed. The plan also calls for shuttle transportation and coordination with surrounding jurisdictions and agencies.
The Washington Freedom is also building partnerships with Frederick’s higher-education community. In January 2026, Washington Freedom and technology company Infinite Computer Solutions entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Frederick Community College and Hood College to create expanded internship and workforce-development opportunities for local students. The partnership is designed to give students hands-on experience in fields including information technology, cybersecurity, sports marketing, business administration and game-day operations, connecting classroom learning with the professional sports and technology industries that will be part of the new cricket park.
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