Rancho Cordova to consider waiving developers’ fees for indoor soccer project
Rancho Cordova city councilmembers on Monday evening will consider waiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in developers’ fees for an ambitious indoor soccer arena project.
The “Downtown Dova” project became public in September when the Major Arena Soccer League awarded the Sacramento region two soccer teams — one men’s and one women’s. The developers won early support from local officials, who aspire to bring more entertainment to the city and deliver Rancho Cordova the makings of a downtown.
The resolution would authorize the city manager to waive up to $940,000 in fees for the proposed, 7,500-seat arena and plaza.
The $175 million arena project is spearheaded by Joshua Wood — a Rancho Cordova resident who advocated for subsidies to build Golden 1 Center, and identical twin brother of Sacramento State President Luke Wood — and his business partner, Charanjeet Kaur Tiwana-Purewal. Over the past three years Wood and Tiwana-Purewal founded KozPure Development and Alpha One Sports and Entertainment Group, which will serve as the project’s developer and property owner, respectively.
In addition to the arena and plaza, the proposed project contemplates a larger, eventual buildout that would include retail, restaurants, 640 units of housing, parking, a card room, and two hotels with at least 800 rooms altogether.
The fees in question at Monday’s meeting are for a design review application, an environmental consultant, and the city attorney’s work on development agreements, among other things.
City documents say the arena is expected to employ 70 full-time workers and 300 part-time workers, generate annual revenues of $150,000 in sales tax and $240,000 in property tax.
City Councilmember Linda Budge said Monday that the project has generally been well-received, though some residents have expressed concerns about the project’s potential impact on traffic. The site, she noted, is near major roadways and a light rail station.
Moreover, she said, Rancho Cordova lacks space for entertainment. At the city’s Christmas tree lighting ceremony, “there was not an empty space on the street anywhere.” During Independence Day festivities at Hagan Community Park, “we crowd as many people as possible,” she said.
In an interview Monday morning, Wood said he hopes to begin grading the site as early as February, depending on weather. He expects the project will go before the planning commission in February or March.
“The project is on track,” Wood said. “This is going to be a great year.”
This story was originally published January 5, 2026 at 2:32 PM.
